Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Grand Falls-Windsor
- Distance
- 212.8 km
- Roads
- Route 1
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Places to stay in Grand Falls-Windsor
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Stop 1: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour
A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the edge of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland's mills ran on cut wood for a century, and this museum explains that work.
Stopping here adds 3.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑Other map apps
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In the centre of town, barely a detour from the highway, this museum tells the story of the Beothuk and of the Exploits Valley's more recent settlement.
Stopping here adds 1.4 km to the drive.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Corduroy Brook Nature Reserve
A network of walking trails and boardwalks along Corduroy Brook, mapped inside Grand Falls-Windsor itself. After a long drive it is the easiest place on this route to get out and walk.
Stopping here adds 1.3 km to the drive.
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Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Grand Falls-Windsor. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
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212.8 km. Deer Lake airport to Grand Falls-Windsor: the Trans-Canada the whole way, through Sandy Lake and Badger into the Exploits Valley. No turns, only distance.
Gander is far shorter (see the FAQ below). Come from Deer Lake when the town is one stop on a trip that starts on the west coast.
When you get to Grand Falls-Windsor
- Staying in Grand Falls-Windsor? → — the start page: short drives from town, food, and a planner that starts here.
- Where to eat near Grand Falls-Windsor → 48 places, A to Z, with addresses and phone numbers.
- Curling Rink, Grand Falls-Windsor → · Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium → · Classic Theater → · Queen Street Dinner Theater → — the venues here, with what you can reach and be back from between games.
Sunrise and sunset at Grand Falls-Windsor, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:25 am | 8:01 am | 4:41 pm | 5:17 pm |
| Feb | 6:49 am | 7:21 am | 5:31 pm | 6:04 pm |
| Mar | 6:55 am | 7:27 am | 7:16 pm | 7:48 pm |
| Apr | 5:49 am | 6:22 am | 8:03 pm | 8:36 pm |
| May | 4:52 am | 5:30 am | 8:46 pm | 9:24 pm |
| Jun | 4:24 am | 5:07 am | 9:17 pm | 10:00 pm |
| Jul | 4:43 am | 5:24 am | 9:12 pm | 9:53 pm |
| Aug | 5:29 am | 6:04 am | 8:30 pm | 9:05 pm |
| Sep | 6:16 am | 6:48 am | 7:27 pm | 7:59 pm |
| Oct | 7:00 am | 7:32 am | 6:24 pm | 6:56 pm |
| Nov | 6:47 am | 7:21 am | 4:33 pm | 5:07 pm |
| Dec | 7:22 am | 7:59 am | 4:15 pm | 4:53 pm |
Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. First and last light are when the sun is 6° below the horizon: light enough to see and shoot by. The weather line at the top has today's.
Places to eat on the way
Near either end, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat in Deer Lake → · where to eat near Grand Falls-Windsor →
3 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
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 129.8
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 180.6
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 180.8
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-09-12 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.
Short drives from Grand Falls-Windsor
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- Grand Falls-Windsortown3.2 km
A short way off the Trans-Canada in Grand Falls-Windsor.
6.7 km of mapped cross-country ski trail in the woods off the Trans-Canada, just east of Grand Falls-Windsor.
- Loggers' Life Provincial Museumstop5.3 km
A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the edge of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line.
On the Exploits, the island's longest river, where as many as 30,000 salmon run upstream to spawn each year, per the province's tourism site.
- Bishop’s Falls Heritage Centrestop18 km
A small heritage centre in Bishop's Falls, just off the Trans-Canada.
A riverbank park with a wide view of the Exploits, per the province's tourism site.
- Peter's River Hiking Trailtrail · 5 km walk · easy32 km
More, up to 68 km (7)
- Botwoodtown34 km
- Botwood Flying Boat Museumstop39 km
In a former WWII anti-submarine base at the Botwood Heritage Park.
- Eelbrook Hiking Trailtrail · 2.5 km loop · easy44 km
- Notre Dame Provincial Parkstop54 km
A forested ParksNL park on Junction Pond with a sandy beach, for swimming, canoeing and kayaking, per the province's tourism site.
- Gill's Point Trailtrail · 8.2 km walk · moderate56 km
- Lewisporte Train Parkstop64 km
The town's park on Main Street, with four preserved railway cars on a short length of the old narrow-gauge line.
- Lewisportetown68 km
Distances by road from Grand Falls-Windsor, measured on OpenStreetMap November 7, 2026. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
More about this drive
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Deer Lake km 3, South Brook km 130
- Longest stretch without one
- 127 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 212 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Grand Falls-Windsor
- 14.2 km
- by road, at Bishop’s Falls
The chargers
Deer Lake km 3 of the drive, 1.4 km off it
Irving Oil 62-102 Trans-Canada Highway
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
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Eddie’s Restaurant 48 Aspen St, South Brook, NL A0J 1S0
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeBishop’s Falls 14.2 km from Grand Falls-Windsor by road
Irving Oil 62 Main St
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
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Charging: about 100 km of range every 15 minutes, and most EVs to 80% in less than an hour. You start it with a free ChargePoint account, with the ChargePoint app or card. NL Hydro, read November 1, 2026.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, October 22, 2026): Deer Lake, a second site in the same town (km 0; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported October 22, 2026. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 82% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 18%
- 38.7 km of 212.8 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 82%
- 170.7 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 2026-09-06. 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 the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is about twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Most of this drive is unlit two-lane Trans-Canada across the interior. If you land late at Deer Lake, consider breaking the trip instead of driving on to Grand Falls-Windsor after dark.
gov.nl.ca →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 conditions before leaving the airport.
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.
The drive back
Measured the other way, Grand Falls-Windsor back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 212 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
How far is Grand Falls-Windsor from Deer Lake airport?＋
212.8 km, all on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) east across the island's interior.
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Grand Falls-Windsor?＋
Gander, by a wide margin: 98.3 km, against 212.8 km from Deer Lake. Fly into Deer Lake for this town only if it is one stop on a longer trip that starts on the west coast.
Is it a hard drive?＋
No. It is paved the whole way on the province's main highway. It is just long, crossing the whole interior of the island. Plan around arriving after dark (see the moose note above).
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