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Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Petite Forte ferry wharf

Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to South East Bight

Distance
608.6 km
Roads
Route 1Route 210Route 215
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Then a ferry to South East Bight

Passengers and freight only: no vehicles. The province gives the crossing as 25 minutes and posts summer and winter schedules.

Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Current schedule →
Driving route from Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Petite Forte ferry wharf: 608.6 km by road, via Routes 1 · 210 · 215.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: Indian River

    OpenStreetMap records it as a nature reserve but not who runs it, and it is not on ParksNL's list. Treat it as a place to pull over, not somewhere with facilities.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.

    Stopping here adds 4.6 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Upper Falls LookoutDetour

    It is the upper waterfall lookout on the Eel Brook Trail, a short walk past Eel Brook's falls: AllTrails lists it at about 1.3 miles out and back, with Lower Falls Lookout as the other viewpoint.

    Stopping here adds 2 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Airport Nordic Ski Club

    Trail lengths are missing because the trails are not on the map yet.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    An aviation museum in Gander. Gander exists because of transatlantic flight, and this is where that story is kept. Check current hours with the museum.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Swift Current

    The first community down Route 210, long a favourite for sport fishing, per the province's tourism site. It also names Vernon's Antique Car Museum here.

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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 210 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 105 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Electric: plan 262 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Nov 6, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Petite Forte ferry wharf. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure

Then the ferry to South East Bight — sailings & schedule →

Add to a trip →Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →

608.6 km. From Deer Lake airport to the wharf at Petite Forte, for the boat to South East Bight, on Routes 1, 210 and 215.

No road reaches South East Bight. The province’s ferry page gives the crossing from Petite Forte as 25 minutes, on the Marine Coaster III: passenger and freight, no vehicles, 34 passengers. It posts a summer and a winter schedule; open the current one before you drive.

Sunrise and sunset at Petite Forte, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:16 am7:51 am4:43 pm5:18 pm
Feb6:43 am7:14 am5:30 pm6:02 pm
Mar6:52 am7:22 am7:13 pm7:43 pm
Apr5:48 am6:21 am7:56 pm8:28 pm
May4:55 am5:32 am8:37 pm9:13 pm
Jun4:30 am5:10 am9:06 pm9:46 pm
Jul4:48 am5:26 am9:02 pm9:40 pm
Aug5:30 am6:04 am8:22 pm8:56 pm
Sep6:14 am6:45 am7:22 pm7:53 pm
Oct6:55 am7:26 am6:22 pm6:53 pm
Nov6:39 am7:13 am4:34 pm5:07 pm
Dec7:13 am7:49 am4:18 pm4:54 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 the start, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat in Deer Lake →

74 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.

Show all 74
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 129.9
  • 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 223.6 · 423 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 223.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 223.7
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 282.1 · 598 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 303.5
  • Subwayfast foodkm 303.5
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 303.8
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 303.9 · 974 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 303.9
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 303.9 · 809 m off the road
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 303.9 · 906 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 303.9 · 954 m off the road
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 303.9 · 949 m off the road
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 304 · 986 m off the road
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 304 · 869 m off the road
  • Grecofast foodkm 304 · 883 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 304.2 · 956 m off the road
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 304.2
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 304.3 · 1866 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 304.3 · 1143 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 304.5 · 1104 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 304.5 · 800 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 304.5 · 1480 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 304.5 · 1111 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 304.7 · 816 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 304.7 · 1036 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 304.7 · 1045 m off the road
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 304.7 · 1795 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 304.8 · 870 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 304.8 · 845 m off the road
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 305 · 1906 m off the road
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.9
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 340.7 · 1870 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 370.4
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 378.4 · 1229 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 417 · 624 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 446.1 · 1142 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 446.3 · 508 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 446.3 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 446.3 · 585 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 446.3 · 202 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 446.6 · 593 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 446.6 · 773 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 446.6 · 539 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 446.6 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 446.6 · 488 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 446.7 · 676 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 448.1 · 1264 m off the road
  • Brownings Pubpubkm 448.3 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 448.3 · 1229 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 449.9
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 449.9
  • Breen'srestaurantkm 475.9 · 485 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 475.9 · 865 m off the road
  • The Tea Roserestaurantkm 579.6 · 1230 m off the road

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, read 2026-11-07 (how we measure). Missing one? Add it to the map or email us the details.

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Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Deer Lake km 3, South Brook km 130, Bishop’s Falls km 222, Gander km 305, Glovertown km 371, Port Blandford km 418, Goobies km 477
Longest stretch without one
131 km
Goobies → Petite Forte ferry wharf, of 608 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Petite Forte ferry wharf
66.7 km
by road, at Marystown

No fast charger at Petite Forte ferry wharf. From the last fast charger, in Goobies, it is 131 km there and the same back: plan on about 262 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or go by way of Marystown and charge there (143 km from the charger at Goobies): then it is 66.7 km to Petite Forte ferry wharf and the same back, about 133 km on one charge.

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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  • South 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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  • Bishop’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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  • Gander km 305 of the drive

    Orangestore 100 Trans-Canada Highway

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Glovertown km 371 of the drive

    Splash N Putt Resort Traytown, NL A0G 4K0

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Port Blandford km 418 of the drive

    Rudy’s Restaurant & Gas Bar 42 Blackmore’s Road

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Goobies km 477 of the drive

    Irving Oil 162 Trans Canada

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Marystown 66.7 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf by road

    Marystown Hotel and Convention Centre 180-190 Ville Marie Dr, Marystown, NL A0E 2M0

    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) and Gander, a second site in the same town (km 305; CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · ultra-fast, up to 175 kW to one car, 350 kW where a site has two or more chargers) and Clarenville (km 451; 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
21.3 km
Hayden's Point Road (0.23 km, 0.1 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf); Petit Forte Road (14.73 km, 4.4 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf); Petit Forte Road (3.55 km, 9.1 km from Petite Forte ferry wharf)
Mapped as paved
39%
216 km of 608.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
58%
323.8 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 2026-11-06. 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 says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 608.6 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 the South East Bight boat from Deer Lake airport?＋

608.6 km by road from the terminal to the wharf at Petite Forte.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 1, 210 and 215. Your maps app has the turns.

Can I take my car to South East Bight?＋

No. The province lists its vessel, the Marine Coaster III, as passenger and freight, no vehicles. Leave the car at Petite Forte.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on November 6, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/3265813333 — the ferry wharf at Petite Forte, the end of the South East Bight ferry route. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms