Argentia ferry terminal → L'Anse aux Meadows
Argentia ferry to L'Anse aux Meadows
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- ⛽ Route 1 has 119 km with no fuel. Where to fill up →
- Distance
- 1026.9 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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You 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 →Stop 1: Joey's Lookout
A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Newfoundland Insectarium
An insect museum in Deer Lake. Check its hours before detouring with kids in the car.
Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Newfoundland Insectarium ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: SS Ethie wreck site
A mapped shipwreck site on the Gros Morne coast. The coastal steamer Ethie went ashore here in 1919, and the beach still shows her bones. Steps from the highway.
Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: SS Ethie wreck site ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Western Brook Pond trailhead
The trailhead for the walk in to Gros Morne's most photographed water, a landlocked fjord. Parks Canada describes the walk and the operator the boat tour; the parking is right off the highway.
Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Western Brook Pond trailhead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Port au ChoixDetour
The one real spur on the Viking Trail. The town's national historic site holds thousands of years of burial and settlement archaeology; people fished this point for millennia before the Norse sailed. 29 km out and back, plus time at the site.
Stopping here adds 28.9 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Port au Choix ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Thrombolites at Flower's Cove
A walking trail to thrombolites: mound-building microbial structures of a kind that dominated Earth billions of years ago. The trail is just off the highway.
Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Thrombolites at Flower's Cove ↑Other map apps
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Scan with your phone to open this page there. Then tap Keep for offline before you lose signal.
⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
- Route 100 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 63 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 430 →Whole road: 17 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 97 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 44% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 436 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 16 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to L'Anse aux Meadows. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →
1026.9 km. Off the ferry at Argentia to L’Anse aux Meadows, on Routes 100, 1, 430 and 436.
When you get to L'Anse aux Meadows
- Where to eat near L'Anse aux Meadows → — 1 place the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Sunrise and sunset at L'Anse aux Meadows, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8:11 am | 4:30 pm |
| February | 7:27 am | 5:25 pm |
| March | 7:27 am | 7:15 pm |
| April | 6:17 am | 8:07 pm |
| May | 5:20 am | 8:56 pm |
| June | 4:53 am | 9:30 pm |
| July | 5:11 am | 9:24 pm |
| August | 5:56 am | 8:36 pm |
| September | 6:45 am | 7:28 pm |
| October | 7:35 am | 6:20 pm |
| November | 7:30 am | 4:23 pm |
| December | 8:11 am | 4:03 pm |
Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.
Places to eat on the way
1 near L'Anse aux Meadows: where to eat near L'Anse aux Meadows →
103 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.7 km — after Eddies Restaurant, until Big Stop Restaurant.
All 103, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 45 · 835 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 45
- Tim Hortonscafékm 45.1 · 224 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 45.1 · 180 m off the road
- Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 92.3
- Robin's Donutscafékm 116.5
- Breen'srestaurantkm 116.8
- Tim Hortonscafékm 143.3
- Tim Hortonscafékm 143.3
- Brownings Pubpubkm 145 · 1212 m off the road
- Flannigans Pubpubkm 145 · 1229 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 145.1 · 1264 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 146.6 · 593 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 146.6 · 676 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 146.7 · 773 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 146.7 · 539 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 146.7 · 488 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 146.7 · 488 m off the road
- Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 146.9 · 508 m off the road
- Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 146.9 · 200 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 147 · 585 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 147 · 585 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 147.1 · 1142 m off the road
- Snack shack.fast foodkm 176.2 · 624 m off the road
- Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 214.8 · 1229 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 222.9
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 252.5 · 1870 m off the road
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 259.3
- The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 288.3 · 1906 m off the road
- Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 288.5 · 869 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 288.5 · 845 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 288.6 · 816 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 288.6 · 1036 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 288.6 · 1045 m off the road
- Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 288.6 · 1795 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 288.8 · 1104 m off the road
- Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 288.8 · 800 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 288.8 · 1480 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 288.8 · 1110 m off the road
