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Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Norris Point

Distance
74.4 km
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Bonne Bay from the rocks at Norris Point: a pale cliff across calm blue water, snow on the hills behind.
Bonne Bay from the rocks at Norris Point: a pale cliff across calm blue water, snow on the hills behind.Photo: Eric Raymond Lanning · source · CC BY 3.0

Places to stay in Norris Point

From Best Kind Stays. Both sites are run by the same people. Listing is free and nothing paid changes the order.

Every place to stay in Norris Point on Best Kind Stays →

Art in and near Norris Point

By road, from the open map. Shops and galleries keep their own hours. All the art, by region →

Out on the water

Boat tours that leave from here. The sea and the season decide what you see: ask them what is about. Times and prices are on each one's page.

From Norris Point

From Woody Point

Every tour in the province, by kind →

Driving route from Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Norris Point: 74.4 km by road, via Routes 1 · 430.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.
  1. Stop 1: Newfoundland Insectarium

    An insect museum in Deer Lake. Check its hours before detouring with kids in the car.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Gros Morne Mountain trailhead

    The start of the Gros Morne Mountain Trail, one of the treks the province's tourism site names among the park's 100 km of trails. The parking is off Route 430.

    Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Gros Morne Visitor Information Centre

    Parks Canada's visitor centre on Route 430, before Rocky Harbour. Gros Morne is one of two UNESCO World Heritage Sites on the Viking Trail, per the province's tourism site. Sort out park entry here.

    Stopping here adds 0.3 km to the drive.

  4. Stop 4: Tablelands Trail trailheadDetour

    The Tablelands are rock usually found deep in the earth, pushed to the surface here by tectonic forces, per the province's tourism site. The trail starts at a parking area on Route 431, off the main drive.

    Stopping here adds 76.7 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Green Gardens trailheadDetour

    One of the Gros Morne treks the province's tourism site names. The trail starts off Route 431, past the Tablelands.

    Stopping here adds 92.1 km to the drive.

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⛽ 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 430 →Whole road: 17 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 97 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 44% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Nov 2, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Norris Point. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →

74.4 km. From Deer Lake airport to Norris Point, on Routes 1 and 430.

Norris Point is on Bonne Bay, across the water from Woody Point. Parks Canada lists it among the seaside communities beside Gros Morne National Park where you can stay, with Cow Head, Glenburnie, Rocky Harbour, Trout River and Woody Point.

When you get to Norris Point

Sunrise and sunset at Norris Point, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:35 am8:12 am4:48 pm5:24 pm
Feb6:58 am7:31 am5:39 pm6:12 pm
Mar7:04 am7:36 am7:25 pm7:57 pm
Apr5:56 am6:30 am8:12 pm8:46 pm
May4:58 am5:37 am8:57 pm9:36 pm
Jun4:30 am5:13 am9:29 pm10:13 pm
Jul4:49 am5:30 am9:24 pm10:05 pm
Aug5:36 am6:12 am8:40 pm9:16 pm
Sep6:24 am6:56 am7:36 pm8:08 pm
Oct7:09 am7:41 am6:32 pm7:04 pm
Nov6:57 am7:32 am4:40 pm5:15 pm
Dec7:33 am8:11 am4:22 pm5:00 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 Norris Point →

1 place to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them. The longest stretch with none is 62.2 km, after Funland Resort.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • Funland Resortrestaurantkm 11.1 · 937 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-10-18 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.

Short drives from Norris Point

An easy day out from Norris PointWestern Brook Pond Trail 36 km awayThe walk to the boat: 5.4 km out and back · easyBook the boat ahead: Parks Canada recommends it. 709-458-2016 · Their page →Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Norris Point. Each one's page has directions.

More, up to 74 km (9)

Distances by road from Norris Point, measured on OpenStreetMap November 7, 2026. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Deer Lake km 4, Rocky Harbour km 68
Longest stretch without one
64 km
Deer Lake → Rocky Harbour, of 74 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Norris Point
8.3 km
by road, at Rocky Harbour

The chargers

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

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 16% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
84%
57.1 km of 74.4 km driven
No surface tag on the map
16%
11.1 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 from a local Geofabrik extract (Overpass unreachable), checked 2026-11-02. 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 74.4 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 change fast on this coast. 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.

    (709) 634-4343

  • Taxi

    Deer Lake Taxi, listed as operating around the clock across the province with no pre-booking required.

    (709) 635-0000

  • 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.

    (709) 634-4343

  • 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.

    (888) 263-1852

Source: Deer Lake Regional Airport,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.

Questions

How far is Norris Point from Deer Lake airport?+

74.4 km by road from the terminal to Norris Point.

What route do I take?+

Routes 1 and 430. Your maps app has the turns.

Can I stay in Norris Point?+

Yes. Parks Canada lists Norris Point among the seaside communities beside Gros Morne National Park where you can stay.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 2, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/475749386 — Norris Point town node. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms