Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Brigus
Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Brigus
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 583 km
- Drive time
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Faded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: Clarke's Beach (583 km), Harbour Grace (601 km), Portugal Cove ferry terminal (641 km), Salmonier Nature Park (595 km), St. John's (638 km), Heart's Content (612 km), Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) (641 km), Witless Bay (619 km), Cape Spear (649 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Indian River
A green space mapped essentially on the driven line. OpenStreetMap records it as a nature reserve but not who runs it, and it is not on ParksNL's list. Treat it as a place to pull over, not somewhere with facilities.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Indian River ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour
A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the west side of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.
Stopping here adds 4.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Upper Falls Lookout
One of three viewpoints mapped together beside the Trans-Canada at the Norris Arm junction. It is the upper waterfall lookout on the Eel Brook Trail, a short walk past Eel Brook's falls: AllTrails lists it at about 1.3 miles out and back, with Lower Falls Lookout as the other viewpoint.
Stopping here adds 2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Upper Falls Lookout ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: North Atlantic Aviation Museum
On the Trans-Canada at 135, per the museum's own page: Gander's story from 1935 to 2001, the Second World War, the transatlantic crossroads years and 9/11. Hours are linked below.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: North Atlantic Aviation Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Square Pond
A pond-side stop beside the Trans-Canada. OpenStreetMap still uses its old provincial-park name; the province no longer lists it. A place to stretch your legs.
Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Square Pond ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Joey's Lookout
A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑Other map apps
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Scan with your phone to open this page there. Then tap Keep for offline before you lose signal.
⛽ 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 71 →Whole road: 0 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 13 km. Unpaved mapped: 5 km; 61% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 70 →Whole road: 13 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 48 km. Unpaved mapped: 0.3 km; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 60 →Whole road: 14 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 28 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 85% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Brigus. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →
583 km. From Deer Lake airport to Brigus, on Routes 1, 71, 70 and 60.
When you get to Brigus
- Where to eat near Brigus → — 4 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Sunrise and sunset at Brigus, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:46 am | 4:37 pm |
| February | 7:09 am | 5:24 pm |
| March | 7:17 am | 7:07 pm |
| April | 6:14 am | 7:50 pm |
| May | 5:25 am | 8:31 pm |
| June | 5:04 am | 9:01 pm |
| July | 5:20 am | 8:57 pm |
| August | 5:58 am | 8:16 pm |
| September | 6:39 am | 7:16 pm |
| October | 7:20 am | 6:16 pm |
| November | 7:07 am | 4:27 pm |
| December | 7:44 am | 4:12 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
3 near the start: where to eat in Deer Lake →
8 near Brigus: where to eat near Brigus →
78 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 127.2 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.
All 78, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 129.8
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 180.6
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 180.8
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 209.4 · 858 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 209.6 · 731 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 209.6 · 415 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 209.6 · 434 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 209.6 · 278 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 209.7 · 420 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 209.7 · 531 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 209.7 · 1257 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 209.7 · 1349 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 209.7 · 389 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 209.9 · 978 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 210.3 · 1158 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 210.5 · 474 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 210.5 · 369 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 210.5 · 1229 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 210.5 · 1247 m off the road
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 223.6 · 425 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 223.7
- Tim Hortonscafékm 223.7
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 282.1 · 600 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 303.5
- Subwayfast foodkm 303.5
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 303.8
- Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 303.9 · 974 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 303.9
- Louis Geesfast foodkm 303.9 · 809 m off the road
- New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 303.9 · 906 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 303.9 · 954 m off the road
- East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 303.9 · 949 m off the road
- Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 304 · 986 m off the road
- Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 304 · 869 m off the road
- Grecofast foodkm 304 · 883 m off the road
- Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 304.2 · 956 m off the road
- DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 304.2
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 304.3 · 1866 m off the road
- The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 304.3 · 1143 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 304.5 · 1104 m off the road
- Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 304.5 · 800 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 304.5 · 1480 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 304.5 · 1110 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 304.7 · 816 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 304.7 · 1036 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 304.7 · 1045 m off the road
- Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 304.7 · 1795 m off the road
- Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 304.8 · 869 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 304.8 · 845 m off the road
- The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 305 · 1906 m off the road
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.9
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 340.7 · 1870 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 370.4
- Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 378.4 · 1229 m off the road
- Snack shack.fast foodkm 417 · 624 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 446.1 · 1142 m off the road
- Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 446.3 · 508 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 446.3 · 585 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 446.3 · 585 m off the road
- Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 446.3 · 200 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 446.6 · 593 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 446.6 · 773 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 446.6 · 539 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 446.6 · 488 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 446.6 · 488 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 446.7 · 676 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 448.1 · 1264 m off the road
- Brownings Pubpubkm 448.3 · 1212 m off the road
- Flannigans Pubpubkm 448.3 · 1229 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 449.9
- Tim Hortonscafékm 449.9
- Breen'srestaurantkm 476.4
- Robin's Donutscafékm 476.7
- Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 501
- A&Wfast foodkm 548.2
- Tim Hortonscafékm 548.3
- Subwayfast foodkm 548.3
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 548.9
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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Short drives from Brigus
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- Cupids Legacy Centrestop4.6 km
A museum at Cupids.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Clarke's Beachtown9.8 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Seal Covestop39 km
The western end of Conception Bay South, which the province's tourism site describes as a string of shoreline communities from Seal Cove to Topsail.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Salmonier Nature Parktown40 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Kelligrewsstop44 km
The community of the song Kelligrews Soirée, which also names the town's yearly folk festival, per the province's tourism site.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Bay Bulls harbourstop60 km
On screen: where Wade and Jerry head out at night from the marine base to harvest an iceberg.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Mickeleens Pathtrail · 7.2 km point to point, one way · moderate61 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Witless Baytown61 kmDirections →
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More, up to 75 km (10)
- Spout Pathtrail · 16.2 km point to point, one way · strenuous63 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Beaches Pathtrail · 7.1 km point to point, one way · easy63 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze OpenStreetMap records a viewpoint here, unnamed, just off the Southern Shore Highway south of Witless Bay.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Tinkers Point Pathtrail · 5 km point to point, one way · easy68 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Railway Coastal Museumstop73 km
The drive passes it at 495 Water Street: St. John's old railway station, now the Railway Coastal Museum, about the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boats.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Trans-Canada Highway Zero Kmstop73 km
OpenStreetMap records a highway milestone here reading distance zero, named for the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - St. John'stown73 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze A few hundred metres along Military Road: Parks Canada's register describes a massive stone cathedral built in the mid 19th century in the Lombard Romanesque Revival style, a national historic site since 1983.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Colonial Buildingstop74 km
On Military Road as the drive comes down into town.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - The Batterystop75 km
On the harbour side of Signal Hill Road.
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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, South Brook km 130, Bishop’s Falls km 222, Gander km 305, Glowertown km 371, Port Blandford km 418, Goobies km 477
- Longest stretch without one
- 127 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 582 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Brigus
- 29 km
- by road, at Holyrood
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 0) and Gander (km 305) and Clarenville (km 451) and Whitbourne (km 550). 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
- 5 km
- Hodgewater Line (4.97 km, 14 km from Brigus)
- Mapped as paved
- 24%
- 129.6 km of 583 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 75%
- 398.3 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 583 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 at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
511nl.ca →
Renting a car? Book the car when you book the flight.
Summer rentals sell out, says NL Tourism, and in June 2026 BNN Bloomberg reported St. John's airport agencies booked for nearly all of summer.
Both checked October 7, 2026.
Rental counters at Deer Lake, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Deer Lake Regional Airport lists at the terminal.
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.
Questions
How far is Brigus from Deer Lake airport?＋
583 km from the terminal to Brigus.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 1, 71, 70 and 60. Your maps app has the turns.
Do I need a car?＋
Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.
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