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St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Harbour Grace

St. John's Airport (YYT) to Harbour Grace

Drive time
1h 24m
Distance
107.5 km
Routes
40 · 1 · 75 · 70

Conservative model estimate, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Harbour Grace — 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 Harbour Grace, checked 2026-09-05.

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Harbour Grace sits on the west side of Conception Bay, close enough to St. John’s that the drive is more errand than expedition — 107.5 km and about 84 minutes, out on Route 40, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 75 and 70 around the head of the bay into town.

What’s waiting there is history rather than scenery. An aircraft stands on display in a town whose old airfield the tourism board lists as a departure point for early transatlantic flights, a steamship sits aground in the harbour where she came to rest in 1967, and a railway museum occupies what the tourism board calls the oldest station still standing in the province. All three sit within a few minutes of each other near the waterfront, so none of it asks for a special detour — it’s what’s there once you’ve arrived.

Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Harbour Grace: 107.5 km, about 1h 24m, via Routes 40 · 1 · 75 · 70.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 — Brigus (1h 9m), Heart's Content (1h 49m), Portugal Cove ferry terminal (15 min), Salmonier Nature Park (57 min), Cape Spear (34 min). Where a faded line leaves the solid one is where that drive forks from this one.

Worth stopping for

  1. Spirit of Harbour Grace

    OpenStreetMap records an aircraft here, named Spirit of Harbour Grace and tagged as a historic attraction. The map says that much and no more: what the aircraft is, and what it commemorates, are not in the tags. Separately, the tourism board lists the town's old airfield — another site elsewhere in Harbour Grace — saying locals built that strip in 1927, that it hosted transatlantic flight attempts through the interwar period, and that Amelia Earhart left it on her successful solo flight in 1932.

    Stopping here adds about 1 min and 0.2 km to the drive.

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  2. SS Kyle

    Launched in 1913, the SS Kyle was the fastest ship in the Reid Newfoundland Company's Alphabet Fleet, and the tourism board's own listing calls her the first regularly scheduled ferry between Newfoundland and coastal Labrador. She ran aground at Riverhead, Harbour Grace, in February 1967 and has stayed there ever since. The map records her hull as showing and visible at both high and low tide, so the tide you arrive on does not decide whether there is anything to see.

    Stopping here adds about 4 min and 1.2 km to the drive.

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  3. Gordon G. Pike Railway Heritage Museum

    Built in 1884, this was the Harbour Grace Railway Station, terminus of the first railroad constructed in Newfoundland. The tourism board's listing calls it the oldest railway station built outside St. John's and the oldest still standing in the province, and says the building has been restored in vintage colours. OpenStreetMap records it as a museum today. It keeps a season rather than year-round hours; the dates are the operator's to state, not this page's.

    Stopping here adds about 4 min and 0.9 km to the drive.

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What has been recorded near here

Species reported within 50 km of Harbour Grace 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, August4,847 reports on record
  • Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, June, August3,452 reports on record
  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, August, June3,159 reports on record
  • Minke whalewhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataReports cluster in June, July, May819 reports on record
  • Fin whalewhaleBalaenoptera physalusReports cluster in July, August, June66 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 Harbour Grace

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Paradise km 16, St. John’s km 17
Longest stretch without one
90 km
St. John’s → Harbour Grace, of 107 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Harbour Grace
5.1 km
5 min by road, at Carbonear

NL Hydro lists an ultra-fast site coming in 2026 at St. John’s (km 17) — not counted above until it opens.

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.

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
0.1 km
Doctors Lane (0.05 km, 0 km from Harbour Grace)
Mapped as paved
38%
37.5 km of 107.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
62%
62 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

125 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 70.1 km — after Costco Food Court, until Silver Wood Inn. 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
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1582 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 2.6 · 1639 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 2.6 · 1623 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 2.6 · 1644 m off the road
  • Rustler'srestaurantkm 2.6 · 1653 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsrestaurantkm 2.6 · 1546 m off the road
  • Pizza Houserestaurantkm 2.6 · 1393 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 2.6 · 1524 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 2.9 · 1723 m off the road
  • Pizza Expertsfast foodkm 2.9 · 1716 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 2.9 · 1679 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 2.9 · 1657 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizza Restaurant & Loungerestaurantkm 2.9 · 1712 m off the road
  • Mustang Sally'srestaurantkm 2.9 · 1662 m off the road
  • Sun Sushirestaurantkm 2.9 · 1715 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzeriarestaurantkm 3 · 691 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 3 · 744 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 3 · 775 m off the road
  • East Side Mario'srestaurantkm 3.1 · 1448 m off the road
  • Big Bite Pitafast foodkm 4.6 · 1842 m off the road
  • MajesTeacafékm 4.6 · 1829 m off the road
  • Donati'sfast foodkm 4.6 · 1949 m off the road
  • Bitterspubkm 4.7 · 1224 m off the road
  • Ziggy Peelgoodfast foodkm 4.7 · 1837 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 4.7 · 1936 m off the road
  • Pop's Dinerrestaurantkm 4.7 · 1935 m off the road
  • NJ's Kitchenrestaurantkm 4.7 · 1983 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 4.7 · 1935 m off the road
  • Noodle Namirestaurantkm 4.7 · 1948 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 4.7 · 1804 m off the road
  • Quintana'srestaurantkm 4.7 · 1806 m off the road
  • Big Ben's Pubpubkm 4.7 · 1818 m off the road
  • Breezewaypubkm 5 · 1246 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 5 · 1435 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5 · 1275 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 5 · 1282 m off the road
  • Manchu Wokfast foodkm 5 · 1290 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 5 · 1304 m off the road
  • Just Friesfast foodkm 5 · 1309 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 5.1 · 1539 m off the road
  • The Pantry (Autism Society Foundation Room)restaurantkm 5.2 · 764 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 5.3 · 1855 m off the road
  • The Guv'nor Pubpubkm 5.3 · 1851 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 5.4 · 1922 m off the road
  • The Bigs Ultimate Sports Grillrestaurantkm 5.5 · 1892 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzafast foodkm 5.6 · 1911 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5.6 · 1920 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 6.1 · 1819 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 6.1 · 1784 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 6.1 · 1803 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 6.1 · 1831 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.1 · 1797 m off the road
  • Mr. Souvlakifast foodkm 6.1 · 1790 m off the road
  • Peters Pizzarestaurantkm 6.1 · 1740 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 6.1 · 1998 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.9 · 1231 m off the road
  • Red Pepper Restaurantrestaurantkm 6.9 · 1894 m off the road
  • Cora'srestaurantkm 6.9 · 1961 m off the road
  • Scamper's Snack Barrestaurantkm 6.9 · 1806 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 6.9 · 1236 m off the road
  • Montana'srestaurantkm 6.9 · 1975 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.2 · 1855 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 14.7 · 254 m off the road
  • Kozy Kitchenrestaurantkm 14.7
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 14.7 · 206 m off the road
  • Mr. G's Loungepubkm 14.7 · 338 m off the road
  • Ocean Sushirestaurantkm 14.7 · 331 m off the road
  • Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 14.7 · 345 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 14.7 · 285 m off the road
  • Tiny's Bar and Grillrestaurantkm 14.7 · 329 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 14.8 · 536 m off the road
  • Ye's Wokrestaurantkm 14.9 · 654 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 14.9 · 727 m off the road
  • Coffee Matters Paradisecafékm 15 · 726 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 15.2 · 1097 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 15.2 · 1173 m off the road
  • Cojonesrestaurantkm 15.2 · 1069 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 15.3 · 1855 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 15.3 · 535 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 15.7 · 450 m off the road
  • Donovan's Irvingrestaurantkm 15.9 · 622 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 16.5 · 1700 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 16.5 · 1700 m off the road
  • Canteenrestaurantkm 16.9 · 1756 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 17.1 · 1642 m off the road
  • Pizza Hutrestaurantkm 17.1 · 1773 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 17.1 · 1941 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 17.1 · 1885 m off the road
  • Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 17.2 · 1456 m off the road
  • Silver Wood Innrestaurantkm 87.3 · 1547 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 89.2 · 1627 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 89.2 · 1545 m off the road
  • Country Delightrestaurantkm 89.2 · 1552 m off the road
  • Greco Pizza / Sergio's Ice Creamfast foodkm 89.2 · 1535 m off the road
  • Country Delightrestaurantkm 89.2 · 1552 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 89.4 · 1881 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 89.4 · 1680 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim's Eateryrestaurantkm 89.4 · 1898 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 89.4 · 1891 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 89.4 · 1907 m off the road

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 twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime, and that most highways on the island run through good moose habitat. This is a shorter drive than most on this site, but Route 70 carries the final approach into Harbour Grace, and that is the stretch worth being alert on if you are driving it after dark.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    This is one of the shorter drives on this site, but a short drive is not automatically a clear one, and nothing on this page knows what the Trans-Canada and Route 70 are like today. The province's road report does. Check it before you leave the airport.

    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 long is the drive from St. John's airport to Harbour Grace?＋

About 107.5 km and 84 minutes, out on Route 40, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 75 and 70 around the head of Conception Bay. That's a free-flow estimate on dry roads with no stops.

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

St. John's, without much competition. The drive from St. John's airport is about 84 minutes; from Gander it's about 237 minutes, and from Deer Lake about 465 minutes. Unless Harbour Grace is one stop on a longer cross-island trip that already has you flying into Gander or Deer Lake, St. John's is the honest choice.

Is there much to see in Harbour Grace itself?＋

Three stops sit close together near the waterfront: an aircraft the map records as a historic attraction, in a town whose old airfield the tourism board lists as a departure point for early transatlantic flights; the SS Kyle aground in the harbour since 1967; and a railway heritage museum in what the tourism board calls the oldest station still standing in the province. None of them asks for a real detour off the main road through town.

Is this a difficult drive?＋

No. It's one of the shorter drives on this site, and it runs on numbered provincial highways the whole way — Route 40 out of the airport, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 75 and 70. The two things worth checking before you go are the moose note and the road-conditions link below, especially if you're arriving late or in winter.

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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/475349146 — Harbour Grace.