Road
Route 1
This is the spine. 52 of the measured drives on this site run on Route 1 for part of their length, which is close to all of them — so what matters is not that a drive touches it, but where it leaves it. Below are the roads that turn off, and what each one reaches.
What turns off it
- Route 33010 drives
Cape Bonavista Lighthouse · Trinity · White Hills Resort · Clarenville · Greenspond · New-Wes-Valley · Salvage · Burnside ferry terminal · Terra Nova National Park Visitor Centre · Dover
- Route 408 drives
Lewisporte · Clarenville · Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · Placentia · Heart's Content · Harbour Grace · Brigus · Salmonier Nature Park
- Route 4307 drives
L'Anse aux Meadows · Twillingate · Roddickton · Port au Choix · Cow Head · Rocky Harbour · Woody Point
- Route 3404 drives
- Route 3804 drives
Triton · Pilley's Island · Triton · Pilley's Island ferry terminal
- Route 703 drives
- Route 753 drives
- Route 903 drives
Bay Bulls · Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve · Salmonier Nature Park
- Route 3203 drives
- Route 3413 drives
- Route 3503 drives
- Route 3603 drives
- Route 602 drives
- Route 802 drives
- Route 1002 drives
- Route 2302 drives
- Route 3102 drives
- Route 3822 drives
- Route 3902 drives
- Route 3912 drives
- Route 4102 drives
- Route 21 drive
- Route 101 drive
- Route 131 drive
- Route 711 drive
- Route 741 drive
- Route 811 drive
- Route 911 drive
- Route 921 drive
- Route 2101 drive
- Route 2201 drive
- Route 2351 drive
- Route 2381 drive
- Route 2391 drive
- Route 3641 drive
- Route 4071 drive
- Route 4141 drive
- Route 4311 drive
- Route 4321 drive
- Route 4331 drive
- Route 4361 drive
- Route 4601 drive
- Route 4631 drive
- Route 4801 drive
- Route 450A1 drive
All 52 drives on Route 1
- YDF → L'Anse aux Meadows
You land at Deer Lake and L'Anse aux Meadows is 436 km north. About 5h51 up Routes 430 and 436 — the full Viking Trail, past Gros Morne, to the Norse site at the island's tip.
- Rocky Harbour ↔ Twillingate
Coast to coast across Newfoundland: 427.6 km and 5h38 between the two headline destinations — an hour and three quarters longer than the airport pair people assume covers it.
- YYT → Lewisporte
From St. John's Airport, Lewisporte is 395 km and about 5h08 — Route 40, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 340 and 341. Gander is by far the nearer door.
- YQX → Fortune
You land at Gander and Fortune is 378 km south. About 5h 28m down the Burin Peninsula to the wharf where a ferry leaves Canada for France — with half a billion years of geology at the headland beside it.
- YDF → Roddickton
Deer Lake to Roddickton: 351 km and about 4h37 by Routes 430, 432 and 433 into Canada Bay — one of the remotest drives measured from either door.
- YQX → Harbour Breton
You land at Gander and Harbour Breton is 280 km south. About 4h09 via Routes 1 and 360 — the long interior road to the Connaigre coast's principal town.
280.2 km · about 4h 9m · via Routes 1 · 360
- YQX → Hermitage
You land at Gander and Hermitage is 276 km south. About 4h04 via Routes 1, 360 and 364 to the wharf where the Gaultois ferry crosses to a road-free outport.
- YDF → Lewisporte
Lewisporte sits across the island from Deer Lake — about 3h33 east on the Trans-Canada, then Routes 340 and 341 north. From Gander it is far closer.
- YDF → Port aux Basques
You land at Deer Lake and Port aux Basques is 271 km southwest. About 3h 28m down the whole west coast — the Codroy Valley's bird wetlands, Wreckhouse's famous wind, and the island's sea door at the end.
270.9 km · about 3h 28m · the whole drive is Route 1
- Irish Loop
The Irish Loop measured as a circuit: 266.3 km and about 4h18 from Bay Bulls round the southern Avalon by Routes 10 and 90, and back.
- YDF → Burgeo
You land at Deer Lake and Burgeo is 266 km south. About 3h48, most of it Route 480 through empty country, ending at the Sandbanks' long beaches.
