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Fortune ferry to St. John's

Distance
364.1 km
Roads
Route 220Route 210Route 1Route 2
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A row of brightly painted wooden row houses in red, green, yellow and blue climbing a street in downtown St. John's.
A row of brightly painted wooden row houses in red, green, yellow and blue climbing a street in downtown St. John's.Photo: Paul · source · CC BY 2.0

Places to stay in St. John's

No place to stay in St. John's is listed on Best Kind Stays yet. Every place it lists →

A place listed in St. John's shows on 32 pages here: the airport page, 6 drives to St. John's, 21 arenas and stages and 4 trails nearby.

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Art in and near St. John's

By road, from the open map. Shops and galleries keep their own hours. 14 more: All the art, by region →

Out on the water from St. John's

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.

  • Ocean Safari (Zodiac) and cod fishing ↗

    Ocean Quest Adventures · Main Road, Petty Harbour (per province listing)

    Our rigid-hulled inflatable Zodiac boats are built for safety, stability, and getting close.

  • Quidi Vidi Charters ↗

    57 Barrows Road, Quidi Vidi Village

    An authentic 3-hour experience on the water and wharf in historic Quidi Vidi Village located 5 mins from downtown St. John's.

Every tour in the province, by kind →

Filmed here: Frontier. The Frontier drive · every spot from every airport

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 →
Driving route from Fortune ferry terminal to St. John's: 364.1 km by road, via Routes 220 · 210 · 1 · 2.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. 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.

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  2. Stop 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.

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  3. Stop 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.

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  4. Stop 4: Railway Coastal MuseumDetour

    At 495 Water Street, St. John's old railway station, now the Railway Coastal Museum, about the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boats.

    Stopping here adds 0.9 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Trans-Canada Trail Mile Zero KmDetour

    A second marker a short way on: the zero point of the Trans Canada Trail. Wheelchair accessible, per the map. It stands beside the old train station below, so the two make one stop.

    Stopping here adds 0.6 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Trans-Canada Highway Zero KmDetour

    Mile Zero of the Trans-Canada, beside St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street, the old Trans-Canada.

    Stopping here adds 0.9 km to the drive.

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  7. Commissariat House, a grey clapboard Georgian house with white trim, among trees in St. John's.
    Photograph: Mo Laidlaw · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Stop 7: Terry Fox Mile 0Detour

    Terry Fox's statue at Mile 0 of his Marathon of Hope, which began in St. John's on April 12, 1980, when he dipped his right leg in the Atlantic Ocean.

    Stopping here adds 2.1 km to the drive.

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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 2 →Whole road: 10 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 28 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% has no surface tag, so unknown.

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

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364.1 km. Off the ferry at Fortune to St. John’s, on Routes 220, 210, 1 and 2.

When you get to St. John's

Sunrise and sunset at St. John's, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:09 am7:44 am4:35 pm5:09 pm
Feb6:35 am7:07 am5:22 pm5:54 pm
Mar6:44 am7:15 am7:05 pm7:36 pm
Apr5:40 am6:12 am7:48 pm8:21 pm
May4:47 am5:23 am8:29 pm9:06 pm
Jun4:21 am5:02 am8:59 pm9:40 pm
Jul4:39 am5:18 am8:55 pm9:33 pm
Aug5:22 am5:56 am8:14 pm8:48 pm
Sep6:06 am6:37 am7:14 pm7:45 pm
Oct6:47 am7:18 am6:14 pm6:45 pm
Nov6:32 am7:05 am4:25 pm4:59 pm
Dec7:06 am7:42 am4:10 pm4:45 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 St. John's, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat near St. John's →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 105.5 km, after The Tea Rose, until Breen's.

