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St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Ferryland

St. John's Airport (YYT) to Ferryland and the Colony of Avalon

Drive time
1h 24m
Distance
86 km
Routes
40 · 2 · 3 · 10

Conservative model estimate, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Ferryland — no stops, dry roads. Many of Newfoundland's provincial routes carry no speed limit in the open map data, so the router assumes a slow default: a driver who knows the road will beat this. Source: OSRM driving profile, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Ferryland, checked 2026-09-05.

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The first part of this drive is still St. John’s: two zero-point markers downtown, and the old train station on Water Street that now holds the Railway Coastal Museum. Then the road turns south and the city runs out. From there it is Route 10 — the Irish Loop Drive, in the province’s own words — down the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula, running past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve and its seabird islands on the way.

Ferryland is a town on that coast with the Colony of Avalon on top of it. The Colony’s own site dates the settlement to 1621 under Sir George Calvert, carries it through David Kirke’s later colony to the Ferryland of today, and says a visit tours the grounds, the laboratory and an active archaeological site. That is what this drive is for: the destination at the end of it.

Every stop listed above sits in that first city stretch, because those are the ones we could check against a source you can check too. The rest of the Irish Loop is simply not covered here yet — that is a gap in this page, not a verdict on the road.

Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Ferryland: 86 km, about 1h 24m, via Routes 40 · 2 · 3 · 10.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded on the map: the other measured drives from St. John's International into this same region, each its own page — Witless Bay (46 min), Salmonier Nature Park (57 min), Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre (2h 17m), Trepassey (2h 28m). Where a faded line leaves the solid one is where that drive forks from this one.

Worth stopping for

  1. Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km

    A milestone downtown, beside St. John's City Hall — OpenStreetMap gives the City Hall building a New Gower Street address, and tags New Gower Street itself old_ref=1, the old Trans-Canada. The marker is tagged highway=milestone with distance=0: the zero end of that road. It sits on the driven line out of the city, before the route turns south for the Irish Loop.

    Stopping here adds about 0 min and 0 km to the drive.

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  2. Trans-Canada Trail Mile Zero KmDetour

    A second marker a short way further along the same drive, for the Trans Canada Trail rather than the highway — its own zero point. OpenStreetMap tags it an attraction and records wheelchair=yes. It stands beside the old train station below, so the two are really one stop.

    Stopping here adds about 1 min and 0.7 km to the drive.

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  3. Railway Coastal MuseumDetour

    A museum on Water Street, in a building OpenStreetMap tags historic=train_station — the same street address the museum's own site gives. Hours and admission are posted on that site and are the operator's to state, not this page's, so check there before counting on a visit.

    Stopping here adds about 2 min and 1 km to the drive.

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What has been recorded near here

Species reported within 50 km of Ferryland and shared to GBIF, the international record of species occurrences. The useful column is when — the months the reports cluster in.

  • Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, June, August3,895 reports on record
  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, August, June3,858 reports on record
  • Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, August, June2,927 reports on record
  • Minke whalewhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataReports cluster in July, August, June52 reports on record
  • Fin whalewhaleBalaenoptera physalusReports cluster in July, June, May21 reports on record

What this is not

  • Not how many there are. A report means somebody looked, saw and wrote it down. A busy harbour with tour boats reports more than an empty coast with the same animals in it.
  • Not a sighting you are promised. Nothing here says you will see one.
  • Not complete. Only species we ask GBIF about appear, and only where somebody reported them.

From GBIF, queried 2026-09-14 — their record, not a copy of it.

When you get to Ferryland

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
none
Longest stretch without one
86 km
the YYT door → Ferryland, of 86 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Ferryland
13.2 km
13 min by road, at Fermeuse

Source: NL Hydro's published fast-charging network map, exported 2026-09-13 — sites within 3 km of this route's measured line, the km read along it, the drive to the nearest site priced by OSRM. NL Hydro lists these as 62.5 kW DC with CCS and CHAdeMO plugs on a ChargePoint account; whether one is free or working right now is the app's to say. Level 2 chargers in towns are not counted.