265.7 km · about 3h 48m · via Routes 1 · 480
- YQX → Cape Bonavista
You land at Gander and Cape Bonavista is 248 km east. About 3h45 to the lighthouse at the road's true end — puffins, the Dungeon and five centuries of shore on the way.
247.8 km · about 3h 45m · via Routes 330 · 1 · 230 · 238 · 235
- YDF → Botwood
Botwood sits across the island from Deer Lake — about 3h09 east on the Trans-Canada, then Route 350 north. From Gander it is far closer.
244 km · about 3h 9m · via Routes 1 · 350
- Baccalieu Coastal Drive
The Baccalieu Coastal Drive measured as a circuit: 238.5 km and about 3h53 from Whitbourne around the peninsula between Trinity and Conception Bays.
238.5 km · about 3h 53m · via Routes 81 · 1 · 71 · 70 · 60 · 75 · 80
- YDF → Port au Choix
You land at Deer Lake and Port au Choix is 236 km north. About 3h 3m up the Viking Trail to six thousand years of archaeology on one limestone point — with The Arches' sea-carved rock on the way.
235.9 km · about 3h 3m · via Routes 1 · 430
- YQX → St. Alban's
You land at Gander and the south coast is 235 km away. About 3h27 on the Trans-Canada and Route 360 — the long road to Bay d'Espoir, and the only door this site has to the south.
234.9 km · about 3h 27m · via Routes 1 · 360
- YQX → Triton
Triton is 224 km from Gander airport, about 183 minutes west on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) then north on Route 380.
223.9 km · about 3h 3m · via Routes 1 · 380
- YQX → Pilley's Island
220 km and about 2h59 from Gander to the Pilley's Island ferry terminal, via the Trans-Canada and Routes 380 and 382.
- YDF → Grand Falls-Windsor
212.8 km and about 2h45 east on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) — Gander is far closer for this town.
212.8 km · about 2h 45m · the whole drive is Route 1
- YDF → La Scie
The province's northernmost named iceberg viewing spot on this coast: 208 km and about 3h01 from Deer Lake, and an hour and a half further from Gander.
- YQX → King's Point
King's Point is 207 km and 162 minutes from Gander via the Trans-Canada (1) and Routes 390 and 391 to Green Bay.
- YQX → Trinity (Trinity Bay)
You land at Gander and Trinity is 200 km southeast. About 2h50 via Routes 1, 230 and 239 to the saltbox town everyone tells you to see — and they're right.
- YYT → Clarenville
From St. John's Airport, Clarenville is 191 km and about 2h28 on Route 40 then the Trans-Canada (Route 1) — the one destination on this site where Gander is the closer door.
191.4 km · about 2h 28m · via Routes 40 · 1
- YDF → Cape St. George
You land at Deer Lake and Cape St. George is 188 km southwest. About 2h 42m through Stephenville to the island's French Shore — the peninsula where Newfoundland speaks French and the cliffs face Quebec.
- YYT → Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve
Cape St. Mary's is 176 km and about 2h47 southwest of St. John's airport — Route 40 to the Trans-Canada, then 90, 91, 92 and 100 down the Cape Shore.
176.5 km · about 2h 47m · via Routes 40 · 1 · 90 · 91 · 92 · 100
- YDF → Triton
You land at Deer Lake and Triton is 174 km northeast. About 2h24 on the Trans-Canada and Route 380, island-hopping by causeway into the middle of Green Bay.
173.8 km · about 2h 24m · via Routes 1 · 380
- YDF → Long Island
171 km and about 2h22 from Deer Lake to the Pilley's Island wharf, then a short crossing to Long Island on a sixteen-car boat.
- YDF → Baie Verte
Baie Verte is 159 km from Deer Lake, about 2h16 on the Trans-Canada and Route 410 — and an hour and a half closer than flying into Gander.
159.3 km · about 2h 16m · via Routes 1 · 410
- YQX → Leading Tickles
You land at Gander and Leading Tickles is 148 km northwest. About 2h10 on the Trans-Canada and Route 350, up the peninsula that walls the Bay of Exploits.
148.4 km · about 2h 10m · via Routes 1 · 350
- YQX → White Hills
Gander to the White Hills ski resort at Clarenville: 148 km and about 2 hours on the Trans-Canada, and the nearest airport door to the hill.
148 km · about 2h · via Routes 330 · 1
- YQX → Clarenville
Clarenville is 147 km and about 1h57 from Gander on Routes 330 and 1 — Gander is the closest of the three airport doors.
147.3 km · about 1h 57m · via Routes 330 · 1
- YDF → King's Point
132.7 km and about 1h45 from Deer Lake — the closest call between the two airports on this site, and where the coast's best-known trail is.
- YYT → Placentia
St. John's Airport to Placentia is 132 km and about 1h43, on Routes 40, 1 and 100 — to the old French and English capital of Newfoundland.
- YYT → Heart's Content
Heart's Content is 132 km and about 1h49 from St. John's Airport, via the Trans-Canada then Routes 75, 70, 74 and 80 up the west side of Conception Bay.
132.2 km · about 1h 49m · via Routes 40 · 1 · 75 · 70 · 74 · 80
- YQX → Greenspond
You land at Gander and Greenspond is 124 km northeast. About 2h06 via Routes 1 and 320 to an island outport joined to the coast by causeway.
- YQX → New-Wes-Valley
You land at Gander and New-Wes-Valley is 119 km northeast. About 1h56 via Routes 1 and 320 to Wesleyville's amalgamated coast, with the Newtown spur beyond.
- YDF → Cow Head
You land at Deer Lake and Cow Head is 119 km north. About 1h36 up Route 430 through Gros Morne to the park's quieter northern shore and Shallow Bay's sand.
118.5 km · about 1h 36m · via Routes 1 · 430
- YYT → Harbour Grace
The drive from St. John's airport to Harbour Grace is 107.5 km, about 84 minutes, on Routes 40, 1, 75 and 70 around Conception Bay.
- YQX → Grand Falls-Windsor
98.3 km and about 1h17 straight down the Trans-Canada — the largest town between the two airports, and the one with everything open.
98.3 km · about 1h 17m · the whole drive is Route 1
- YQX → Salvage
You land at Gander and Salvage is 97 km southeast. About 1h21 via Routes 1 and 310 — through the Eastport beaches to one of the oldest fishing villages on the coast.
- YQX → St. Brendan's
94.3 km and about 1h19 to the Burnside wharf — nearer than Twillingate — then an hour on the water to an island almost nobody plans for.
- YQX → Botwood
92.1 km and about 1h15 to the town where the transatlantic flying boats landed — the other half of the story Gander airport is famous for.
92.1 km · about 1h 15m · via Routes 1 · 350
- YQX → Terra Nova
A national park an hour from Gander: 77.8 km, straight down the Trans-Canada, with no ferry and no season to plan around.
77.8 km · about 1h 3m · via Routes 330 · 1
- YYT → Brigus
St. John's Airport to Brigus is 75 km and 69 minutes on Routes 40, 1, 2 and 60 — a short Avalon drive to a National Historic Site town.
- YQX → Dover
You land at Gander and Dover is 73 km northeast. About 1h15 via Routes 1 and 320 to the mapped fault line where two ancient continents meet.
- YDF → Gros Morne (Rocky Harbour)
You land at Deer Lake and Gros Morne is 72 km north. The drive to Rocky Harbour is about 55 minutes, on the Trans-Canada and Route 430.
72 km · about 55 min · via Routes 1 · 430
- YYT → Salmonier Nature Park
Salmonier Nature Park is a 57-minute, 68 km drive from St. John's airport: Route 40, the Trans-Canada southwest, then Route 90, the Salmonier Line.
- YDF → Woody Point
The south arm of Gros Morne: 67.2 km and about an hour from Deer Lake, on a different turn from Rocky Harbour and no closer to it.
- YQX → Lewisporte
You land at Gander and Lewisporte is 63 km north-west. About 53 minutes: the Trans-Canada west, then Routes 340 and 341 north to the bay.
- YDF → Corner Brook
You land at Deer Lake and Corner Brook is 57 km southwest. About 47 minutes down the Humber Valley to the west coast's city and Captain Cook's lookout.
56.9 km · about 47 min · via Routes 1 · 450A
- YDF → Marble Mountain
You land at Deer Lake and Marble Mountain is 47 km southwest. 39 minutes on the Trans-Canada down the Humber Valley to the base lodge at Steady Brook.
47.3 km · about 39 min · the whole drive is Route 1
- Port aux Basques → Codroy Valley
Off the boat at Port aux Basques, the Codroy Valley is 40 km and about 34 minutes on the Trans-Canada and Route 407 — the one short drive from that dock.
40.2 km · about 34 min · via Routes 1 · 407