Fortune ferry to the Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
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- ⛽ Route 210 has 105 km with no fuel. Where to fill up →
- Distance
- 350.4 km
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Places to stay in Bonavista
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Out on the water from Bonavista
Boat tours that leave from here. The sea and the season decide what you see: ask them what is about. Times and prices are on each one's page.
Discovery Sea Adventure Tours (Fast Rescue Craft boat tour) ↗
Discovery Sea Adventure Tours · Dock adjacent to the Matthew Legacy Building on Roper Street
Tours depart from our dock in Bonavista, adjacent to the Matthew Legacy Building on Roper Street.
Junction Campbell Street and Station Road, Bonavista
Join us for a 2-hour tour of Bonavista's beautiful rugged coast, view whales, puffins, icebergs…
You arrive by ferry — Saint-Pierre, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon to Fortune
The boat from Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon lands at Fortune, on the Burin Peninsula. It is an international crossing: passports, and the rules for bringing a car, are the operator's and the border's to state. SPM Ferries publishes sailings and fares.
SPM Ferries: crossings & current schedule →Stop 1: Provincial Seamen's Museum, Grand BankDetour
The museum the province's tourism site names in Grand Bank, the town most tied to the schooner fishery.
Stopping here adds 0.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Provincial Seamen's Museum, Grand Bank ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Marystown
The peninsula's largest town and its service centre, with a shipyard and fabrication plant for the offshore oil industry, per the province's tourism site.
Directions →Show on map: Marystown ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Swift Current
The first community down Route 210, long a favourite for sport fishing, per the province's tourism site. It also names Vernon's Antique Car Museum here.
Directions →Show on map: Swift Current ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Port Union
A town built by a union and founded by the fishermen's leader Sir William Coaker, as the province's tourism site tells it. Its boardwalk is part of the Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark, with fossils from the Ediacaran Period.
Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Port Union ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Elliston Puffin Viewing PointDetour
The viewpoint facing the Elliston puffin colony, close enough to watch from land in season. The birds keep their own calendar. The spur adds some driving.
Stopping here adds 9.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Elliston Puffin Viewing Point ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Ryan Premises National Historic SiteDetour
The Parks Canada site on Bonavista's waterfront tells five centuries of the salt-fish trade in the merchant premises where it ran. Parks Canada publishes hours and season. The buildings are on the way to the cape either way.
Stopping here adds 0.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Ryan Premises National Historic Site ↑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 220 →Whole road: 7 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 35 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 210 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 105 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 230 →Whole road: 8 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 45 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 4% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 238 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 12 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 36% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 235 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 33 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 2% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Nov 1, 2026, Fortune ferry terminal to Cape Bonavista Lighthouse. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
350.4 km. Off the ferry at Fortune to Cape Bonavista Lighthouse, on Routes 220, 210, 1, 230, 238 and 235.
When you get to Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
- Where to eat near Cape Bonavista Lighthouse → 16 places, A to Z, with addresses and phone numbers.
Sunrise and sunset at Cape Bonavista Lighthouse, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:14 am | 7:49 am | 4:32 pm | 5:08 pm |
| Feb | 6:38 am | 7:11 am | 5:22 pm | 5:54 pm |
| Mar | 6:45 am | 7:16 am | 7:06 pm | 7:38 pm |
| Apr | 5:39 am | 6:12 am | 7:52 pm | 8:25 pm |
| May | 4:43 am | 5:21 am | 8:35 pm | 9:13 pm |
| Jun | 4:16 am | 4:58 am | 9:06 pm | 9:48 pm |
| Jul | 4:34 am | 5:14 am | 9:01 pm | 9:41 pm |
| Aug | 5:20 am | 5:54 am | 8:19 pm | 8:54 pm |
| Sep | 6:06 am | 6:38 am | 7:16 pm | 7:48 pm |
| Oct | 6:49 am | 7:21 am | 6:14 pm | 6:45 pm |
| Nov | 6:36 am | 7:10 am | 4:23 pm | 4:58 pm |
| Dec | 7:11 am | 7:48 am | 4:06 pm | 4:43 pm |
Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon: light enough to see and shoot by. The weather line at the top has today's.
