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St. John's Airport (YYT) to Heart's Content

Distance
132.2 km
Roads
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The Heart's Content Cable Station, a long white clapboard building on the shore where the first working transatlantic telegraph cable came ashore.
The Heart's Content Cable Station, a long white clapboard building on the shore where the first working transatlantic telegraph cable came ashore.Photo: Robthepiper · source · CC BY-SA 3.0

Places to stay in Heart's Content

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Art in and near Heart's Content

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Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Heart's Content: 132.2 km by road, via Routes 40 · 1 · 75 · 70 · 74 · 80.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

  1. Stop 1: SS KyleDetour

    A ship's hull sits aground in the harbour at Harbour Grace, mapped as a wreck and named on the map as the SS Kyle. OpenStreetMap dates the wreck to February 1967 and records the hull as showing above the water at both high and low tide. It is a landmark in a working harbour, not a staffed site.

    Stopping here adds 2.7 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Railway Station Museum

    Carbonear's station was built in 1917-18 by the Reid Newfoundland Company, replacing an earlier station destroyed by fire, and stayed the northern terminus of the Brigus Junction to Carbonear branch line until passenger trains ceased in 1984. It was designated a national historic site of Canada in 1988 as a representative example of stations on the Newfoundland Railway System, and the federal directory records its plaque name as the Railway Station Museum. It stands at the foot of Water Street West, in the town's main business district.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Heart's Content Cable Station Museum

    In 1866 the first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was landed at Heart's Content, cutting the time to communicate across the Atlantic from weeks to minutes. The provincial historic site is an 1875 office building with a 1918 extension, with exhibits on telegraphy and the town's part in it. It is open for a season, not year round; check the site's own page for dates.

    Stopping here adds 0.9 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 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 75 →Whole road: 2 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 19 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 85% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 70 →Whole road: 13 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 48 km. Unpaved mapped: 0.3 km; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 74 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 15 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 80 →Whole road: 12 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 33 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 87% has no surface tag, so unknown.

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

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132.2 km. St. John’s airport around Conception Bay: the Trans-Canada west to the head of the bay, north through Harbour Grace and Carbonear, then Route 80 across to Trinity Bay.

Why people come. The first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable landed here in 1866, turning weeks of communication across the Atlantic into minutes. The province keeps the cable station as a historic site.

When you get to Heart's Content

Sunrise and sunset at Heart's Content, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:12 am7:47 am4:36 pm5:11 pm
Feb6:38 am7:10 am5:24 pm5:56 pm
Mar6:47 am7:17 am7:08 pm7:38 pm
Apr5:42 am6:15 am7:52 pm8:24 pm
May4:48 am5:25 am8:33 pm9:10 pm
Jun4:22 am5:03 am9:03 pm9:44 pm
Jul4:40 am5:19 am8:59 pm9:38 pm
Aug5:23 am5:58 am8:18 pm8:52 pm
Sep6:08 am6:39 am7:17 pm7:48 pm
Oct6:50 am7:21 am6:16 pm6:47 pm
Nov6:35 am7:09 am4:27 pm5:01 pm
Dec7:09 am7:46 am4:11 pm4:47 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 St. John's →

82 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them. The longest stretch with none is 70.1 km, after Costco Food Court.

Show all 82
  • 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
  • Don's Restaurantrestaurantkm 108.9
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 109
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 109.1 · 181 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 109.2
  • Peters Pizzafast foodkm 109.4
  • KFCfast foodkm 109.4
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsfast foodkm 109.5
  • Crooked Phil'scafékm 109.5
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 109.6
  • Subwayfast foodkm 109.6
  • The Stone Jugrestaurantkm 111.9 · 753 m off the road
  • Cold Waterrestaurantkm 111.9 · 790 m off the road
  • Studio Coffeecafékm 112.3 · 869 m off the road
  • Darkstar Coffee Roasterscafékm 112.3 · 915 m off the road

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.

