Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Lewisporte
- Distance
- 275.7 km
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Places to stay in Lewisporte
From Best Kind Stays. Both sites are run by the same people. Listing is free and nothing paid changes the order.
- Islands' Villa ↗Eight suites on the water in Lewisporte, six with full kitchens.Books on its own site
Stop 1: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor
About three-quarters of the way along this drive, 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: Lewisporte Train Park
The town's park on Main Street, with four preserved railway cars on a short length of the old narrow-gauge line. The Lewisporte Multiuse Trail runs beside it.
Directions →Show on map: Lewisporte Train 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.
⛽ 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 340 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 44 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 88% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 341 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 24 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 5, 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 →
275.7 km. Deer Lake airport to Lewisporte: east across the island on the Trans-Canada, then north on Routes 340 and 341 to Notre Dame Bay.
Gander is closer for most travellers. This drive suits a trip that starts on the west coast and works east.
Break it at Grand Falls-Windsor, about three-quarters of the way, for its two museums.
When you get to Lewisporte
- Staying in Lewisporte? → — the start page: short drives from town, food, and a planner that starts here.
- Where to eat near Lewisporte → 11 places, A to Z, with addresses and phone numbers.
- Mike Austin Arena → — the venue here, with what you can reach and be back from between games.
Sunrise and sunset at Lewisporte, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:23 am | 7:59 am | 4:38 pm | 5:14 pm |
| Feb | 6:47 am | 7:20 am | 5:28 pm | 6:01 pm |
| Mar | 6:53 am | 7:25 am | 7:14 pm | 7:46 pm |
| Apr | 5:45 am | 6:19 am | 8:01 pm | 8:34 pm |
| May | 4:48 am | 5:27 am | 8:45 pm | 9:23 pm |
| Jun | 4:20 am | 5:03 am | 9:16 pm | 9:59 pm |
| Jul | 4:39 am | 5:20 am | 9:11 pm | 9:52 pm |
| Aug | 5:26 am | 6:01 am | 8:28 pm | 9:03 pm |
| Sep | 6:13 am | 6:45 am | 7:25 pm | 7:57 pm |
| Oct | 6:57 am | 7:29 am | 6:21 pm | 6:53 pm |
| Nov | 6:45 am | 7:20 am | 4:29 pm | 5:04 pm |
| Dec | 7:21 am | 7:58 am | 4:12 pm | 4:49 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 Lewisporte →
22 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
- 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
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 Lewisporte
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- Woolfrey's Pond Lookoutstop2.5 km
The town's pondside park at the edge of Lewisporte, with a lookout and boardwalk loops above the water.
- Lewisporte Train Parkstop4 km
The town's park on Main Street, with four preserved railway cars on a short length of the old narrow-gauge line.
- Notre Dame Provincial Parkstop17 km
A forested ParksNL park on Junction Pond with a sandy beach, for swimming, canoeing and kayaking, per the province's tourism site.
- Comfort Cove-Newsteadtown35 km
- Glenwood Provincial Parkstop44 km
A campground just off the Trans-Canada, early in the drive, and a first leg-stretch before the long haul west.
A provincial interpretation centre on the site of a Beothuk winter settlement, on a turn off Route 340.
- Airport Nordic Ski Clubstop56 km
Trail lengths are missing because the trails are not on the map yet.
- Gander Golf Clubstop59 km
The closest golf course to the Gander terminal, right off this road.
More, up to 74 km (10)
- North Atlantic Aviation Museumstop60 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.
- Gandertown60 km
- Cobb's Pond Looptrail · 4.5 km loop · easy61 km
- Gander Old Town Sitestop64 km
The mapped historic ruins of the original Gander townsite, close to the terminal.
- Summerford Lookoutstop65 km
A marked viewpoint on New World Island, on the road.
- Silent Witnesses Memorialstop66 km
A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985.
- Edgar Baird Lakeside Trailtrail · 4.2 km walk · easy67 km
- Thomas Howe Demonstration Foreststop67 km
A demonstration forest with walking trails on the Gander side, early in the drive.
- Dildo Run Provincial Parkstop69 km
A ParksNL provincial park on the causeway stretch through Dildo Run, and the nearest mapped campground to the archipelago.
- Jonathan's Pond Provincial Parkstop74 km
A Provincial Park Reserve on Route 330 north of Gander, a short way off the road.
Distances by road from Lewisporte, 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, Bishop’s Falls km 222, Lewisporte km 272
- Longest stretch without one
- 127 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 275 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Lewisporte
- at Lewisporte
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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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeSouth Brook km 130 of the drive
Eddie’s Restaurant 48 Aspen St, South Brook, NL A0J 1S0
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeBishop’s Falls km 222 of the drive, 0.6 km off it
Irving Oil 62 Main St
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeLewisporte km 272 of the drive
Brittany Inns Hotel 373 Main St, Lewisporte, NL A0G 3A0
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
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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: 74% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 26%
- 67.6 km of 275.7 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 74%
- 194.6 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. This is one of the longest drives on the site, most of it unlit two-lane Trans-Canada. If you land late at Deer Lake, consider breaking the trip rather than pushing on 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 →
Onward from Lewisporte
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 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, Lewisporte back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 275 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 Lewisporte from Deer Lake airport?＋
About 276 km. You take the Trans-Canada (Route 1) east most of the way across the island, then Routes 340 and 341 north to the bay.
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Lewisporte?＋
Gander is much closer: about 63 km against 275 from Deer Lake. Choose Deer Lake only if you are seeing the west coast (Gros Morne, Corner Brook) first and working east.
Is it a hard drive?＋
No. It is paved the whole way and it is the main road across the province, so it is well travelled. It is just long. Plan around arriving after dark: see the moose note above.
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