Places to eat on the way
Near Cape Bonavista Lighthouse, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat near Cape Bonavista Lighthouse →
43 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 104.9 km, after The Tea Rose, until Breen's.
Show all 43
- Sage Head Cafecafékm 0.3
- Sarah Rays Placerestaurantkm 6.2 · 710 m off the road
- Sharon's Nook Coffee Shoprestaurantkm 6.3 · 878 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 60.1
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 60.3
- The Tea Roserestaurantkm 98.3
- Breen'srestaurantkm 203.2 · 485 m off the road
- Robin's Donutscafékm 203.2 · 865 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 229.2
- Tim Hortonscafékm 229.2
- Brownings Pubpubkm 231.3
- Flannigans Pubpubkm 231.3
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 231.4
- Tim Hortonscafékm 231.5 · 1039 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 231.5 · 900 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 231.5 · 1105 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 231.5 · 939 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 231.5 · 1160 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 231.5 · 1161 m off the road
- Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 231.5 · 1615 m off the road
- Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 231.6 · 1410 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 231.6 · 1425 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 231.6 · 1423 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 234.1 · 1136 m off the road
- The Curtain Call Cafecafékm 239.5
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 256 · 153 m off the road
- Dunrovinrestaurantkm 257.2 · 173 m off the road
- The Galleyrestaurantkm 298.6
- Port Rexton Brewerypubkm 299.9 · 714 m off the road
- Oh my Cheesesfast foodkm 299.9 · 726 m off the road
- 2 Whales cafecafékm 300.3
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 341.3
- Neil's Yardcafékm 342.9 · 1196 m off the road
- Mifflin's Tea Roomcafékm 342.9 · 515 m off the road
- PK's Restaurant and Take-Outrestaurantkm 342.9 · 686 m off the road
- Bonavista Bicycle Picnics and Cafecafékm 342.9 · 1142 m off the road
- The Quintal Cafécafékm 342.9 · 561 m off the road
- Ragged Rocks Gastropubpubkm 342.9 · 618 m off the road
- The Boreal Dinerrestaurantkm 342.9 · 549 m off the road
- Walkham's Gate Pub & Cafepubkm 342.9 · 620 m off the road
- Mifflin's Tea Roomcafékm 342.9 · 515 m off the road
- Bonavista Brewing Taproompubkm 342.9 · 517 m off the road
- Marsh's Snack Barrestaurantkm 342.9 · 440 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-10-18 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.
Access, as its own page says: Partly step-free: The interpretation centre by its back boardwalk and ramp, and its accessible washrooms. The lighthouse has steps and no lift. Accessible travel, with the sources →
More about this drive
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Marystown km 60, Goobies km 204, Port Rexton km 300, Bonavista km 342
- Longest stretch without one
- 144 km
- Marystown → Goobies, of 350 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Cape Bonavista Lighthouse
- 7.9 km
- by road, at Bonavista
The chargers
Marystown km 60 of the drive
Marystown Hotel and Convention Centre 180-190 Ville Marie Dr, Marystown, NL A0E 2M0
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeGoobies km 204 of the drive
Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazePort Rexton km 300 of the drive
Port Rexton Foodex NL-230, Port Rexton, NL A0C 2H0
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeBonavista km 342 of the drive
Robin’s Donuts
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
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Charging: about 100 km of range every 15 minutes, and most EVs to 80% in less than an hour. You start it with a free ChargePoint account, with the ChargePoint app or card. NL Hydro, read November 1, 2026.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, October 22, 2026): Clarenville (km 230; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported October 22, 2026. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 11% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 89%
- 269.8 km of 350.4 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 11%
- 33 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 from a local Geofabrik extract (Overpass unreachable), checked 2026-11-01. 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 onCheck the operator; the season matters
SPM Ferries sails between Saint-Pierre and Fortune. Confirm the sailing, and what you can bring across, before you plan the drive.
spm-ferries.fr →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 350.4 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 change fast on this coast. Check before you set off.
511nl.ca →
Questions
How far is Cape Bonavista Lighthouse from the Fortune ferry?＋
350.4 km from the ferry terminal to Cape Bonavista Lighthouse.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 220, 210, 1, 230, 238 and 235. Your maps app has the turns.
Can I bring a car on the boat?＋
That is SPM Ferries' and the border's to state: read the operator's page before you set off.
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