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Fortune ferry to Roddickton

Distance
1028 km
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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.

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Driving route from Fortune ferry terminal to Roddickton: 1028 km by road, via Routes 220 · 210 · 1 · 430 · 432 · 433.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.
  1. Stop 1: Joey's LookoutDetour

    A two-minute stop for the bay below.

    Stopping here adds 11 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    An aviation museum in Gander. Gander exists because of transatlantic flight, and this is where that story is kept. Check current hours with the museum.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.

    Stopping here adds 4.3 km to the drive.

  4. Stop 4: Newfoundland Insectarium

    An insect museum in Deer Lake. Check its hours before detouring with kids in the car.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Lobster Cove Head LighthouseDetour

    A century-old lighthouse on the headland at Rocky Harbour, with Parks Canada's exhibit on the people of the coast inside and short trails out to the rocks and the open sea. Parks Canada calls it the place for sunsets; the exhibit keeps a summer season, on its page.

    Stopping here adds 2.5 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Western Brook Pond trailhead

    The trailhead for the walk in to Gros Morne's most photographed water, the landlocked fjord on half the province's postcards. Parks Canada and the boat operator describe the walk and the tour. The parking is right off the highway.

    Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.

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  7. Stop 7: Steve's Trail, Broom Point

    Parks Canada's 900 m return walk from the Broom Point parking lot: the woods open on a seaside meadow looking over the coast and the Long Range Mountains, and a stairway goes down to the sand where Western Brook meets the sea. Parks Canada lists it for sand dunes and a picnic. At the end of the road is Broom Point's restored fishing premises, the Mudge brothers' summer home from 1941 to 1975, open when Parks Canada staff are there.

    Stopping here adds 1.7 km to the drive.

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  8. Stop 8: The Arches Provincial Park

    Sea-carved limestone arches in the surf right beside Route 430. A ten-minute leg-stretch with a lot to photograph. ParksNL lists it as day use, and the sea decides how close you can stand.

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⛽ 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 430 →Whole road: 17 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 97 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 44% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 432 →Whole road: 0 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 110 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 433 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 19 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Nov 1, 2026, Fortune ferry terminal to Roddickton. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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1028 km. Off the ferry at Fortune to Roddickton, on Routes 220, 210, 1, 430, 432 and 433.

When you get to Roddickton

Sunrise and sunset at Roddickton, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:32 am8:10 am4:35 pm5:13 pm
Feb6:53 am7:27 am5:29 pm6:03 pm
Mar6:56 am7:29 am7:18 pm7:51 pm
Apr5:45 am6:20 am8:08 pm8:43 pm
May4:45 am5:25 am8:55 pm9:36 pm
Jun4:13 am4:59 am9:29 pm10:15 pm
Jul4:33 am5:17 am9:23 pm10:06 pm
Aug5:24 am6:01 am8:37 pm9:14 pm
Sep6:15 am6:48 am7:30 pm8:03 pm
Oct7:03 am7:36 am6:23 pm6:56 pm
Nov6:53 am7:30 am4:28 pm5:05 pm
Dec7:31 am8:10 am4:08 pm4:48 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 Roddickton, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat near Roddickton →

100 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 137.1 km, after Pizza Delight, until Lumberjacks.

Show all 100
  • 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 230.9 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 230.9 · 1229 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 231 · 1264 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 232.4 · 676 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 232.5 · 593 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 232.5 · 773 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 232.5 · 539 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 232.5 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 232.5 · 488 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 232.8 · 508 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 232.8 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 232.8 · 585 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 232.8 · 200 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 233 · 1142 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 262.1 · 624 m off the road
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 300.7 · 1229 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 308.7
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 338.4 · 1870 m off the road
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 345.2
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 374.2 · 1906 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 374.4 · 869 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 374.4 · 845 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 374.5 · 816 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 374.5 · 1036 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 374.5 · 1045 m off the road
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 374.5 · 1795 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 374.6 · 1104 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 374.6 · 800 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 374.6 · 1480 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 374.6 · 1110 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 374.8 · 1143 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 374.9 · 956 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 374.9 · 1866 m off the road
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 374.9
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 375.2 · 974 m off the road
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 375.2 · 986 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 375.2
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 375.2 · 809 m off the road
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 375.2 · 869 m off the road
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 375.2 · 906 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 375.2 · 954 m off the road
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 375.2 · 949 m off the road
  • Grecofast foodkm 375.2 · 883 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 375.4
  • A&Wfast foodkm 375.7
  • Subwayfast foodkm 375.7
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 397 · 600 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 455.4
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 455.4
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 455.6 · 425 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 468.6 · 488 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 468.7 · 383 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 468.7 · 1171 m off the road
  • Taiwanrestaurantkm 468.7 · 1240 m off the road
  • Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 468.7 · 1259 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 469.3 · 379 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 469.3 · 967 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 469.4 · 409 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 469.4 · 519 m off the road
  • Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 469.4 · 1245 m off the road
  • War Wick'srestaurantkm 469.4 · 1338 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 469.5 · 721 m off the road
  • Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 469.5 · 403 m off the road
  • Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 469.5 · 422 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 469.5 · 266 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 469.7 · 846 m off the road
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 498.3
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 498.5
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 549.2
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 678.1 · 1623 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 678.1 · 508 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 678.1 · 1584 m off the road
  • Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 678.1 · 349 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 678.1 · 1839 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 678.1 · 1744 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonfast foodkm 678.1 · 393 m off the road
  • Wingn' itrestaurantkm 678.2 · 1148 m off the road
  • Funland Resortrestaurantkm 685.1 · 937 m off the road
  • food truckfast foodkm 744.4 · 952 m off the road
  • Fisherman's Landingrestaurantkm 744.8 · 577 m off the road
  • Earle‘srestaurantkm 744.8 · 1940 m off the road
  • SunSet Cafécafékm 744.8 · 635 m off the road
  • Jackie‘sfast foodkm 744.8 · 1648 m off the road
  • Anchor Pubpubkm 744.8 · 566 m off the road
  • Oceansrestaurantkm 744.8 · 554 m off the road
  • Buoy & Arrowrestaurantkm 744.8 · 348 m off the road
  • Treasure Box Crafts & Cafecafékm 744.8 · 715 m off the road
  • Whale‘s Back Grub Hubrestaurantkm 763.9
  • C&P Take-Outfast foodkm 886
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 886.2

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.

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Marystown km 60, Goobies km 204, Port Blandford km 262, Glovertown km 310, Gander km 376, Bishop’s Falls km 459, South Brook km 551, Deer Lake km 680, Rocky Harbour km 746, Cow Head km 791, Roddickton km 1026
Longest stretch without one
235 km
Cow Head → Roddickton, of 1026 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Roddickton
at Roddickton

The chargers

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) and Gander, a second site in the same town (km 376; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers) and Deer Lake, a second site in the same town (km 676; 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

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 52% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
48%
454.9 km of 1028 km driven
No surface tag on the map
52%
494.7 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 1028 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 Roddickton from the Fortune ferry?+

1028 km from the ferry terminal to Roddickton.

What route do I take?+

Routes 220, 210, 1, 430, 432 and 433. 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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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 1, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/7740476043 — Fortune. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1540810336 — Roddickton-Bide Arm. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms