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

Distance
86 km
Roads
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The excavated stone foundations of the 17th-century Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, laid out along the harbour with the village behind.
The excavated stone foundations of the 17th-century Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, laid out along the harbour with the village behind.Photo: Nilfanion · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

Places to stay in Ferryland

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A place listed in Ferryland shows on 11 pages here: 6 drives to Ferryland and 5 trails nearby.

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Art in and near Ferryland

By road, from the open map. Shops and galleries keep their own hours. All the art, by region →

Filmed here: Frontier. The Frontier drive · every spot from every airport

Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Ferryland: 86 km by road, via Routes 40 · 2 · 3 · 10.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.
  1. Commissariat House, a grey clapboard Georgian house with white trim, among trees in St. John's.
    Photograph: Mo Laidlaw · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Stop 1: Terry Fox Mile 0Detour

    Terry Fox's statue at Mile 0 of his Marathon of Hope, which began in St. John's on April 12, 1980, when he dipped his right leg in the Atlantic Ocean.

    Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km

    Mile Zero of the Trans-Canada, beside St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street, the old Trans-Canada. It is on the driven line out of the city, before the route turns south for the Irish Loop.

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  3. Stop 3: Trans-Canada Trail Mile Zero KmDetour

    A second marker a short way on: the zero point of the Trans Canada Trail. Wheelchair accessible, per the map. It stands beside the old train station below, so the two make one stop.

    Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Railway Coastal MuseumDetour

    A museum on Water Street, in St. John's old railway station.

    Stopping here adds 1 km to the drive.

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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 40 →Whole road: 6 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 5.7 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 28% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 2 →Whole road: 10 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 28 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 3 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 9.2 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 1% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 10 →Whole road: 7 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 91 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 77% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Electric: plan 172 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Ferryland. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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86 km. St. John’s airport through the city, then south on Route 10, the Irish Loop Drive, past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve.

Why people come. The Colony of Avalon sits on top of Ferryland. Its own site dates the settlement to 1621 under Sir George Calvert; a visit tours the grounds, the laboratory and an active archaeological site.

Note: this page covers stops in the city stretch only, so far.

When you get to Ferryland

Sunrise and sunset at Ferryland, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:08 am7:42 am4:37 pm5:12 pm
Feb6:35 am7:07 am5:24 pm5:55 pm
Mar6:45 am7:15 am7:06 pm7:36 pm
Apr5:42 am6:14 am7:48 pm8:20 pm
May4:50 am5:26 am8:28 pm9:04 pm
Jun4:25 am5:05 am8:57 pm9:37 pm
Jul4:42 am5:21 am8:53 pm9:31 pm
Aug5:24 am5:58 am8:14 pm8:47 pm
Sep6:07 am6:38 am7:15 pm7:45 pm
Oct6:47 am7:18 am6:15 pm6:46 pm
Nov6:31 am7:04 am4:28 pm5:01 pm
Dec7:05 am7:40 am4:12 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 St. John's → · where to eat near Ferryland →

169 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them. The longest stretch with none is 27.6 km, after The Captain's Table.

Show all 169
  • 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

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 Ferryland

An easy day out from FerrylandBrigus Head Path 17 km awayA walk: 6.4 km point to point, one way · moderateDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Ferryland. Each one's page has directions.

Distances by road from Ferryland, measured on OpenStreetMap November 7, 2026. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

The trails

The line by each walk is its height, from start to finish.

What has been recorded near here

Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Ferryland, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.

  • Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, August, September262 reports on record
  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, August, June240 reports on record
  • Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, June, April44 reports on record

Reports, not counts: busy harbours report more. No sighting is promised, and the list covers only the species we look up. Source: GBIF, the international record of wildlife sightings, checked 2026-10-07.

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
none
Longest stretch without one
86 km
St. John's → Ferryland, of 86 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Ferryland
13.2 km
by road, at Fermeuse

No fast charger at Ferryland. From St. John's it is 86 km there and the same back: plan on about 172 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Fermeuse, 13.2 km from Ferryland by road, off this drive's own road.

The chargers

  • Fermeuse 13.2 km from Ferryland by road

    In Da Loop Restaurant 410 412 Main Hwy, Fermeuse, NL A0A 2G0

    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.

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
0.3 km
a 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: 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 2026-09-13. 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 about twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Past the last St. John's suburb, Route 10, the Irish Loop, has long unlit stretches between small communities.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Most of this drive is Route 10, which the province calls the Irish Loop Drive, down the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula. Check conditions before leaving the airport, especially outside summer.

    511nl.ca →

  • 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 takes a permit, so you see the birds from a licensed tour boat. The province's page lists which operators hold current permits.

    gov.nl.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 St. John's, with numbers →

Arriving without a car

Not renting? Here's who St. John's International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.

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 are true. The Authority's pages 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.

    (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.

Source: St. John's International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.

The drive back

Measured the other way, Ferryland back to St. John's is the same distance: 86 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 St. John's International Airport →

Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure

Questions

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

About 86 km: out of the city on Routes 40, 2 and 3, then Route 10, the Irish Loop, down the coast to Ferryland.

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

St. John's, by a wide margin. It is 86 km from St. John's airport. From Gander it is 357 km, and from Deer Lake 660 km.

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.

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. Then Route 10 runs down the coast past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, whose seabird islands you see by tour boat, not from the road. See the stops and seasons above.

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Every distance 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. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms