Deer Lake → St. Anthony
The Viking Trail
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- Distance
- 476 km
- Drive time
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Stop 1: Tablelands Trail trailheadDetour
The Tablelands are rock usually found deep in the earth, pushed to the surface here by tectonic forces, per the province's tourism site. The trail starts at a parking area on Route 431, off the main drive.
Stopping here adds 78.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Tablelands Trail trailhead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Green Gardens trailheadDetour
One of the Gros Morne treks the province's tourism site names. The trail starts off Route 431, past the Tablelands.
Stopping here adds 92.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Green Gardens trailhead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Gros Morne Mountain trailhead
The start of the Gros Morne Mountain Trail, one of the treks the province's tourism site names among the park's 100 km of trails. The parking is off Route 430.
Directions →Show on map: Gros Morne Mountain trailhead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Gros Morne Visitor Information Centre
Parks Canada's visitor centre on Route 430, before Rocky Harbour. Gros Morne is one of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites on the Viking Trail, per the province's tourism site. Sort out park entry here.
Directions →Show on map: Gros Morne Visitor Information Centre ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Western Brook Pond trailhead
The walk in to Western Brook Pond, a glacier-carved fjord with sides 2,000 feet high, per the province's tourism site. Boat tours run on the pond; the operator publishes its own season.
Directions →Show on map: Western Brook Pond trailhead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Port au ChoixDetour
Reached by Route 430-28 from Port Saunders. The Maritime Archaic and Dorset peoples lived here long before Europeans arrived, per the province's tourism site, and the French Rooms Cultural Centre tells part of the story of five centuries of fishing.
Stopping here adds 30.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Port au Choix ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 7: Point Riche LighthouseDetour
Built in 1892 and joined to the village by a 3 km trail, per the province's tourism site. Caribou are often seen grazing around it. Watch the horizon for whales.
Stopping here adds 37.4 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Point Riche Lighthouse ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 8: L'Anse aux Meadows Visitor CentreDetour
The way in to L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site on Route 436, the second UNESCO site on the drive. Greenlanders and Icelanders founded a settlement here 1,000 years ago, per the province's tourism site. Costumed interpreters work the site.
Stopping here adds 2.9 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: L'Anse aux Meadows Visitor Centre ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 9: Norstead
A recreated port of trade from the Viking era, per the province's tourism site, with a full-scale replica Viking ship and four period-style buildings.
Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Norstead ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 10: Grenfell Interpretation Centre
Part of the Grenfell Historic Properties in St. Anthony. Dr. Wilfred Grenfell brought modern medicine to northern Newfoundland and coastal Labrador from the 1890s, and his story is told here, per the province's tourism site.
Stopping here adds 1.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Grenfell Interpretation Centre ↑Other map apps
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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
- Route 430 →Whole road: 17 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 97 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 44% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 436 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 16 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 20, 2026, Deer Lake to St. Anthony. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
476 km, Deer Lake to St. Anthony. The province’s Viking Trail follows Route 430 north through Gros Morne National Park and up the coast of the Great Northern Peninsula, then Route 436 to L’Anse aux Meadows. From there it doubles back along part of Route 436 to St. Anthony.
Two UNESCO sites, per the province’s tourism site: Gros Morne at the start and L’Anse aux Meadows at the top. The stops below take longer than the driving between them.
Sunrise and sunset at St. Anthony, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8:10 am | 4:31 pm |
| February | 7:26 am | 5:26 pm |
| March | 7:27 am | 7:15 pm |
| April | 6:17 am | 8:07 pm |
| May | 5:21 am | 8:55 pm |
| June | 4:55 am | 9:29 pm |
| July | 5:12 am | 9:23 pm |
| August | 5:57 am | 8:36 pm |
| September | 6:46 am | 7:28 pm |
| October | 7:34 am | 6:20 pm |
| November | 7:29 am | 4:24 pm |
| December | 8:10 am | 4:04 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
12 near the start: where to eat in Deer Lake →
20 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 122.1 km — after Whale‘s Back Grub Hub, until C&P Take-Out.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Funland Resortrestaurantkm 8.5 · 937 m off the road
- food truckfast foodkm 67.8 · 952 m off the road
- Fisherman's Landingrestaurantkm 68.2 · 577 m off the road
- Earle‘srestaurantkm 68.2 · 1940 m off the road
- SunSet Cafécafékm 68.2 · 635 m off the road
- Jackie‘sfast foodkm 68.2 · 1648 m off the road
- Anchor Pubpubkm 68.2 · 566 m off the road
- Oceansrestaurantkm 68.2 · 554 m off the road
- Buoy & Arrowrestaurantkm 68.2 · 348 m off the road
- Treasure Box Crafts & Cafecafékm 68.2 · 715 m off the road
- Whale‘s Back Grub Hubrestaurantkm 87.3
- C&P Take-Outfast foodkm 209.4
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 209.6
- GNP Dinerrestaurantkm 312 · 220 m off the road
- Dark Tickle Shop - Cafe Nymphecafékm 417.5
- The Daily Catchrestaurantkm 419.7
- Skipper Hot's Loungerestaurantkm 428.6
- The Norsemanrestaurantkm 431.9 · 205 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 473.1
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 473.1
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
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Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Deer Lake km 1, Rocky Harbour km 68, Cow Head km 113, Flowers Cove km 313, St. Anthony km 474
- Longest stretch without one
- 200 km
- Cow Head → Flowers Cove, of 475 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to St. Anthony
- at St. Anthony
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 1). 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
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- 0.1 km
- Cemetery Lane (0.13 km, 275.6 km from St. Anthony)
- Mapped as paved
- 58%
- 252.7 km of 476 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 42%
- 182.8 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 2026-10-20. 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 the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Route 430 is 476 km of mostly unlit two-lane road, much of it through moose country. Plan the driving for daylight.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Route 430 is the one road up the Great Northern Peninsula, and it runs beside the sea for long stretches. Check before winter driving; there is no parallel road.
511nl.ca →
Questions
How far is the Viking Trail?＋
476 km of driving, measured here from Deer Lake up Route 430 and Route 436 to L'Anse aux Meadows, then on to St. Anthony. Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism, which names the drive, gives about 687 km. Their figure is an estimate and likely counts side roads. This page measures the main line, and each side trip is measured with its stop.
Where does it start, and which way round?＋
The province starts it at Deer Lake, where Route 430 leaves the Trans-Canada, and says it can be driven in reverse. This page measures it northbound. The distance is the same either way.
Do I drive past Port au Choix and the Tablelands?＋
No, both are side trips. The Tablelands and Green Gardens are on Route 431, and Port au Choix is on Route 430-28 from Port Saunders. Each stop below gives the extra driving.
How does this relate to the Deer Lake airport routes?＋
Deer Lake Airport is at the start of the drive, so the airport routes to Rocky Harbour, Cow Head, Port au Choix, St. Barbe and L'Anse aux Meadows are parts of this one. The Deer Lake to L'Anse aux Meadows route is the closest match.
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