Show all 76
  • 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 203.8
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 204.1
  • Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 228.4
  • A&Wfast foodkm 275.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 275.7
  • Subwayfast foodkm 275.7
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 276.3
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 347.7 · 1760 m off the road
  • Donovan's Irvingrestaurantkm 348.7 · 1243 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 348.7 · 1881 m off the road
  • Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 348.7 · 478 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 348.8 · 378 m off the road
  • Five Guysrestaurantkm 348.9 · 439 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 349.1
  • A&Wfast foodkm 349.1
  • Pizza Hutrestaurantkm 349.2 · 383 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 349.4 · 1614 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 349.4 · 1834 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 349.4 · 296 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 349.4 · 306 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 349.4 · 1735 m off the road
  • Fat Bastard Burritorestaurantkm 349.4 · 405 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 349.4 · 1658 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 349.4 · 1610 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzeriarestaurantkm 349.4 · 1708 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 349.4 · 325 m off the road
  • Taco Bellfast foodkm 349.5 · 1684 m off the road
  • Acropolis Pizzarestaurantkm 349.5 · 382 m off the road
  • Full House Restaurantrestaurantkm 349.5 · 323 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 349.5 · 347 m off the road
  • Asian Caferestaurantkm 349.7 · 1619 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 350.6 · 156 m off the road
  • Extreme Pitafast foodkm 350.7 · 331 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 350.9 · 353 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 350.9 · 464 m off the road
  • Thaï Expressfast foodkm 350.9 · 328 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 350.9 · 466 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 351 · 391 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 351 · 330 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 351 · 325 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 351 · 173 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 351 · 327 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 351.1 · 282 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 351.1 · 276 m off the road
  • Landwash Brewerypubkm 352.8 · 964 m off the road
  • Johny & Mae'sfast foodkm 352.8 · 960 m off the road
  • The Sweet Newfie Kitchenfast foodkm 354.1 · 1941 m off the road
  • Oscars Eatery & Caférestaurantkm 354.1 · 1852 m off the road
  • Jasmine's Restaurantrestaurantkm 355.2 · 1610 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 355.3 · 1498 m off the road
  • Redrock Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 355.3 · 1524 m off the road
  • New Moon Restaurantrestaurantkm 355.4 · 1517 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 355.4 · 1359 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 355.4 · 1475 m off the road
  • Topsail Road Pizzeria and Loungefast foodkm 355.4 · 1483 m off the road
  • Big Cheese Pizzafast foodkm 355.4 · 1377 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 355.4 · 1374 m off the road
  • Sushi Makirestaurantkm 355.4 · 1374 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 355.4 · 1488 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 356.4 · 1398 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 356.4 · 1404 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 356.9 · 983 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 356.9 · 975 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 356.9 · 953 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 356.9
  • Peter's Pizzarestaurantkm 357 · 1190 m off the road
  • Rack and Roll Lounge and Games Roompubkm 357 · 1294 m off the road
  • Red Pepperrestaurantkm 357 · 1202 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 357 · 1095 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 358.1 · 977 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: Step-free: The Rooms (every floor, wheelchairs to borrow), the Johnson Geo Centre (elevators, wheelchairs to borrow) and the Colonial Building (a lift between floors). Audio cues at some downtown traffic lights. The Rooms: ASL for many programs, booked two weeks ahead; listening headphones in the theatre. The Rooms: headphones that link to the theatre's sound system, to borrow or bring your own; ask Visitor Services before you come. Hearing devices to borrow, and ASL interpreters to book, through local groups with text lines. Accessible travel, with the sources →

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Marystown km 60, Goobies km 204, Paradise km 348, St. John’s km 350
Longest stretch without one
144 km
Marystown → Goobies, of 364 km driven
Nearest fast charger to St. John's
14.4 km
by road, at St. John’s

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

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  • Goobies km 204 of the drive

    Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Paradise km 348 of the drive, 2.4 km off it

    Paradise Town Hall 28 McNamara Dr, Paradise, NL A1L 1Y5

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • St. John’s km 350 of the drive

    The Shoppes at Galway 42 Danny Drive, St. John’s

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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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): Whitbourne (km 277; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers) and St. John’s, a second site in the same town (km 350; 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: 29% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
71%
229.8 km of 364.1 km driven
No surface tag on the map
29%
92.4 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 364.1 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 St. John's from the Fortune ferry?＋

364.1 km from the ferry terminal to St. John's.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 220, 210, 1 and 2. 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 2, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/7740476043 — Fortune. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/236053950 — St. John's. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms