Comfort Cove-Newstead → Boyd's Cove
Comfort Cove-Newstead to Boyd's Cove
- Distance
- 42.9 km
- Drive time
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Stop 1: Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretation CentreDetour
A provincial interpretation centre on the site of a Beothuk winter settlement, on a turn off Route 340. It opens seasonally; confirm hours with the site before you count on it.
Stopping here adds 7.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretation Centre ↑Other map apps
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Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, town centre to town centre, checked 2026-10-16; the same in both directions. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
42.9 km, the same each way. Route 343 out of Comfort Cove-Newstead, then north-east on Route 340 to Boyd’s Cove.
What is there. The Beothuk Interpretation Centre, on a turn off the highway. Past Boyd’s Cove, the causeways start toward New World Island.
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Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- none
- Longest stretch without one
- 43 km
- the start → Boyd's Cove, of 43 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Boyd's Cove
- 46.9 km
- by road, at Lewisporte
No fast charger at Boyd's Cove. From the start it is 43 km there and the same back: plan on about 86 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Lewisporte, 46.9 km from Boyd's Cove 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 2026-10-10. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Mapped as paved
- 21%
- 6.2 km of 42.9 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 79%
- 23.9 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.
Boyd's Cove Beothuk Interpretation CentreSeasonal — the operator publishes the dates
The provincial historic sites service runs the centre and publishes its season and hours.
Check it now →MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is unlit two-lane road for nearly all of it, so take care on the drive back in the evening.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Route 340 is the only road to the islands and carries the Twillingate traffic. Check before winter driving.
Check it now →
Onward from Boyd's Cove
The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.
Questions people actually ask
How far is the drive?＋
42.9 km, measured town centre to town centre. It is the same in both directions.
Why would I drive it?＋
Boyd's Cove has the Beothuk Interpretation Centre, on the site of a Beothuk winter settlement. It is also where Route 340 turns toward New World Island and Twillingate.
What is past Boyd's Cove?＋
Route 340 carries on over the causeways through New World Island to Twillingate, 85 km from Comfort Cove-Newstead in all. That drive has its own page.
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