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Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Baie Verte

Port aux Basques ferry to Baie Verte

Distance
425.9 km
Roads
1410
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Houses stepping down a hillside road to the sea on the Baie Verte Peninsula, open water and distant headlands beyond.
Houses stepping down a hillside road to the sea on the Baie Verte Peninsula, open water and distant headlands beyond.Photo: Lucia (via Flickr) · source · CC0 1.0

You arrive by ferry — North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques

Port aux Basques is the island's year-round ferry terminal, and everyone who comes through it has their own car already ashore.

Operated by Marine Atlantic. The drive below starts where the boat lands.

Crossings & current schedule →
Driving route from Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Baie Verte: 425.9 km by road, via Routes 1 · 410.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Port aux Basques ferry terminal into this area: King's Point (399 km), La Scie (475 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Wreckhouse

    The most famous stretch of wind in Newfoundland. The Long Range funnels southeasterlies here hard enough that a man was once employed to decide whether trains could pass: Lauchie MacDougall, the human wind gauge. The Trans-Canada runs straight through it, and high-sided vehicles still get held when it blows. Check the forecast for your timing.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Codroy Valley Provincial ParkDetour

    The mapped reserve on the Grand Codroy estuary, the sheltered river mouth that makes this valley the west coast's great bird water. Waterfowl gather in the wetlands with the Long Range mountains behind. ParksNL publishes what operates and when.

    Stopping here adds 17.2 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Joe Butts LookoutDetour

    A mapped viewpoint just off the highway near Deer Lake.

    Stopping here adds 2.3 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Newfoundland InsectariumDetour

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

    Stopping here adds 2.9 km to the drive.

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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 410 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 59 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Baie Verte. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →

425.9 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques to Baie Verte, on Routes 1 and 410.

When you get to Baie Verte

Places to eat on the way

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 154.3 km — after Tim Horton, until Roma's Pizza.

All 43, in the order you pass them — open the list
  • Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 0 · 1429 m off the road
  • Shark Cove Restaurantrestaurantkm 0 · 1427 m off the road
  • Port Clubpubkm 1 · 289 m off the road
  • Tai-Hong Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.4
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 2.6
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 3
  • Bob's Chicken Coopfast foodkm 3
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3.1
  • Robin‘sfast foodkm 3.2 · 823 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 3.2
  • Alma‘s Restaurantrestaurantkm 3.3 · 452 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5.3
  • Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 38.1
  • Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 107.1
  • Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 198.4
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 215.8
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 216 · 213 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 216.2 · 332 m off the road
  • King Henry's Pubpubkm 216.9 · 1950 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 217 · 1877 m off the road
  • Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 217.1 · 1522 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 217.2 · 951 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 217.2 · 941 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 217.3 · 911 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 224.6
  • Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 243 · 263 m off the road
  • Cafe 59restaurantkm 243 · 845 m off the road
  • Langerspubkm 264.5 · 541 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 264.6
  • Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 264.6
  • KFCfast foodkm 264.7
  • Subwayfast foodkm 264.8 · 163 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 264.8 · 162 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 264.9 · 204 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 265 · 212 m off the road
  • Wingn' itrestaurantkm 265.6
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 266.1 · 192 m off the road
  • Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 266.5
  • Tim Hortonfast foodkm 266.5 · 222 m off the road
  • Roma's Pizzarestaurantkm 420.8
  • Friends & Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 423.3 · 165 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 423.3
  • Samy's Chinese Restaurantrestaurantkm 424

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.

Short drives from Baie Verte

An easy day out from Baie VerteLa Scie 60 km awayIts own page measures from the Port aux Basques ferry; from Baie Verte it is 60 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Baie Verte.

Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Port aux Basques km 3, Robinsons km 107, Corner Brook km 216, Deer Lake km 267
Longest stretch without one
158 km
Deer Lake → Baie Verte, of 425 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Baie Verte
96.6 km
by road, at South Brook

No fast charger at Baie Verte. From Deer Lake it is 158 km there and the same back: plan on about 316 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at South Brook, 96.6 km from Baie Verte by road, off this drive's own road.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 271). Not counted until it opens.

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

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 63% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
37%
142.5 km of 425.9 km driven
No surface tag on the map
63%
239.9 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 2026-10-19. 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 says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 425.9 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 at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.

    511nl.ca →

Onward from Baie Verte

The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.

Questions

How far is Baie Verte from the Port aux Basques ferry?+

425.9 km from the ferry terminal to Baie Verte.

What route do I take?+

Routes 1 and 410. Your maps app has the turns.

Do I need a car?+

You came off the ferry with one, so this is your own drive.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 19, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/215300568 — Port aux Basques Ferry Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1656200097.

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