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

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
0.3 km
an residential road (0.3 km, 0.1 km from Ferryland)
Mapped as paved
27%
21.4 km of 86 km driven
No surface tag on the map
73%
58.7 km the map does not describe either way

Why it matters: Hertz Canada’s published rental terms — the one set of Canadian rental terms we could read in full, quoted not recommended — list “use off paved roads or on roads which are not regularly maintained” as misconduct that voids the damage waiver. Read the agreement you sign before leaving the lot. The terms themselves. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-09-13. A road with no tag is unknown, not paved; what any road is like today is on 511.

Eating on the way — measured, not recommended

223 places to eat that the open map data records within 2 km of this drive, in the order you would pass them. No stars, no prices, no opinions, and no opening hours — distance along the road is the one thing measured here that a directory cannot give you.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 27.6 km — after The Captain's Table, until Riverside Restaurant and Lounge. That is the figure worth planning around.

  • Starbuckscafékm 0.1 · 1631 m off the road
  • Wing'N Itrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1419 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 0.1 · 1607 m off the road
  • Corarestaurantkm 0.1 · 1486 m off the road
  • Pita Pitfast foodkm 0.1 · 1620 m off the road
  • Parkside Pizzafast foodkm 0.1 · 1506 m off the road
  • Jade Gardensrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1899 m off the road
  • Sun Sushirestaurantkm 0.1 · 1888 m off the road
  • YellowBelly Brewery and Public Housepubkm 0.1 · 202 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 0.1
  • Newfoundland Chocolate Companycafékm 0.1 · 173 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 0.1 · 165 m off the road
  • Freshiirestaurantkm 0.1
  • Quesadafast foodkm 0.1 · 1497 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1835 m off the road
  • Second Cupcafékm 0.1 · 1739 m off the road
  • Montana'srestaurantkm 0.1 · 1800 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 0.1 · 1733 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1599 m off the road
  • Milestonesrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1570 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 0.1 · 1671 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 0.1 · 1882 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 0.8
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 0.8
  • The Rockrestaurantkm 0.8
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 2.9 · 1440 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 2.9 · 1529 m off the road
  • Pizza Houserestaurantkm 3.1 · 1129 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsrestaurantkm 3.2 · 1180 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3.3 · 1206 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 3.3 · 1200 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 3.3 · 1200 m off the road
  • Rustler'srestaurantkm 3.3 · 1187 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 3.3 · 1185 m off the road
  • Mustang Sally'srestaurantkm 3.3 · 1185 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 3.4 · 1220 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 3.4 · 1192 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizza Restaurant & Loungerestaurantkm 3.4 · 1201 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 3.5 · 1156 m off the road
  • Pizza Expertsfast foodkm 3.5 · 1154 m off the road
  • Sun Sushirestaurantkm 3.5 · 1157 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 3.5 · 1225 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzeriarestaurantkm 3.6
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3.6
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 3.7
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 4.3 · 1203 m off the road
  • East Side Mario'srestaurantkm 4.4
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 4.6 · 947 m off the road
  • Pizza Expressrestaurantkm 4.7 · 619 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 4.8 · 535 m off the road
  • Breen's Delicafékm 4.9 · 406 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 4.9 · 453 m off the road
  • Piattorestaurantkm 5.1 · 263 m off the road
  • Wedgwood Cafe & Cateringrestaurantkm 5.1 · 429 m off the road
  • Desi Mealrestaurantkm 5.3 · 399 m off the road
  • Pizza Supremerestaurantkm 5.3 · 404 m off the road
  • Sequerra's Restaurantrestaurantkm 5.3 · 395 m off the road
