Skip to content
from the airport.

Argentia ferry terminal → Twillingate

Argentia ferry to Twillingate

Distance
402.2 km
Drive time
In your maps app ↗
Roads
1330331340
Open in Google Maps →
Use another map appApple Maps · Google Maps · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze

Stops and map ↓Where to eat near Twillingate ↓

Filmed here: Below. The Below drive · every spot from every airport

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 →
Driving route from Argentia ferry terminal to Twillingate: 402.2 km by road, via Routes 1 · 330 · 331 · 340.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Argentia ferry terminal into this area: Comfort Cove-Newstead (378 km), Lewisporte (350 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. 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 →
    Other map appsApple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze
    Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑

  2. Stop 2: Silent Witnesses MemorialDetour

    A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985. An American soldier stands atop a rock holding the hands of a civilian boy and girl, each child carrying an olive branch for the Screaming Eagles' peacekeeping mission in the Sinai; they were going home for Christmas. The trio look toward Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where a similar statue looks back.

    Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.

    Directions →
    Other map appsApple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze
    Show on map: Silent Witnesses Memorial ↑

  3. Stop 3: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    An aviation museum in Gander. Gander exists because of transatlantic flight, and this is where that story is kept. The town's own airport is right here, and the rest of the drive from it is 113.8 km. Check current hours with the museum.

    Stopping here adds 2 km to the drive.

    Directions →
    Other map appsApple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze
    Show on map: North Atlantic Aviation Museum ↑
⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾

Route 1 · Route 330 · Route 331 · Route 340

Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to Twillingate. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →

402.2 km. Off the ferry at Argentia, out to the Trans-Canada and west past Clarenville and through Terra Nova to Gander, then Routes 330 and 331 to the coast and Route 340 over the causeways.

Seasonal crossing. Confirm the sailing first: the year-round door, Port aux Basques, is on the far side of the island.

When you get to Twillingate

New place to eat, or one that's missing? This list comes from OpenStreetMap, so nobody can pay to be on it. Add it to the map yourself (about twenty minutes on a phone), or email us the details and we'll put it on the map.

Short drives from Twillingate

An easy day out from TwillingateCodjacks Cove Trail 4.1 km awayA walk: 3.2 km walk · easyDirections from where your phone is now:
Directions →
Other map appsApple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze

Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Twillingate.

More, up to 34 km (2)

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 289
Longest stretch without one
118 km
the ARG door → Goobies, of 402 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Twillingate
89 km
by road, at Lewisporte

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-10): Whitbourne (km 45) and Clarenville (km 144) and Gander (km 290). 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

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Mapped as paved
37%
136.1 km of 402.2 km driven
No surface tag on the map
63%
233.5 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 →

  • IcebergsBest late May and early June

    The province's advice for viewing. Where the ice is on the day is a live question; check the latest sightings before the drive.

    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 402.2 km of mostly unlit two-lane highway after a long crossing.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Most of this is the Trans-Canada, paved and well travelled, across open country. Check before you set off.

    Check it now →

Onward from Twillingate

The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.

The drive back

Twillingate back to Argentia measures 403 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 Twillingate from the Argentia ferry?＋

402.2 km from the ferry terminal to the centre of Twillingate.

What route do I take?＋

Out of Argentia to the Trans-Canada (Route 1) as far as Gander, then north on Routes 330 and 331 and Route 340 over the causeways.

Argentia or Port aux Basques?＋

Argentia lands 224.7 km closer (402.2 km against 626.9), but it sails seasonally; Port aux Basques runs all year. Marine Atlantic publishes both.

Is there anywhere worth stopping on the way?＋

The stops come late, around Gander: Joey's Lookout, the Silent Witnesses Memorial, and the North Atlantic Aviation Museum.

No recorded track yet.Drove it? Send yours →

Put this map on your site

Run a place to stay, a tour or a town page on this drive? Add this map to your site. It answers how far from the airport? Free, no account, and we keep the figures current.

<iframe src="https://fromtheairport.xyz/embed/arg-twillingate"
  width="100%" height="420" style="border:0" loading="lazy"
  title="Driving route: Argentia ferry terminal to Twillingate"></iframe>
Add ?lat=&lon=&label= to the URL to pin your own property on the map.

Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 16, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/605220569 — Argentia. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/107365649 — Twillingate.

Going with someone?

Hear when iceberg season looks worth the trip

One or two emails a year: where icebergs are showing up, and which drive gets you there.

Pressing Email me signs you up for iceberg-season email only, never shared. Unsubscribe any time. From From the Airport, 582 St. Clair Ave W, Suite 326, Toronto, ON M6C 1A6, [email protected]. More about it.