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Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Roddickton

Distance
351.5 km
Roads
Route 1Route 430Route 432Route 433
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Driving route from Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Roddickton: 351.5 km by road, via Routes 1 · 430 · 432 · 433.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: Gros Morne Visitor Information Centre

    The park's main entrance, early in the drive. The drive's first stretch is inside Gros Morne, and this is where the park explains itself.

    Stopping here adds 0.8 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Lobster Cove Head LighthouseDetour

    A century-old lighthouse on the headland at Rocky Harbour, with Parks Canada's exhibit on the people of the coast inside and short trails out to the rocks and the open sea. Parks Canada calls it the place for sunsets; the exhibit keeps a summer season, on its page.

    Stopping here adds 2.5 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Steve's Trail, Broom Point

    Parks Canada's 900 m return walk from the Broom Point parking lot: the woods open on a seaside meadow looking over the coast and the Long Range Mountains, and a stairway goes down to the sand where Western Brook meets the sea. Parks Canada lists it for sand dunes and a picnic. At the end of the road is Broom Point's restored fishing premises, the Mudge brothers' summer home from 1941 to 1975, open when Parks Canada staff are there.

    Stopping here adds 1.7 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: The Arches Provincial Park

    Sea-carved limestone arches in the surf right beside Route 430. A ten-minute leg-stretch with a lot to photograph. ParksNL lists it as day use, and the sea decides how close you can stand.

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    Show on map: The Arches Provincial Park ↑
⛽ 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.
  • Route 432 →Whole road: 0 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 110 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 433 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 19 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
No campground within 100 km →

Drive measured Sep 7, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Roddickton. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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351.5 km. Deer Lake airport to Roddickton: Route 430 up the Northern Peninsula past Gros Morne and the Arches, then Routes 432 and 433 inland and east into Canada Bay.

The last ninety kilometres decide the day. Traffic and shoulders thin out together. Check the road, weather and moose links on this page before you go.

When you get to Roddickton

Sunrise and sunset at Roddickton, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:32 am8:10 am4:35 pm5:13 pm
Feb6:53 am7:27 am5:29 pm6:03 pm
Mar6:56 am7:29 am7:18 pm7:51 pm
Apr5:45 am6:20 am8:08 pm8:43 pm
May4:45 am5:25 am8:55 pm9:36 pm
Jun4:13 am4:59 am9:29 pm10:15 pm
Jul4:33 am5:17 am9:23 pm10:06 pm
Aug5:24 am6:01 am8:37 pm9:14 pm
Sep6:15 am6:48 am7:30 pm8:03 pm
Oct7:03 am7:36 am6:23 pm6:56 pm
Nov6:53 am7:30 am4:28 pm5:05 pm
Dec7:31 am8:10 am4:08 pm4:48 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 Roddickton →

12 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 137 km, after Pizza Delight, until Lumberjacks.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • Funland Resortrestaurantkm 11.1 · 948 m off the road
  • Fisherman's Landingrestaurantkm 70.7 · 577 m off the road
  • Earle‘srestaurantkm 70.7 · 1940 m off the road
  • SunSet Cafécafékm 70.7 · 635 m off the road
  • Jackie‘sfast foodkm 70.7 · 1648 m off the road
  • Anchor Pubpubkm 70.7 · 566 m off the road
  • Oceansrestaurantkm 70.7 · 554 m off the road
  • Buoy & Arrowrestaurantkm 70.7 · 348 m off the road
  • Treasure Box Crafts & Cafecafékm 70.7 · 713 m off the road
  • Whale‘s Back Grub Hubrestaurantkm 89.9
  • C&P Take-Outfast foodkm 212
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 212.2

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.

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Deer Lake km 4, Rocky Harbour km 71, Cow Head km 116, Roddickton km 350
Longest stretch without one
234 km
Cow Head → Roddickton, of 351 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Roddickton
at Roddickton

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

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 49% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
51%
176 km of 351.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
49%
168.3 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 2026-09-08. 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 twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. The drive ends on two quiet, unlit routes with few places to pull over. Leave Deer Lake in the afternoon and you drive the worst of it in the dark. Start early or break it.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Route 430 runs the length of the Northern Peninsula before Routes 432 and 433 turn inland to Canada Bay, and there is no way around a closure on the last 90 km. Check the far end of the drive before you commit, not just the weather in Deer Lake.

    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.

The drive back

Measured the other way, Roddickton back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 352 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 the drive from Deer Lake?＋

351.5 km, terminal to town centre on the OSRM driving profile. Both stops on this page are on the line, adding under a kilometre between them.

Can it be done as a day trip from Deer Lake?＋

Only a long one. Out and back is 703 km of driving before any stops, which means finishing in the dark: see the moose warning above. Most people stay somewhere on the Northern Peninsula instead.

Is there anywhere to charge an electric car?＋

Roddickton has one of NL Hydro's fast-charging sites, listed at M&B Diner on Major Street. That is why this drive was measured: the town was one of only two on the island west of Clarenville with a fast charger and no measured drive reaching it. The electric page compares every site and the routes that pass them.

Which airport should I fly into?＋

Deer Lake, by a wide margin. Gander is roughly twice as far by road, and no drive from there is measured.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on September 8, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/1540810336 — Roddickton-Bide Arm. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms