Bishop's Falls → Pool's Cove
Coast of Bays
- ⛽ Route 360 has 129 km with no fuel. Where to fill up →
- Electric: plan 964 km on a charge. Chargers ↓
- Distance
- 482.3 km
- Drive time
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Stop 1: MilltownDetour
A Bay d'Espoir community on Route 361, one of the two the province's tourism site names for boat tours on the bay.
Stopping here adds 6.5 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Milltown ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: St. Alban's
One of the Bay d'Espoir communities on Route 361, about 12 km past its junction with Route 360, per the province's tourism site. It points to local boat tours from here and Milltown, including a resettlement tour of Great Jervis.
Directions →Show on map: St. Alban's ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Miawpukek First Nation, Conne River
Home of the Miawpukek First Nation Reserve, on Route 365. Its annual powwow introduces visitors to Newfoundland Mi'kmaq traditions, per the province's tourism site, which also names the Miawpukek Culture and Family Recreation Park and the wooden staircase up to Clem's Lookout.
Directions →Show on map: Miawpukek First Nation, Conne River ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Sunny Cottage Heritage Centre, Harbour BretonDetour
A well-kept Queen Anne-style house built in 1907 by a local merchant. The province's tourism site also names Deadman's Cove beach, the Mile Pond Boardwalk and Gun Hill, where on a clear day you can see Saint-Pierre and Miquelon.
Stopping here adds 4.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Sunny Cottage Heritage Centre, Harbour Breton ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Elliott Premises, Harbour BretonDetour
Harbour Breton, at the end of Route 360, was settled first by French fishermen and later by the English. For decades the Newman family, known for their port wine, ran its trade. The Elliott Premises tells the Newman story, per the province's tourism site.
Stopping here adds 4.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Elliott Premises, Harbour Breton ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Hermitage ferryDetour
At the end of Route 364. A small passenger-only ferry runs from here to Gaultois, per the province's tourism site.
Stopping here adds 2.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Hermitage ferry ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 7: BelleoramDetour
Under Iron Skull Mountain, whose name the annual Iron Skull Folk Festival carries. The province's tourism site calls the hiking trail to the summit a challenging trek, and names the John Cluett Heritage House, dating to 1844.
Stopping here adds 8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Belleoram ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 8: St. Jacques
The first of the small communities on Route 363 that the province's tourism site suggests taking slowly, with stops for the views and the beaches.
Directions →Show on map: St. Jacques ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 9: Coomb's CoveDetour
Another of the Route 363 communities the province's tourism site names, with Boxey and Wreck Cove.
Stopping here adds 5.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Coomb's Cove ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 10: Bay du Nord Heritage River Monument, Pool's Cove
Pool's Cove marks the entrance to the Bay du Nord River, a Canadian Heritage River that runs through the Bay du Nord Wilderness Reserve. The province's tourism site says a coastal boat runs from here to Rencontre East and Bay L'Argent.
Stopping here adds 0.9 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Bay du Nord Heritage River Monument, Pool's Cove ↑Other map apps
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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
- Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 360 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 129 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 361 →Whole road: 4 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 15 km. Unpaved mapped: 0.8 km; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 364 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 21 km. Unpaved mapped: 1.5 km; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 20, 2026, Bishop's Falls to Pool's Cove by St. Alban's, Conne River, Harbour Breton, Hermitage, St. Jacques and Wreck Cove. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
482.3 km, one way. The province’s named Coast of Bays drive leaves the Trans-Canada at Bishop’s Falls on Route 360, the Bay d’Espoir Highway. It crosses the interior barrens to Bay d’Espoir, where Route 361 goes to Milltown and St. Alban’s and Route 365 to Conne River.
Then the bays. Route 360 runs on to Harbour Breton, Route 364 to Hermitage, and Routes 362 and 363 round Belleoram, St. Jacques, Coomb’s Cove and Wreck Cove. Pool’s Cove is last. Keep an eye out for the caribou herd on the Route 360 barrens, per the province’s tourism site.
Two boats. From Hermitage a passenger-only ferry goes to Gaultois. From Pool’s Cove the coastal boat goes to Rencontre East and Bay L’Argent. Neither takes cars.
Places to eat on the way
13 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 138.1 km — after Sophie's Kitchen, to Pool's Cove.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Irvingrestaurantkm 0 · 866 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 0 · 925 m off the road
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 0.1 · 1122 m off the road
- Dashwoods Dinerrestaurantkm 132.3
- Mike's Backyard Restaurantrestaurantkm 160.8 · 289 m off the road
- Golden Fried Chickenfast foodkm 161.2
- The Pub Loungepubkm 162 · 314 m off the road
- Riverside Take-Out And Restaurantfast foodkm 208.5
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 293.1
- Ernie's Take-Outfast foodkm 294 · 201 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 294 · 218 m off the road
- Dockside Cafe & Eaterycafékm 294.1 · 1761 m off the road
- Sophie's Kitchenrestaurantkm 342.1
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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Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- none
- Longest stretch without one
- 482 km
- the start → Pool's Cove, of 482 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Pool's Cove
- 190.2 km
- by road, at Bishop’s Falls
No fast charger at Pool's Cove. From the start it is 482 km there and the same back: plan on about 964 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Bishop’s Falls, 190.2 km from Pool's Cove by road, off this drive's own road.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Conne River (km 206). 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
- 0.2 km
- Graveyard Awti (0.08 km, 31.7 km from Pool's Cove); a path road (0.14 km, 148 km from Pool's Cove)
- Mapped as paved
- 100%
- 310.1 km of 482.3 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 0%
- 0.1 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 2026-10-20. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
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Fuel on Route 360Year round, plan at the Trans-Canada
The province's tourism site says there are no fuel stops on Route 360 until Bay d'Espoir or the other communities on the coast, and strongly advises filling up first.
511nl.ca →MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is a 482.3 km drive before any stops, on unlit two-lane road across the interior and round the bays. Start late and you finish in the dark.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Route 360 is the one road between the Trans-Canada and the coast, single carriageway the whole way. Check before you leave Bishop's Falls.
511nl.ca →
Questions
How far is the Coast of Bays?＋
Measured here one way, from Bishop's Falls to Pool's Cove by St. Alban's, Conne River, Harbour Breton, Hermitage and the Route 363 communities: 482.3 km on the OSRM driving profile. Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, which names the drive, gives about 485 km. The two take in the same branches, and the province calls its distances estimates.
Where does it start, and which way should I drive it?＋
The province starts it at Bishop's Falls, where Route 360 leaves the Trans-Canada, and lists Pool's Cove last. It says the drive can be taken in reverse.
How far is it back to the Trans-Canada from Pool's Cove?＋
185.1 km from Pool's Cove to Bishop's Falls on Routes 362 and 360, OSRM driving profile, checked 2026-10-20.
Why does the line go back on itself?＋
Most of these places are at the ends of roads. St. Alban's, Harbour Breton and Hermitage each need the same road back, so about 30% of the 482.3 km is driven twice.
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title="Driving route: Bishop's Falls to Pool's Cove"></iframe>?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 20, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/107366069 — Bishops Falls. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1510926838 — Pool's Cove.