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The provincial parks, measured

The measured routes to the parks in this guide — Jonathan's Pond Provincial Park, Notre Dame Provincial Park, Dildo Run Provincial Park, Lockston Path Provincial Park, Dungeon Provincial Park, Flatwater Pond Provincial Park, Pistolet Bay Provincial Park, The Arches Provincial Park, Codroy Valley Provincial Park, J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park, Frenchman's Cove Provincial Park, Barachois Pond Provincial Park, Blow Me Down Provincial Park, Sir Richard Squires Memorial Provincial Park, Butter Pot Provincial Park, La Manche Provincial Park — drawn from Deer Lake (YDF) and Gander (YQX).Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

Sixteen ParksNL parks, eleven of them on measured routes, from Notre Dame on the Trans-Canada west of Gander to Cheeseman’s dunes at the Port aux Basques ferry terminal. Most sit where a long drive wants a pause.

Check the season before you count on one. Most take campers, not all, and ParksNL publishes the calendar park by park.

Book a site through ParksNL’s reservations. In July and August the popular parks fill, so book once your dates are set. A card that counts sites with power is quoting that park’s ParksNL page.

Each park below names its drive. The national parks’ campgrounds are their own list.

Where to go, and how to get there

Before you go

  • Seasons, sites and feesParksNL declares each park's dates annually

    ParksNL publishes which parks operate, when gates open and what a night costs. Check their page. Glenwood, named in some route text, is not a ParksNL park; its page says so.

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  • Sites with powerCounted on each park's ParksNL page, read 8 November 2026

    Where a card gives a count of sites with power, it is ParksNL's own. A park with no count says nothing about power on its page; ask the park before you bring a rig that needs it.

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Questions

Are these all of Newfoundland's provincial parks?＋

No. These are sixteen: eleven on measured drives, and five more camping parks from the province's 2026 camping list, Butter Pot and La Manche on the Avalon among them. Sandbanks at Burgeo and Pinware River on the Labrador Straits are on that list too and not yet here. ParksNL's own site holds the full roster.

Which ParksNL parks are nearest each airport?＋

From Gander, Notre Dame on the Trans-Canada to the west. From Deer Lake, Sir Richard Squires Memorial up the Humber River, or Gros Morne's campgrounds to the north, listed in the national park campgrounds guide. From St. John's, Butter Pot. Each card's tabs give the km from every airport and ferry.

Can I camp at all of them?＋

Most, not all. The Arches, Dungeon and Codroy Valley are day use. Jonathan's Pond and Flatwater Pond are park reserves with no visitor services; the campgrounds beside them are privately owned. ParksNL's calendar says when each park is open.

Every figure on this page was checked against its source on November 8, 2026.