  • Bitterspubkm 5.4 · 1461 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 5.4 · 336 m off the road
  • Big Bite Pitafast foodkm 5.7 · 947 m off the road
  • MajesTeacafékm 5.7 · 941 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 5.9 · 1957 m off the road
  • Gracie Joe'srestaurantkm 6.3 · 957 m off the road
  • Breezewaypubkm 6.5 · 1888 m off the road
  • Ziggy Peelgoodfast foodkm 6.5 · 977 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.5 · 897 m off the road
  • Donati'sfast foodkm 6.5 · 862 m off the road
  • Pop's Dinerrestaurantkm 6.5 · 926 m off the road
  • NJ's Kitchenrestaurantkm 6.5 · 884 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 6.5 · 1811 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.5 · 1967 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 6.5 · 1839 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 6.5 · 1834 m off the road
  • Manchu Wokfast foodkm 6.5 · 1828 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 6.5 · 1819 m off the road
  • Just Friesfast foodkm 6.5 · 1815 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 6.5 · 910 m off the road
  • Noodle Namirestaurantkm 6.5 · 889 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 6.5 · 1074 m off the road
  • Quintana'srestaurantkm 6.5 · 1036 m off the road
  • Big Ben's Pubpubkm 6.5 · 1026 m off the road
  • The Georgetown Pubpubkm 6.7 · 356 m off the road
  • Beavertailsfast foodkm 6.8
  • Georgestown Cafe and Bookshelfcafékm 6.8 · 335 m off the road
  • The Parlourrestaurantkm 6.9 · 186 m off the road
  • Hungry Heartcafékm 7
  • Sun Sushi & Bubbled Tearestaurantkm 7.1 · 312 m off the road
  • Get Stuffedrestaurantkm 7.1 · 305 m off the road
  • Fixed Coffee and Bakingcafékm 7.1 · 339 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 7.1 · 445 m off the road
  • Portobello's Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 493 m off the road
  • International Flavoursrestaurantkm 7.1 · 864 m off the road
  • Classic Cafe Eastcafékm 7.1 · 587 m off the road
  • Coffee Matterscafékm 7.1 · 515 m off the road
  • J Korean Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 301 m off the road
  • Zachary's Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 590 m off the road
  • Chatters Coffeecafékm 7.1 · 490 m off the road
  • Newfoundland Chocolate Cafecafékm 7.1 · 1570 m off the road
  • Pirestaurantkm 7.1 · 307 m off the road
  • Battery Cafecafékm 7.1 · 840 m off the road
  • Bannerman Brewing Co.pubkm 7.1 · 548 m off the road
  • Peaceful Loftrestaurantkm 7.2 · 259 m off the road
  • Bamboo Gardenrestaurantkm 7.2 · 258 m off the road
  • Bagel Caferestaurantkm 7.2 · 260 m off the road
  • Fat Nanny'scafékm 7.2 · 283 m off the road
  • Shalimarrestaurantkm 7.3 · 223 m off the road
  • Oliver'srestaurantkm 7.4 · 261 m off the road
  • Water St.Varietycafékm 7.4 · 301 m off the road
  • Smoke's Poutinefast foodkm 7.4 · 283 m off the road
  • Biancarestaurantkm 7.4 · 274 m off the road
  • The Fifth Ticketrestaurantkm 7.4 · 275 m off the road
  • Ship Pubpubkm 7.4 · 241 m off the road
  • No.4 Restaurant & Barrestaurantkm 7.4 · 170 m off the road
  • India Gaterestaurantkm 7.4 · 188 m off the road
  • Saltwaterrestaurantkm 7.4 · 191 m off the road
  • 3 Sisters Vietnamese Subsfast foodkm 7.5 · 210 m off the road
  • Duke of Duckworthpubkm 7.5 · 173 m off the road
  • Cojones Tacos & Tequilarestaurantkm 7.5 · 246 m off the road
  • Sushi Islandrestaurantkm 7.6 · 202 m off the road
  • Jumping Bean Coffeecafékm 7.6 · 191 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 7.6 · 265 m off the road
  • The Sprout Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.7
  • Ziggy Peelgoods French Friesfast foodkm 7.7 · 180 m off the road
  • Chinchedrestaurantkm 7.7
  • Yellowbelly Brewerypubkm 7.8
  • The Kegrestaurantkm 7.8 · 214 m off the road
  • Afghan Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Piatto Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.8
  • The Republicpubkm 7.8
  • Jack Astor'srestaurantkm 7.8 · 225 m off the road
  • O'Reilly'spubkm 7.8
  • Trapper John's Museum & Pubpubkm 7.8
  • Rob Roy Pubpubkm 7.8
  • Green Sleeves Pub & Restaurantpubkm 7.8
  • Formosa Tea Houserestaurantkm 7.8 · 327 m off the road
  • Celtic Hearthrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Bridie Molloy’spubkm 7.8
  • Merchant Tavernrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Carribean Cornerrestaurantkm 7.8
  • LIVrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Frugal Steinsrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Saltwaterrestaurantkm 7.8
  • Black Cat Pizzeriarestaurantkm 7.8 · 324 m off the road
