Guide
The Baie Verte Peninsula
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Fly into Deer Lake. It is 116 km closer by road than Gander.
Pick your stops; they are not on the way. King’s Point’s trail and Springdale’s heritage centre each add 60 to 70 km of extra driving. Past Baie Verte, Route 414 runs on to La Scie, 208 km from Deer Lake: its own route.
The stops below show what each detour costs.
Where to go, and how to get there
Harvey Grant Heritage Centre, Springdale
A community heritage centre in Springdale, not King's Point, and not on the way. You leave the Trans-Canada well before the Route 410 turnoff and come back. Confirm hours with the centre before you go.
Adds about 63 km to the drive, measured as the extra road distance with the stop inserted
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeAlexander Murray Hiking Trail, King's Point
The best-known trail on this coast and the main reason people turn off for King's Point, on the far side of Green Bay from Route 410. It is a real climb: allow a half-day, and check conditions locally before starting.
Adds about 70 km to the drive, measured as the extra road distance with the stop inserted
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeBaie Verte
The town the peninsula is named for and the practical base for going further north. Services thin out sharply beyond it.
On the drive YDF → Baie Verte — 159 km to the end of that drive
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeFleur de Lys
The far north end of the peninsula, beyond Baie Verte. A trip of its own, not a detour: a lot of road with very little on it.
Adds about 49 km to the drive, measured as the extra road distance with the stop inserted
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Before you go
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Provincial parksSeasonal — typically late spring into the fall
Flatwater Pond, on Route 410, is a seasonal operation with dates that move year to year. ParksNL publishes them park by park.
Check it now →MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Route 410 is long, unlit and lightly travelled, so it matters most here.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Check before you turn off the Trans-Canada. Route 410 is long, with few places to stop on a bad day.
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Questions people actually ask
Which airport should I fly into for the Baie Verte Peninsula?＋
Deer Lake, by a long way. Baie Verte is 159 km from Deer Lake against 275 km from Gander. The peninsula sits between the two, but it is not a close call.
Is the Alexander Murray Trail worth the detour?＋
It is more of a detour than the map suggests. King's Point is on the far side of Green Bay from Route 410, so stopping adds about 70 km to the drive. The trail is a real climb: budget a half-day and ask locally about conditions on the day.
How far north does it make sense to go?＋
Baie Verte is 159 km from Deer Lake. Adding Fleur de Lys costs roughly another 49 km on top of that, and adding King's Point about 70 km. Any two in a day is most of the day on the road, with few services. If you have one day, pick one.
Is there anywhere to stay?＋
Baie Verte has mapped accommodation and is the practical base for the peninsula. North and west of it, assume there is nothing.
Every figure on this page was checked against its source on August 29, 2026.