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Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Marble Mountain Base Lodge

Port aux Basques ferry to Marble Mountain

The drive from every airport and ferry ↓

Distance
225.2 km
Roads
1
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Aerial of Steady Brook and the Humber River in green summer, the Trans-Canada and the wooded valley sides - the base-lodge village.
Aerial of Steady Brook and the Humber River in green summer, the Trans-Canada and the wooded valley sides - the base-lodge village.Photo: Quintin Soloviev · source · CC BY 4.0

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 Marble Mountain Base Lodge: 225.2 km by road, via Route 1.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: Corner Brook (222 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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    Show on map: Wreckhouse ↑
  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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    Show on map: Codroy Valley Provincial Park ↑

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

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

225.2 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques to Marble Mountain Base Lodge, on Route 1.

When you get to Marble Mountain Base Lodge

Sunrise and sunset at Marble Mountain Base Lodge, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:09 am4:50 pm
February7:30 am5:40 pm
March7:36 am7:25 pm
April6:31 am8:11 pm
May5:39 am8:55 pm
June5:16 am9:26 pm
July5:32 am9:21 pm
August6:13 am8:38 pm
September6:56 am7:36 pm
October7:40 am6:32 pm
November7:30 am4:42 pm
December8:08 am4:24 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

Places to eat on the way

11 near the start: where to eat in Port aux Basques →
1 near Marble Mountain Base Lodge: where to eat near Marble Mountain Base Lodge →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 91.3 km — after Midway Motel and Lounge, until Pinchgut Restaurant & Convenience.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • 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

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 Marble Mountain Base Lodge

An easy day out from Marble Mountain Base LodgeCorner Brook 10 km awayIts own page measures from the Port aux Basques ferry; from Marble Mountain Base Lodge it is 10 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Marble Mountain Base Lodge.

More, up to 87 km (3)

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
Longest stretch without one
109 km
Robinsons → Corner Brook, of 225 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Marble Mountain Base Lodge
9.2 km
by road, at Corner Brook

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: 75% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
25%
49.2 km of 225.2 km driven
No surface tag on the map
75%
147.9 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 225.2 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 Marble Mountain Base Lodge from the Port aux Basques ferry?+

225.2 km from the ferry terminal to Marble Mountain Base Lodge.

What route do I take?+

Route 1. 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/2626354397 — Marble Mountain Base Lodge.

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