St. Andrew's → Doyles
Codroy Valley International Wetlands
- Distance
- 41.6 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Stop 1: J.T. Cheeseman Provincial ParkDetour
South of the start, toward Port aux Basques. With Grand Bay West, one of two nesting sites of the piping plover, an endangered shore bird, per the province's tourism site. Keep out of areas marked by the exclusion signs.
Stopping here adds 46 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Cape Ray lighthouseDetour
The province's tourism site suggests the Cape Ray Lightkeepers House, on the lighthouse's history, before heading to the wetlands. It is south of the start, off the Trans-Canada.
Stopping here adds 42.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Cape Ray lighthouse ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Starlite Trail trailheadDetour
A moderate to difficult 5.1 km trail to the top of the Long Range Mountains over the Little Codroy River, per the province's tourism site. The trailhead is on the Trans-Canada near Route 407.
Stopping here adds 10.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Starlite Trail trailhead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Searston
One end of the 5.5 km Coastangs Trail, a moderate coastal walk with mountains behind, per the province's tourism site. The other trailhead is in St. Andrew's.
Directions →Show on map: Searston ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Codroy Valley Provincial Park
A park on ParksNL's list, near the mouth of the Grand Codroy River. ParksNL publishes what operates and when.
Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Codroy Valley Provincial Park ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Cape Anguille Lighthouse
The province's tourism site calls it worth a visit for some of the best sunsets on the island. The drive turns back here.
Directions →Show on map: Cape Anguille Lighthouse ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 7: Grand Codroy River EstuaryDetour
Part of the Codroy Valley International Wetlands, on a flyway for migrating birds. The province's tourism site says to come in summer for the resident breeders and in spring and fall for the migrants.
Stopping here adds 6.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Grand Codroy River Estuary ↑Other map apps
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Drive measured Oct 20, 2026, St. Andrew's to Doyles. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
41.6 km, out to the cape and back by the other road. Route 407 runs from St. Andrew’s along the valley to Cape Anguille, and Route 406 brings you back through the valley to the Trans-Canada at Doyles.
The wetlands are the reason to come. Beaches, marsh and tidal estuary, on a flyway for migrating birds. Coming from Port aux Basques, J.T. Cheeseman and Cape Ray are on the way.
Places to eat on the way
1 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 41 km — from the start of the drive, until Robin's Donuts.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 41 · 1394 m off the road
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
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.
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- none
- Longest stretch without one
- 42 km
- the start → Doyles, of 42 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Doyles
- 36.8 km
- by road, at Port aux Basques
No fast charger at Doyles. From the start it is 42 km there and the same back: plan on about 84 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Port aux Basques, 36.8 km from Doyles by road, off this drive's own road.
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
- 1.2 km
- 406-35 (1.16 km, 17.8 km from Doyles)
- Mapped as paved
- 89%
- 22.8 km of 41.6 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 6%
- 1.6 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
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
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. Routes 407 and 406 are unlit two-lane road through farmland and woods.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
The Anguille Mountains north of the valley are known for high winds, per the province's tourism site. Check before driving in winter or in a storm.
511nl.ca →
Questions
How far is the drive?＋
41.6 km, measured from St. Andrew's out Route 407 to Cape Anguille and back in on Route 406 to Doyles. Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, which names the drive and starts it at St. Andrew's, gives about 46 km. Theirs is an estimate; this one is measured on the roads.
Where should I start, and which way round?＋
The province starts at St. Andrew's, on the Trans-Canada, and says the drive can be taken in reverse. Starting at Doyles gives the same distance.
When are the birds there?＋
The province's tourism site says the resident breeders are there in summer and the migrants in spring and fall.
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