  • Leo's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 7.8 · 426 m off the road
  • Ches' Fish & Chipsfast foodkm 7.8 · 380 m off the road
  • Fat Bastard Burritofast foodkm 7.9
  • Downtown Pizza fast foodkm 7.9
  • Kelly's Pubpubkm 7.9
  • Shamrock City Pubpubkm 7.9
  • Christian'spubkm 7.9
  • Adelaide Oyster Houserestaurantkm 7.9
  • Gahan Housepubkm 7.9 · 205 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 7.9
  • Chinched Bistrorestaurantkm 8
  • Fiddlers Pubpubkm 8
  • Fabulous Foodsrestaurantkm 8 · 903 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.2 · 1887 m off the road
  • The Guv'nor Pubpubkm 8.2 · 1948 m off the road
  • Humphreys Restaurant and Pubrestaurantkm 8.3
  • Subwayfast foodkm 8.5 · 1492 m off the road
  • RJ Pinoy Yumrestaurantkm 8.5 · 1506 m off the road
  • No Name Pizzafast foodkm 8.5 · 1485 m off the road
  • Ziggy Peelgoodsfast foodkm 8.5 · 1453 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 8.5 · 1614 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 8.5 · 1537 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 8.5 · 1562 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 8.5 · 1592 m off the road
  • The Station Loungepubkm 8.6
  • The Cove Climbing Cafécafékm 9.7 · 842 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 9.7 · 360 m off the road
  • The Big R Restaurantrestaurantkm 10.8 · 1181 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 11.2 · 1322 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 11.3 · 1470 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 12.3 · 940 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizzarestaurantkm 13.1 · 1175 m off the road
  • Red Pepperrestaurantkm 13.1 · 1187 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 13.1 · 1079 m off the road
  • Rack and Roll Lounge and Games Roompubkm 13.2 · 1279 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 13.3 · 967 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 13.3 · 958 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 13.3 · 937 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 13.3
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 13.8 · 1379 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 13.8 · 1386 m off the road
  • New Moon Restaurantrestaurantkm 14.8 · 1493 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 14.8 · 1335 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 14.8 · 1452 m off the road
  • Topsail Road Pizzeria and Loungefast foodkm 14.8 · 1460 m off the road
  • Big Cheese Pizzafast foodkm 14.8 · 1354 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 14.8 · 1351 m off the road
  • Sushi Makirestaurantkm 14.8 · 1351 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 14.8 · 1476 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 14.8 · 1463 m off the road
  • Redrock Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 14.8 · 1503 m off the road
  • Jasmine's Restaurantrestaurantkm 14.9 · 1593 m off the road
  • The Sweet Newfie Kitchenfast foodkm 16.1 · 1922 m off the road
  • Oscars Eatery & Caférestaurantkm 16.1 · 1833 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 17.4 · 1460 m off the road
  • Extreme Pitafast foodkm 17.4 · 1691 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 17.4 · 1506 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 17.4 · 1521 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1895 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1525 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 17.4 · 1479 m off the road
  • Asian Caferestaurantkm 17.4 · 1981 m off the road
  • Landwash Brewerypubkm 17.4 · 832 m off the road
  • Thaï Expressfast foodkm 17.4 · 1532 m off the road
  • Johny & Mae'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 827 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 17.4 · 1535 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 17.4 · 1485 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1526 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 18.9 · 1592 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 18.9 · 1570 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 21.7 · 1882 m off the road
  • Jungle Jimsrestaurantkm 21.8 · 1802 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 21.8 · 1825 m off the road
  • Keith's Dinerrestaurantkm 22.2 · 1788 m off the road
  • Mary Brownsrestaurantkm 22.2 · 1718 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 42
  • The Captain's Tablerestaurantkm 46.1
  • Riverside Restaurant and Loungerestaurantkm 73.7
  • Bernard Kavanagh's Restaurantrestaurantkm 83.5
  • Lighthouse Picnicsrestaurantkm 84.9

