Gander International Airport (YQX) → Clarke's Beach
Gander Airport (YQX) to Clarke's Beach
- Distance
- 279.8 km
- Drive time
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Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Clarke's Beach. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
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279.8 km. From Gander airport to Clarke’s Beach, on Routes 330, 1, 71 and 70.
St. John’s airport is closer (87.9 km). This drive suits a trip that starts at Gander.
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Short drives from Clarke's Beach
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeOr any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Clarke's Beach.
- Cupids Legacy Centrestop8.9 km
A museum at Cupids.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Brigustown9.7 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Salmonier Nature Parkstop44 km
Run by the province's wildlife division, further along the Salmonier Line.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop51 km
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Father Duffy's Well Provincial Parkstop52 km
A roadside spring right on the route, named for Father James Duffy, appointed first parish priest of St. Mary's in 1834, who spent the years after walking back and forth to the courthouse in St. John's over a dispute with the local merchant's agent.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Parkstop54 km
A Provincial Park Reserve, not a provincial park with a campground.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Manuel's River Interpretation Centerstop59 km
The interpretation centre stands beside the river valley in Conception Bay South.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Bay Bulls harbourstop67 km
On screen: where Wade and Jerry head out at night from the marine base to harvest an iceberg.
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More, up to 87 km (10)
- Mickeleens Pathtrail · 7.2 km point to point, one way · moderate68 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Witless Baytown68 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Spout Pathtrail · 16.2 km point to point, one way · strenuous70 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Beaches Pathtrail · 7.1 km point to point, one way · easy70 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze OpenStreetMap records a viewpoint here, unnamed, just off the Southern Shore Highway south of Witless Bay.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Tinkers Point Pathtrail · 5 km point to point, one way · easy75 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Railway Coastal Museumstop86 km
The drive passes it at 495 Water Street: St. John's old railway station, now the Railway Coastal Museum, about the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boats.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - St. John'stown86 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Trans-Canada Highway Zero Kmstop86 km
OpenStreetMap records a highway milestone here reading distance zero, named for the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze A few hundred metres along Military Road: Parks Canada's register describes a massive stone cathedral built in the mid 19th century in the Lombard Romanesque Revival style, a national historic site since 1983.
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Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Doing it electric
- Fast chargers on this drive
- Gander km 3, Glowertown km 68, Port Blandford km 116, Goobies km 175
- Longest stretch without one
- 104 km
- Goobies → Clarke's Beach, of 279 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Clarke's Beach
- 27.7 km
- by road, at Carbonear
No fast charger at Clarke's Beach. From Goobies it is 104 km there and the same back: plan on about 208 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Carbonear, 27.7 km from Clarke's Beach by road, off this drive's own road.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-10): Gander (km 2) and Clarenville (km 148) and Whitbourne (km 247). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-10. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- 6 km
- Hill Avenue Extension (1.07 km, 0.8 km from Clarke's Beach); Hodgewater Line (4.97 km, 9.7 km from Clarke's Beach)
- Mapped as paved
- 26%
- 65.1 km of 279.8 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 72%
- 181.1 km: surface not recorded
Why it matters: 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. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-10-16. 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 279.8 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.
Check it now →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Conditions at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
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Renting a car? Book the car when you book the flight.
Summer rentals sell out, says NL Tourism, and in June 2026 CTV reported St. John's airport agencies booked for nearly all of summer.
Both read 2026-10-07.
Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the door. Fares change, so we link to them instead.
No rideshare here.
The Airport Authority's transport page lists no rideshare service (checked 2026-09-15).
Taxi
Busy Bee Cabs, which the Airport Authority says runs a 24-hour service available curbside in the Domestic Arrivals area.
Coach
DRL Coachlines runs the island's one scheduled coach, once a day each way, between St. John's and the Marine Atlantic terminal at Port aux Basques. It stops at Gander Airport itself (the restaurant), and at Lewisporte, Grand Falls-Windsor, Deer Lake and Corner Brook among others. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. The Airport Authority says a wheelchair-accessible bus needs 48 hours' notice. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.
Limousine
Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.
Avis, Budget, National and Enterprise are listed at the airport. The Authority says accessible vehicles with wheelchair accommodation or hand controls are limited and need 48 hours' notice.
Source: Gander International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
The drive back
Measured the other way, Clarke's Beach back to Gander is the same distance: 280 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 Gander International Airport →
Return measured 2026-10-16, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions people actually ask
How far is Clarke's Beach from Gander airport?＋
279.8 km from the terminal to the centre of Clarke's Beach.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 330, 1, 71 and 70. Your maps app has the turns.
Is there a closer way in to Clarke's Beach?＋
St. John's airport is 87.9 km from Clarke's Beach, against 279.8 km from Gander.
Do I need a car?＋
Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.
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Run a place to stay, a tour or a town page on this drive? Add this map to your site. It answers how far from the airport? Free, no account, and we keep the figures current.
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