Argentia ferry terminal → Clarke's Beach
Argentia ferry to Clarke's Beach
- Distance
- 77.9 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Apple Maps · Google Maps · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeYou arrive by ferry — North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Argentia
Marine Atlantic runs this crossing seasonally, against year-round sailings into Port aux Basques. People choose it for where it lands. Marine Atlantic publishes sailings and fares.
Operated by Marine Atlantic. The drive below starts where the boat lands.
Crossings & current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from Argentia ferry terminal into this area: Brigus (78 km), Harbour Grace (96 km), Heart's Content (107 km), St. John's (133 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
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Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to Clarke's Beach. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
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77.9 km. Off the ferry at Argentia to Clarke’s Beach, on Routes 1, 71 and 70.
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Short drives from Clarke's Beach
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- Cupids Legacy Centrestop8.9 km
A museum at Cupids.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Brigustown9.7 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Spirit of Harbour Gracestop21 km
A 1943 Douglas DC-3 that served in North Africa in the war and later flew freight between Stephenville and Goose Bay until 1988; Air Labrador's owner donated it to the town in 1993 as the Spirit of Harbour Grace, for the town's part in early transatlantic flight (explorenewfoundlandandlabrador.com).
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Danny Cleary Lookoutstop22 km
A viewpoint OpenStreetMap records on the way into town.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze The 1884 Harbour Grace railway station, kept as a museum.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Harbour Gracetown25 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Railway Station Museumstop29 km
Carbonear's station was built in 1917-18 by the Reid Newfoundland Company, replacing an earlier station destroyed by fire, and stayed the northern terminus of the Brigus Junction to Carbonear branch line until passenger trains ceased in 1984.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Shag Rock lookoutstop40 km
A viewpoint OpenStreetMap records beside Route 80, close enough to the driven line that stopping costs nothing.
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More, up to 68 km (10)
- Salmonier Nature Parkstop44 km
Run by the province's wildlife division, further along the Salmonier Line.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Heart's Contenttown50 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Heart's Content Cable Stationstop50 km
In 1866 the first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was landed at Heart's Content, cutting the time to communicate across the Atlantic from weeks to minutes.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop51 km
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Father Duffy's Well Provincial Parkstop52 km
A roadside spring right on the route, named for Father James Duffy, appointed first parish priest of St. Mary's in 1834, who spent the years after walking back and forth to the courthouse in St. John's over a dispute with the local merchant's agent.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Heart's Content Lighthouselighthouse53 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Manuel's River Interpretation Centerstop59 km
The interpretation centre stands beside the river valley in Conception Bay South.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Bay Bulls harbourstop67 km
On screen: where Wade and Jerry head out at night from the marine base to harvest an iceberg.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Mickeleens Pathtrail · 7.2 km point to point, one way · moderate68 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Witless Baytown68 kmDirections →
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Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- none
- Longest stretch without one
- 78 km
- the ARG door → Clarke's Beach, of 78 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Clarke's Beach
- 27.7 km
- by road, at Carbonear
No fast charger at Clarke's Beach. From the ARG door it is 78 km there and the same back: plan on about 156 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Carbonear, 27.7 km from Clarke's Beach by road, off this drive's own road.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-10): Whitbourne (km 46). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-10. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- 6 km
- Hill Avenue Extension (1.07 km, 0.8 km from Clarke's Beach); Hodgewater Line (4.97 km, 9.7 km from Clarke's Beach)
- Mapped as paved
- 73%
- 53.2 km of 77.9 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 19%
- 13.9 km: surface not recorded
Why it matters: Hertz Canada’s terms say “use off paved roads or on roads which are not regularly maintained” voids the damage waiver. Check your own agreement. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-10-16. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
The crossing you arrive onSeasonal — Argentia is not the year-round door
Port aux Basques runs through the winter; Argentia does not. Confirm the sailing first, because the other landing is on the far side of the island.
Check it now →MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 77.9 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Conditions at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
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The drive back
Measured the other way, Clarke's Beach back to Argentia is the same distance: 78 km.
Plan back from your boarding time. Give the planner your sailing time and it tells you when to set off.
How early to arrive depends on the vessel and the season: check Marine Atlantic →
Return measured 2026-10-16, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions people actually ask
How far is Clarke's Beach from the Argentia ferry?＋
77.9 km from the ferry terminal to the centre of Clarke's Beach.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 1, 71 and 70. Your maps app has the turns.
Is Argentia the closest ferry for Clarke's Beach?＋
Yes. The next closest is Port aux Basques ferry, at 849.6 km.
Do I need a car?＋
Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.
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