What this list is not

  • Not a recommendation. Nothing here is endorsed, reviewed or rated. It is in the order you drive past it.
  • Not complete. Somewhere unmapped does not appear. This is never "all of them".
  • Not open hours. We publish none, because the open data holds none. Never assume a kitchen is serving.
  • Not necessarily still trading. A place that closed stays in the data until somebody removes it.
  • Not for sale. No one can pay to appear here, to rank higher, or to have a rival removed.

Open map data is incomplete — somewhere unmapped does not appear here, and this is never "all of them" or "the good ones". A place that closed is also still on the map until somebody removes it, which is why no hours are shown and nothing here says a kitchen is open. From OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps (which includes data from Meta, Foursquare and AllThePlaces); swept 2026-09-12. Map the one that is missing → and every site built on the open map gains it, this one included.

Before you go

These change. We link the people who keep them current rather than copying numbers that go stale here.

  • MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn

    The province states the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is about twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This drive starts in the city, but once past the last St. John's suburb, Route 10 — the Irish Loop — runs between small communities with long unlit stretches, the same as anywhere else on the island.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    This is not the Trans-Canada — it is Route 10, which the province calls the Irish Loop Drive, running down the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula. Check conditions before leaving the airport, especially outside summer.

    Check it now →

  • Puffins and seabirds at Witless BayNesting season, late spring into summer

    Route 10 runs past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, which the province describes as holding North America's largest Atlantic puffin colony across four islands — Gull, Green, Great and Pee Pee. Landing on them takes a permit, so seeing the birds means a licensed tour boat from the communities near the islands. The province's own page lists which operators hold current permits.

    Check it now →

Arriving without a car

Every distance and time on this page is a drive. If you are not renting, here is what St. John's International Airport Authority lists at this door — operators and numbers, not fares: a tariff is theirs to change, so it is linked and not copied.

Rideshare: it depends who you ask.

The Airport Authority's own ground-transportation pages name City Wide Taxi as “the exclusive provider of ground transportation services for the public” and do not mention rideshare anywhere. Uber publishes pickup instructions for YYT, and the Airport's own account welcomed Uber in 2024. Both things are true and this page will not pretend they resolve: the Authority's pages are what govern the kerb, so check them on the day.

  • Taxi

    City Wide Taxi, which the Airport Authority names as the exclusive provider for the public. Cabs queue outside the Arrivals area and a dispatcher is there to help. The Authority publishes preset fares to named hotels and a meter-plus-surcharge rate everywhere else; what those are is theirs to publish and change.

    (709) 722-7777

  • Public transit

    Metrobus route 14 runs between the airport and the St. John's metro region, including Memorial University. There are two stops at the airport: one near the arrivals area, and one on World Parkway by the Holiday Inn Express. The Authority says Metrobus has committed to a wheelchair-accessible service on this route and can take large, non-folding mobility aids. Schedule and fares are Metrobus's.

St. John's International Airport Authority, read 2026-09-15 — the authority on what operates at this kerb, and the only place a current fare or timetable should come from.

Questions people actually ask

How far is Ferryland from St. John's airport?＋

About 86 km and 1 hour 24 minutes: out of the city on Routes 40, 2 and 3, then Route 10 — the Irish Loop — down the coast to Ferryland. That is a free-flow estimate with no stops.

Should I fly into St. John's, Gander or Deer Lake for Ferryland?＋

St. John's, by a wide margin. It is about 84 minutes door to door from St. John's airport. From Gander it is roughly 288 minutes, and from Deer Lake around 516 — both a cross-island drive away. Fly into St. John's for this trip.

What's the draw at Ferryland?＋

The Colony of Avalon. Its own site says the colony was established in 1621 by Sir George Calvert, that the site takes in the later settlement of David Kirke, and that a visit tours the grounds, the laboratory and an active archaeological site. It is the destination this page is built around.

Is there anything worth seeing on the drive itself?＋

In the city, yes: two zero-point markers and the Railway Coastal Museum, all in the first stretch out of the airport. After that Route 10 — the Irish Loop Drive, in the province's words — runs down the coast past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, whose seabird islands are seen by tour boat rather than from the road. See the stops and seasons sections above.

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Every distance, drive time and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on September 5, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/279110348 — St. John's International Airport. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/470764410 — Ferryland.