Rocky Harbour → Twillingate
Rocky Harbour to Twillingate
- Distance
- 427.6 km
- Drive time
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Drive measured Aug 30, 2026, town centre to town centre. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
427.6 km. Rocky Harbour to Twillingate on Route 430, the Trans-Canada and Route 340: from the fjords on the west coast to the icebergs on the east.
It is a full day. The drive between the Deer Lake and Gander airports understates it by 119 km.
When you get to Twillingate
- Staying in Twillingate? → — the start page: short drives from town, food, and a planner that starts here.
- Where to eat near Twillingate → — 16 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Places to eat on the way
61 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.8 km — after Peter's Pizza, until Eddies Restaurant.
All 61, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Earle‘srestaurantkm 0 · 1126 m off the road
- Jackie‘sfast foodkm 0 · 835 m off the road
- SunSet Cafécafékm 0.2
- Anchor Pubpubkm 0.3
- Oceansrestaurantkm 0.3
- Fisherman's Landingrestaurantkm 0.4
- Treasure Box Crafts & Cafecafékm 0.4 · 218 m off the road
- Buoy & Arrowrestaurantkm 0.6
- Funland Resortrestaurantkm 60.6 · 948 m off the road
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 67.8 · 328 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 67.9 · 400 m off the road
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 67.9 · 1108 m off the road
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 68 · 155 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 68.1 · 1416 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 68.1 · 1380 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 68.1 · 1909 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 68.1 · 1622 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 68.1 · 1808 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 68.1 · 1534 m off the road
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 68.1 · 1834 m off the road
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 196.9
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 247.7
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 247.9
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 276.5 · 858 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 276.6 · 731 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 276.7 · 531 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 276.7 · 1257 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 276.7 · 1349 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 276.7 · 415 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 276.7 · 434 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 276.7 · 279 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 276.8 · 420 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 276.8 · 389 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 277 · 980 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 277.4 · 1158 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 277.5 · 474 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 277.5 · 369 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 277.5 · 1229 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 277.5 · 1249 m off the road
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 290.6 · 423 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 290.8
- Tim Hortonscafékm 290.8
- Greco Pizzarestaurantkm 337.9
- Tim Hortonscafékm 337.9
- Subwayfast foodkm 337.9
- KFCfast foodkm 338
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 338.2 · 165 m off the road
- Greco Pizzarestaurantkm 399.1
- Doyle Sansome & Sons Lobster Poolrestaurantkm 410.2 · 614 m off the road
- The Orchid Cafecafékm 422.8
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 425.3
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 425.7
- Twillingate-NWI Dinner Theatrerestaurantkm 425.9 · 460 m off the road
- D&T Restaurantrestaurantkm 425.9 · 162 m off the road
- Annie'srestaurantkm 426 · 704 m off the road
- R&J Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 426 · 463 m off the road
- Canvas Cove Bistrorestaurantkm 426 · 443 m off the road
- Golden Restaurantrestaurantkm 426 · 271 m off the road
- Blue Barrel Cafecafékm 426 · 1231 m off the road
- Pier 39restaurantkm 426 · 608 m off the road
- Tasty Thai & Pizzarestaurantkm 426 · 543 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-09-12. How we measure · Add a missing place
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What has been recorded near here
Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Twillingate, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in June, July, October206 reports on record
- Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, August, June47 reports on record
- Fin whalewhaleBalaenoptera physalusReports cluster in October, July, August26 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
- Rocky Harbour km 1, Deer Lake km 68, South Brook km 197, Bishop’s Falls km 289, Lewisporte km 339
- Longest stretch without one
- 129 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 427 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Twillingate
- 89 km
- by road, at Lewisporte
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-10): Deer Lake (km 72). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-10. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Mapped as paved
- 31%
- 124.7 km of 427.6 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 69%
- 274.8 km: surface not recorded
Why it matters: 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. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-09-06. 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 states that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. At 428 km this drive is one of the likeliest to end in the dark.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Most of this is Trans-Canada, the first road cleared and the last closed. Route 430 on the west and Route 340 on the east are not.
Check it now →
Onward from Twillingate
The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.
The trails
- Purcell's Harbour to Little Harbour Trail4.6 km walk · moderate · about 195 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Codjacks Cove Trail3.2 km walk · easy · about 163 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Back Bay Trail3.6 km out and back · easy · about 140 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Lower Little Harbour Trail2.4 km loop · easy · about 120 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Minty's Farm Trail4.6 km walk · easy · about 22 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Black Rock Trail (Twillingate)1.1 km loop · easy · about 17 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
Questions people actually ask
How far is the drive between Gros Morne and Twillingate?＋
427.6 km: Route 430 down to the Trans-Canada, most of the island east, then north on Route 340. It measures the same both ways. With food and fuel it is a full day.
Isn't it about 300 km? The airports are 308 km apart.＋
No. The airports are 308.4 km apart because both sit near the Trans-Canada; these two towns are each well off it, at opposite ends. The real drive is 427.6 km, 119 km longer than the airport pair suggests.
Should I drive it or fly between the airports?＋
Drive it, if you are doing both ends anyway. Routing through the airports is worse: Twillingate to Gander is 114 km, Gander to Deer Lake 308 km, Deer Lake to Rocky Harbour 72 km: 494 km of driving against 428 km going direct, before you have parked or returned a car.
Can I do both ends in one trip?＋
Yes, but not in a long weekend. This drive takes a day, so a trip covering both coasts needs at least four or five nights. If you have three days, pick one end and the airport that matches it.
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