Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Comfort Cove-Newstead
Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Comfort Cove-Newstead
- Distance
- 303.3 km
- Drive time
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Apple Maps · Google Maps · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeFaded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: Lewisporte (276 km), Twillingate (360 km), Botwood (244 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor
A few hundred metres off the Trans-Canada in Grand Falls-Windsor. It tells the story of the Beothuk and of central Newfoundland's interior. A natural break on a long cross-island run.
Stopping here adds 0.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour
A reconstructed 1920s logging camp just west of Grand Falls-Windsor, a short detour off the drive. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and this museum keeps that story. It is seasonal; check before you count on it.
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: Notre Dame Provincial ParkDetour
The one ParksNL park near the end of this drive, close to where Route 340 leaves the Trans-Canada. ParksNL publishes its season.
Stopping here adds 3.4 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Notre Dame Provincial Park ↑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.
Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Comfort Cove-Newstead. 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 →
303.3 km. Deer Lake airport to Comfort Cove-Newstead: east across the island on the Trans-Canada, then north on Route 340 and off on Route 343 to the Bay of Exploits.
Gander is closer (90.7 km). This drive suits a trip that starts on the west coast and works east.
Places to eat on the way
30 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 127.3 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.
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
- 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 · 279 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 · 980 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 · 1249 m off the road
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 223.5 · 423 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 223.7
- Tim Hortonscafékm 223.7
- Tim Hortonscafékm 270.8
- Greco Pizzarestaurantkm 270.9
- KFCfast foodkm 270.9
- Subwayfast foodkm 270.9
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 271.1 · 165 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-16. How we measure · Add a missing place
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Short drives from Comfort Cove-Newstead
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeOr any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Comfort Cove-Newstead.
A provincial interpretation centre on the site of a Beothuk winter settlement, on a turn off Route 340.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Summerford Lookoutstop58 km
A marked viewpoint on New World Island, on the road.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Dildo Run Provincial Parkstop63 km
A ParksNL provincial park on the causeway stretch through Dildo Run.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Farewell ferry terminaltown67 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Glenwood Provincial Parkstop71 km
A campground just off the Trans-Canada.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Prime Berth Fishing Museumstop77 km
A fishing heritage site on the water just out of Twillingate, on the road.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Purcell's Harbour to Little Harbour Trailtrail · 4.6 km walk · moderate79 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Airport Nordic Ski Clubstop84 km
A cross-country ski club named after the airport you just left.
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More, up to 87 km (3)
- Gander Golf Clubstop87 km
The closest golf course to the Gander terminal, right off this road.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - North Atlantic Aviation Museumstop87 km
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.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Gandertown87 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, South Brook km 130, Bishop’s Falls km 222, Lewisporte km 272
- Longest stretch without one
- 127 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 303 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Comfort Cove-Newstead
- 31.9 km
- by road, at Lewisporte
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
- 26%
- 72.1 km of 303.3 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 74%
- 202.1 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 2026-10-16. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
Provincial parksSeasonal — typically late spring into the fall
Notre Dame is an operating provincial park with dates that move year to year; ParksNL publishes them park by park.
Check it now →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. Most of this is unlit two-lane Trans-Canada. If you land late at Deer Lake, consider breaking the trip rather than pushing on after dark.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
The Trans-Canada across the interior has long unserviced stretches and gets winter weather well after the coasts have cleared. Check before you set off.
Check it now →
Onward from Comfort Cove-Newstead
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, Comfort Cove-Newstead back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 303 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 2026-10-16, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions people actually ask
How far is Comfort Cove-Newstead from Deer Lake airport?＋
303.3 km from the terminal to the centre of the town.
What route do I take?＋
The Trans-Canada (Route 1) east most of the way across the island, north on Route 340, then Route 343 to the coast.
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Comfort Cove-Newstead?＋
Gander is much closer: 90.7 km against 303.3 from Deer Lake. Choose Deer Lake if you are seeing the west coast (Gros Morne, Corner Brook) first and working east.
Is there a good place to break the drive?＋
Grand Falls-Windsor, on the Trans-Canada, has two museums: the Beothuk Interpretation Centre just off the highway and Loggers' Life a short detour west.
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