Port aux Basques ferry terminal to the Codroy Valley
- Distance
- 40.2 km
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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.
Marine Atlantic: crossings & current schedule →Stop 1: Wreckhouse
A named place on the map, not a building, and the Trans-Canada runs straight through it. There is nothing to stop for, but this stretch makes its own weather. Check the conditions link in the seasons block before you drive it.
Stopping here adds 0.2 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 407 →Whole road: 0 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 16 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 42% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 21, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Codroy Valley. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →
40.2 km. Port aux Basques ferry terminal to the Codroy Valley: the Trans-Canada north, then Route 407 into the valley where the Grand Codroy reaches the sea.
The only short drive from the dock. Corner Brook is 222 km away and Gros Morne 337 km. From the nearest airport it is 245 km.
Wreckhouse. The Long Range funnels down onto the highway here. Check the road-conditions link above before you drive it.
Route 407 into the valley is not paved for all of its length: about a kilometre in four short pieces (see the panel below). It matters more for the paperwork than the driving. Some rental agreements treat unpaved road as a breach, so ask at the rental counter.
Sunrise and sunset at Codroy Valley, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:36 am | 8:11 am | 5:00 pm | 5:35 pm |
| Feb | 7:02 am | 7:34 am | 5:48 pm | 6:20 pm |
| Mar | 7:10 am | 7:41 am | 7:31 pm | 8:02 pm |
| Apr | 6:06 am | 6:38 am | 8:15 pm | 8:48 pm |
| May | 5:12 am | 5:49 am | 8:57 pm | 9:34 pm |
| Jun | 4:46 am | 5:27 am | 9:27 pm | 10:08 pm |
| Jul | 5:04 am | 5:43 am | 9:22 pm | 10:01 pm |
| Aug | 5:48 am | 6:22 am | 8:42 pm | 9:16 pm |
| Sep | 6:32 am | 7:03 am | 7:41 pm | 8:12 pm |
| Oct | 7:14 am | 7:45 am | 6:40 pm | 7:11 pm |
| Nov | 6:59 am | 7:33 am | 4:51 pm | 5:25 pm |
| Dec | 7:33 am | 8:09 am | 4:35 pm | 5:11 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.
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Short drives from Codroy Valley
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- Searstonstop1.6 km
One end of the 5.5 km Coastangs Trail, a moderate coastal walk with mountains behind, per the province's tourism site.
- Point Roseehistoric site1.6 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Grand Codroy River Estuarystop4.4 km
Part of the Codroy Valley International Wetlands, on a flyway for migrating birds.
- Cape Anguille Lighthousestop11 km
The province's tourism site calls it worth a visit for some of the best sunsets on the island.
- Starlight Trailtrail · 4.8 km out and back · challenging14 km
- Wreckhousestop17 km
A named place on the map, not a building, and the Trans-Canada runs straight through it.
- Cape Ray lighthousestop30 km
The province's tourism site suggests the Cape Ray Lightkeepers House, on the lighthouse's history, before heading to the wetlands.
- Channel Head Lighttowerlighthouse42 kmDirections →
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More, up to 84 km (7)
- Isle aux Mortsstop55 km
Two 17th-century astrolabes were recovered just off this coast, per the province's tourism site.
- Harvey's Trailtrail · 4 km loop · easy56 km
- Crabbes Riverstop69 km
- Robinsons Riverstop79 km
The other salmon stream the province's tourism site names.
- Rose Blanche ferry terminalstop81 km
Where the passenger-only ferry leaves for La Poile, per the province's tourism site.
- Rose Blanche Lighthouselighthouse82 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Highlandsstop84 km
At the end of Route 405.
Distances by road from Codroy Valley, measured on OpenStreetMap November 7, 2026. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
More about this drive
What has been recorded near here
Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Codroy Valley, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in June, October, July246 reports on record
Reports, not counts: busy harbours report more. No sighting is promised, and the list covers only the species we look up. Source: GBIF, the international record of wildlife sightings, checked 2026-10-07.
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Port aux Basques km 3
- Longest stretch without one
- 37 km
- Port aux Basques → Codroy Valley, of 40 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Codroy Valley
- 37.1 km
- by road, at Port aux Basques
No fast charger at Codroy Valley. From the last fast charger, in Port aux Basques, it is 37 km there and the same back: plan on about 74 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Port aux Basques, 37.1 km from Codroy Valley by road, off this drive's own road.
The chargers
Port aux Basques km 3 of the drive
Irving Oil 1 High Street
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.
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
- 1.1 km
- 407-9 (0.36 km, 8.7 km from Codroy Valley); 407-9 (0.06 km, 8.9 km from Codroy Valley); 407-9 (0.35 km, 9 km from Codroy Valley)
- Mapped as paved
- 63%
- 20.1 km of 40.2 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 34%
- 10.9 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 from a local Geofabrik extract (Overpass unreachable), checked 2026-09-21. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
Provincial parksSeasonal — typically late spring into the fall
Codroy Valley is a ParksNL site and its dates move year to year; ParksNL publishes them park by park.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditions and windYear round, and wind matters here in any season
This drive crosses Wreckhouse, where the Long Range meets the Trans-Canada. Check the provincial conditions service before leaving the terminal: this is the one road out of Port aux Basques.
511nl.ca →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. A night docking puts you straight onto unlit highway.
gov.nl.ca →
The drive back
Measured the other way, Codroy Valley back to Port aux Basques is the same distance: 40 km.
Plan back from your boarding time. Give the planner your sailing time and it tells you when to set off.
How early to arrive depends on the vessel and the season: check Marine Atlantic →
Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions
How far is the Codroy Valley from the Port aux Basques ferry terminal?＋
About 40 km, on the Trans-Canada and then Route 407.
Which airport or ferry is nearest to the Codroy Valley?＋
Port aux Basques, by a very wide margin. It is 40 km from the ferry terminal, 245 km from Deer Lake airport, 548 km from Gander and 880 km from St. John's.
What else is near the ferry terminal?＋
Not much. The Codroy Valley is the only short drive from this terminal. Corner Brook and Rocky Harbour in Gros Morne each have their own measured drive from the dock: Port aux Basques to Corner Brook, and Port aux Basques to Gros Morne.
Is the drive from Port aux Basques to the Codroy Valley a hard one?＋
It is short, but not paved the whole way. OpenStreetMap records about a kilometre of unpaved road on Route 407 near the valley end; the surface panel has the breakdown. Some rental agreements treat unpaved roads as a breach, so ask at the rental counter. It is also exposed: it crosses Wreckhouse, so check the road-conditions link above, above all in something high-sided.
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