- The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 288.9 · 1143 m off the road
- Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 289 · 956 m off the road
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 289 · 1866 m off the road
- DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 289.1
- Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 289.3 · 986 m off the road
- Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 289.3 · 869 m off the road
- Grecofast foodkm 289.3 · 883 m off the road
- Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 289.4 · 974 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 289.4
- Louis Geesfast foodkm 289.4 · 809 m off the road
- New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 289.4 · 906 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 289.4 · 954 m off the road
- East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 289.4 · 949 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 289.5
- A&Wfast foodkm 289.8
- Subwayfast foodkm 289.8
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 311.1 · 600 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 369.6
- Tim Hortonscafékm 369.6
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 369.7 · 425 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 382.7 · 488 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 382.8 · 383 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 382.8 · 1240 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 382.8 · 1259 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 382.9 · 1171 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 383.4 · 967 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 383.5 · 379 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 383.6 · 409 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 383.6 · 519 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 383.6 · 721 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 383.6 · 1245 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 383.6 · 1338 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 383.6 · 403 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 383.6 · 422 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 383.6 · 266 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 383.8 · 846 m off the road
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 412.4
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 412.7
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 463.5
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 592.2 · 349 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 592.3 · 1623 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 592.3 · 508 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 592.3 · 1584 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 592.3 · 1839 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 592.3 · 1744 m off the road
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 592.3 · 1148 m off the road
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 592.3 · 393 m off the road
- Funland Resortrestaurantkm 599.3 · 937 m off the road
- food truckfast foodkm 658.5 · 952 m off the road
- Fisherman's Landingrestaurantkm 658.9 · 577 m off the road
- Earle‘srestaurantkm 658.9 · 1940 m off the road
- SunSet Cafécafékm 658.9 · 635 m off the road
- Jackie‘sfast foodkm 658.9 · 1648 m off the road
- Anchor Pubpubkm 658.9 · 566 m off the road
- Oceansrestaurantkm 658.9 · 554 m off the road
- Buoy & Arrowrestaurantkm 658.9 · 348 m off the road
- Treasure Box Crafts & Cafecafékm 658.9 · 715 m off the road
- Whale‘s Back Grub Hubrestaurantkm 678.1
- C&P Take-Outfast foodkm 800.1
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 800.4
- GNP Dinerrestaurantkm 902.8 · 220 m off the road
- Dark Tickle Shop - Cafe Nymphecafékm 1008.3
- The Daily Catchrestaurantkm 1010.5
- Skipper Hot's Loungerestaurantkm 1019.3
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-18. How we measure · Add a missing place
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Short drives from L'Anse aux Meadows
Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from L'Anse aux Meadows.
- Pistolet Bay Provincial Parkstop36 km
The ParksNL campground at the peninsula's top, off Route 437 just before the Norse site.
Directions →Other map apps
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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
- Goobies km 118, Port Blandford km 176, Glowertown km 224, Gander km 290, Bishop’s Falls km 373, South Brook km 465, Deer Lake km 594, Rocky Harbour km 660, Cow Head km 705, Flowers Cove km 905
- Longest stretch without one
- 200 km
- Cow Head → Flowers Cove, of 1025 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to L'Anse aux Meadows
- 39.7 km
- by road, at St. Anthony
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Whitbourne (km 45) and Clarenville (km 144) and Gander (km 290) and Deer Lake (km 590). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-22. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 59% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 41%
- 400.9 km of 1026.9 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 59%
- 569 km: surface not recorded
In a rental car: 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. Hertz’s terms ↗. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-10-19. 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 crossing
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.
marineatlantic.ca →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 1026.9 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Conditions at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
511nl.ca →
Questions
How far is L'Anse aux Meadows from the Argentia ferry?＋
1026.9 km from the ferry terminal to L'Anse aux Meadows.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 100, 1, 430 and 436. Your maps app has the turns.
Do I need a car?＋
You came off the ferry with one, so this is your own drive.
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