Access, as its own page says: Partly step-free: The cable station's ground floor, by a ground-level entrance at the back. The upper equipment room is up stairs. Accessible travel, with the sources →

Short drives from Heart's Content

Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Heart's Content. Each one's page has directions.

  • Heart's Content Lighthouselighthouse2.9 km
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  • Wintertonstop12 km

    Home of the Wooden Boat Museum of Newfoundland and Labrador, where the province's tourism site says you can learn how a traditional dory or punt is built.

  • Shag Rock lookoutstop28 km

    A viewpoint OpenStreetMap records beside Route 80, close enough to the driven line that stopping costs nothing.

  • Danny Cleary Lookoutstop28 km
  • Spirit of Harbour Gracestop31 km

    A 1943 Douglas DC-3 that served in North Africa in the war and later flew freight between Stephenville and Goose Bay until 1988; Air Labrador's owner donated it to the town in 1993 as the Spirit of Harbour Grace, for the town's part in early transatlantic flight (explorenewfoundlandandlabrador.com).

  • Clarke's Beachtown50 km
  • Cupids Legacy Centrestop55 km

    A museum at Cupids.

  • Brigustown56 km
More, up to 60 km (2)
  • Bay de Verde Heritage Premisesstop57 km

    A fishing family's premises kept as a museum: the province's tourism site lists over 700 artifacts, a fish store and flake, a loft and a root cellar.

  • Grates Covestop60 km

    A National Historic Site of an unusual kind: hundreds of rock walls farmers built to keep roaming animals off their fields, dating back to 1790, per the province's tourism site.

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

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Paradise km 16, St. John’s km 17, Carbonear km 109
Longest stretch without one
92 km
St. John’s → Carbonear, of 132 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Heart's Content
23 km
by road, at Carbonear

The chargers

  • Paradise km 16 of the drive, 1.9 km off it

    Paradise Town Hall 28 McNamara Dr, Paradise, NL A1L 1Y5

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • St. John’s km 17 of the drive, 1.8 km off it

    The Shoppes at Galway 42 Danny Drive, St. John’s

    CCS and CHAdeMO plugs · 62.5 kW DC fast charger

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  • Carbonear km 109 of the drive

    Shell Gas Station 74 Powell Dr, Carbonear, NL A1Y 1A5

    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): St. John’s, a second site in the same town (km 17; 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

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Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 70% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
30%
36.2 km of 132.2 km driven
No surface tag on the map
70%
84.2 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. Between the towns on the western side of Conception Bay this drive is unlit two-lane highway, so the same dusk-to-dawn caution applies.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Route 80 to Heart's Content is a two-lane secondary road exposed to Trinity Bay weather, and the Conception Bay highways are no different. Check conditions before leaving the airport, especially outside summer.

    511nl.ca →

  • Cable station seasonTypically late spring to early autumn

    The Heart's Content Cable Station is a provincial historic site and does not stay open all year. The province publishes the season, hours and admission on the site's own page.

    seethesites.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

Heart's Content back to St. John's measures 134 km — 1.8 km longer than the drive out.

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 the drive from St. John's Airport to Heart's Content?＋

132.2 km, on the Trans-Canada Highway (Route 1) and then Routes 75, 70, 74 and 80 up through Conception Bay and across to Heart's Content on Trinity Bay.

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

St. John's, by a long way. The drive from St. John's Airport is 132 km; from Gander it is 308 km, and from Deer Lake 612 km.

What's worth stopping for on the way?＋

Harbour Grace's beached SS Kyle, the former railway station turned museum in Carbonear, and, at the end of the drive, the Heart's Content Cable Station Museum. Each one's detour is listed beside it above.

Can this be a day trip from St. John's?＋

Yes. The 132 km is one way, so a return trip is roughly double and still leaves the middle of the day in Heart's Content. Check the cable station's season first: it does not open all year, and its own page carries the dates.

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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/473136418 — Heart's Content. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms