Gander Airport (YQX) to Dover and the Dover Fault
- Distance
- 72.5 km
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Stop 1: Joey's Lookout (Gambo)
The viewpoint above Gambo. The bay below sits in the same ancient suture zone the road is heading for.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Joey's Lookout (Gambo) ↑Other map apps
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In town and right on the route: the interpretation centre for the fault, with the Dover Fault Trail beside it climbing to the lookout. The centre sets its own hours.
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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 330 →Whole road: 8 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 42 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 320 →Whole road: 6 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 39 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 72% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 3, 2026, terminal to town. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
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73 km. Gander airport to Dover: the Trans-Canada, then Route 320.
Why people come. Dover sits on the fault that carries its name, the seam where two ancient landmasses met. It comes ashore next to the town, with an interpretation centre and a mapped trail to the lookout. The centre sets its own hours; check them before you go.
When you get to Dover
- Where to eat near Dover → 1 place, A to Z, with addresses and phone numbers.
Sunrise and sunset at Dover, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:18 am | 7:54 am | 4:35 pm | 5:11 pm |
| Feb | 6:42 am | 7:14 am | 5:25 pm | 5:57 pm |
| Mar | 6:49 am | 7:20 am | 7:10 pm | 7:41 pm |
| Apr | 5:42 am | 6:15 am | 7:56 pm | 8:29 pm |
| May | 4:46 am | 5:24 am | 8:39 pm | 9:17 pm |
| Jun | 4:18 am | 5:01 am | 9:10 pm | 9:53 pm |
| Jul | 4:37 am | 5:17 am | 9:05 pm | 9:46 pm |
| Aug | 5:23 am | 5:58 am | 8:23 pm | 8:58 pm |
| Sep | 6:09 am | 6:41 am | 7:20 pm | 7:52 pm |
| Oct | 6:53 am | 7:25 am | 6:17 pm | 6:49 pm |
| Nov | 6:40 am | 7:14 am | 4:26 pm | 5:01 pm |
| Dec | 7:15 am | 7:52 am | 4:09 pm | 4:46 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 Gander →
2 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them. The longest stretch with none is 29.4 km, after DQ Grill & Chill.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 31.9
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 48.7
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 Dover
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- Square Pondstop39 km
A campground a little under halfway along, right on the Trans-Canada.
- Glovertown Museum, The Janes Housestop50 km
On the resettlement of the Bonavista Bay islands, boat building from 1930 to 1960, and the logging and lumber industry, per the province's tourism site.
- New-Wes-Valleytown51 km
- Greenspond Courthousestop56 km
Mapped as a museum: the island's 19th-century courthouse, kept as a heritage site.
- Greenspondtown56 km
- Louil Hill Trailtrail · 3.7 km loop · easy57 km
- Greenspond Island Walktrail · 6 km loop · moderate57 km
- Mill Cove Lookout Trailtrail · 1.6 km out and back · easy58 km
More, up to 73 km (10)
- Malady Head Trailtrail · 3.8 km out and back · easy61 km
- Newtown Boardwalk Walktrail · 3.4 km walk · easy63 km
- Coastal Trail (Terra Nova)trail · 8.4 km out and back · moderate64 km
- Goowiddy Pathtrail · 8 km loop · moderate64 km
- Mount Stamford Look-off Trailtrail · 2.2 km out and back · easy64 km
- Outport Trailtrail · 35 km out and back · strenuous68 km
- Windmill Bight Park Reservestop70 km
Three kilometres from Lumsden off Route 330.
- North Atlantic Aviation Museumstop71 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.
- Cape Freelsstop71 km
A beach on a coast BirdLife International has designated an Important Bird Area for nesting seabirds, among them common eiders, murres, razorbills and Arctic terns, per the province's tourism site.
- Lumsden Beachstop73 km
The beach the province's tourism site calls the most popular on the Kittiwake Coast.
Distances by road from Dover, 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
- Gander km 3
- Longest stretch without one
- 69 km
- Gander → Dover, of 72 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Dover
- 54.8 km
- by road, at Glovertown
No fast charger at Dover. From the last fast charger, in Gander, it is 69 km there and the same back: plan on about 138 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Glovertown, 54.8 km from Dover by road, off this drive's own road.
The chargers
Gander km 3 of the drive, 1 km off it
Orangestore 100 Trans-Canada Highway
CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeGlovertown 54.8 km from Dover by road
Splash N Putt Resort Traytown, NL A0G 4K0
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): Gander, a second site in the same town (km 2; 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
- 1.3 km
- A. Frank Willis Drive (0.83 km, 1.1 km from Dover); Dover Access Road (0.46 km, 1.5 km from Dover)
- Mapped as paved
- 35%
- 21.9 km of 72.5 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 63%
- 39.9 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 that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Routes 320 and 330 out this way are quiet, wooded and fast.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
A short drive, but on coastal roads. Check before an evening return.
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 Gander, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.
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, Dover back to Gander is the same distance: 72 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 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions
Should I fly into Gander or Deer Lake for Dover?＋
Gander: 73 km against 376 km from Deer Lake. This is one of YQX's shortest drives.
What actually is the Dover Fault?＋
The seam where two pieces of ancient crust are welded together, running right past the town. One became part of North America; the other once lay on the far side of a vanished ocean. The interpretation centre tells the full story.
Is the trail measured?＋
Not yet. The Dover Fault Trail is mapped in OpenStreetMap beside the interpretation centre, and this page points to the trailhead.
What is the drive actually like?＋
Trans-Canada to Gambo, then the 320 corridor toward Hare Bay and the short hop into Dover: 73 km of easy road to a boundary older than the Atlantic.
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