Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Baie Verte
Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Baie Verte
- Electric: plan 312 km on a charge. Chargers ↓
- Distance
- 159.3 km
- Drive time
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Faded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: King's Point (133 km), La Scie (208 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Flatwater Pond Provincial Park
A Provincial Park Reserve on Route 410, well up the peninsula. ParksNL classes reserves as former camping parks whose campground was privatised before 1997, with no visitor services. There is little else on this stretch.
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Drive measured Aug 29, 2026, terminal to town centre. 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)Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →
159.3 km. Deer Lake airport to Baie Verte: east on the Trans-Canada first, then north up Route 410. One road, a long way, with services thinning the further you go.
Fly into Deer Lake. The peninsula sits between Deer Lake and Gander, and Deer Lake is closer by more than the map suggests.
When you get to Baie Verte
- Where to eat near Baie Verte → — 8 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Places to eat on the way
7 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 152.7 km — after Tim Horton, until Roma's Pizza.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 2.5 · 1696 m off the road
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 2.5 · 1465 m off the road
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 2.5 · 1693 m off the road
- Roma's Pizzarestaurantkm 155.2
- Friends & Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 157.7 · 165 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 157.7
- Samy's Chinese Restaurantrestaurantkm 158.4
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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Short drives from Baie Verte
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- La Scietown60 kmDirections →
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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
- Deer Lake km 3
- Longest stretch without one
- 156 km
- Deer Lake → Baie Verte, of 159 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 156 km there and the same back: plan on about 312 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, 2026-10-10): Deer Lake (km 0). 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
- 48%
- 75.7 km of 159.3 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 52%
- 82.9 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. Route 410 up the Baie Verte Peninsula is long, unlit and lightly travelled. Avoid it after dark if you can.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Check before you turn off the Trans-Canada. Route 410 is a long way to commit to on a bad day.
Check it now →
Onward from Baie Verte
The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.
Renting a car? Book the car when you book the flight.
Summer rentals sell out, says NL Tourism, and in June 2026 CTV reported St. John's airport agencies booked for nearly all of summer.
Both read 2026-10-07.
Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Deer Lake Regional Airport lists at the door. Fares change, so we link to them instead.
No rideshare here.
The airport's ground-transportation page lists no rideshare service, only three taxi firms, a shuttle and seven charter operators (checked 2026-09-15).
Taxi
Star Taxi, which the airport calls its primary ground transportation provider, serving the whole region with wheelchair-accessible vans and accommodating service dogs. The airport advises contacting them 24 to 48 hours before you arrive.
Taxi
Deer Lake Taxi, listed as operating around the clock across the province with no pre-booking required.
Shuttle
Star Taxi runs a shuttle between Corner Brook and the airport, serving named hotels, with a private-car option. It must be booked ahead. The airport publishes the fares.
Coach
DRL Coachlines' once-a-day coach each way between St. John's and Port aux Basques stops in Deer Lake town (the Circle K), not at the airport terminal. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.
Source: Deer Lake Regional Airport,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
The drive back
Measured the other way, Baie Verte back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 159 km.
Plan back from your check-in time. Give the planner your flight time and it tells you when to set off.
How early to arrive depends on the carrier and the season: check Deer Lake Regional Airport →
Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions people actually ask
How far is the drive from Deer Lake Regional Airport to Baie Verte?＋
159.3 km: east along the Trans-Canada Highway for roughly 94 km, then north up Route 410 onto the Baie Verte Peninsula. Go east: west out of Deer Lake leads to Corner Brook and Port aux Basques, and never meets Route 410.
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Baie Verte?＋
Deer Lake, by 116 km. It is 159 km from Deer Lake against 275 km from Gander. The peninsula sits between the two airports, but it is not a close call.
What is the road like?＋
The eastward leg on the Trans-Canada is straightforward. Route 410 is one long road up the peninsula with few communities, so get fuel and food when you see them, not when you need them.
Do I need a rental car?＋
Yes. This is 159 km to a town of about 1,300 people by the 2021 census, and the peninsula beyond it is spread over another 60 km of driving.
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