Deer Lake Airport (YDF) → La Scie
Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to La Scie
- Drive time
- 3h 1m
- Distance
- 208.3 km
- Routes
- 1, 410, 414
Free-flow estimate, Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to La Scie — no stops, dry roads.Source: OSRM driving profile, terminal door to town centre, checked 2026-08-30.
La Scie sits at the top of the Baie Verte Peninsula, three hours from Deer Lake and four and a half from Gander, and it is on the province’s list of the more popular places to watch icebergs from.
That combination is the point of this page. Iceberg viewing gets written about from the Gander side — Twillingate, Fogo, Change Islands — and this one is a Deer Lake trip that nobody frames that way.
Worth stopping for
Flatwater Pond Provincial Park
A Provincial Park Reserve on Route 410, effectively on the driven line. ParksNL classes reserves as former camping parks whose campground was privatised before 1997, with no visitor services — which matters more here than elsewhere, because there is very little else on this stretch.
Stopping here adds about 0 min and 0 km to the drive.
Before you go
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IcebergsTypically late spring into early summer
Newfoundland and Labrador Tourism names La Scie among its more popular viewing places, and it is the furthest north of the four within reach of either airport. Presence varies year to year — check current sightings before committing to a three-hour drive.
Check it now →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. Routes 410 and 414 are long, unlit and lightly travelled, and this is a three-hour drive that people often start late.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Check before you turn off the Trans-Canada. Route 414 runs out to the coast with nothing much on it and no way around a closure.
Check it now →
Questions people actually ask
How long is the drive from Deer Lake Airport to La Scie?＋
About 3 hours 1 minute, covering 208.3 km — east on the Trans-Canada, north up Route 410 onto the Baie Verte Peninsula, then east on Route 414 to the coast. That is a free-flow estimate on dry roads with no stops.
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for La Scie?＋
Deer Lake, by about an hour and a half. It is 3 hours 1 from Deer Lake against 4 hours 28 from Gander. This is the one iceberg destination on the province's list that is a Deer Lake trip rather than a Gander one, which is easy to miss because iceberg viewing is usually written about from the Gander side.
Is it worth going this far for icebergs?＋
Only if there are icebergs, which is the whole point of checking first. It is three hours each way from Deer Lake and there is not much between the Trans-Canada and the coast, so this is a committed day rather than a detour. Twillingate is the shorter answer if you are landing at Gander.
Do I need a rental car?＋
Yes. This is 208 km to a small coastal town at the end of Route 414, and there is no scheduled service anywhere near it.
Every distance, drive time and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on August 30, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286 — passenger terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/107363514.