St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Hermitage-Sandyville
St. John's Airport (YYT) to Hermitage and the Gaultois ferry
- ⛽ Route 360 has 129 km with no fuel. Where to fill up →
- Electric: plan 546 km on a charge. Chargers ↓
- Distance
- 607.7 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Then a ferry to Gaultois
The Hermitage–Gaultois crossing is mapped in OpenStreetMap in both directions (relations 13094369/13094370), and Gaultois has no road at all: the boat is the town's street. Sailings, fares and the McCallum connection change with season and vessel; check the provincial schedule pages.
Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from St. John's International into this area: Harbour Breton (612 km), St. Alban's (567 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Butter Pot Provincial ParkDetour
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland. ParksNL calls Butter Pot one of the most popular provincial parks in Newfoundland and Labrador. Its page lists ponds to swim, fish and paddle, sandy beaches, a campground, trails, and a view over the water from the top of Butter Pot Hill. A place to spend time, not a quick stop.
Stopping here adds 6.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Butter Pot Provincial Park ↑Other map apps
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A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Joey's Lookout ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Square Pond
A pond-side stop beside the Trans-Canada. OpenStreetMap still uses its old provincial-park name; the province no longer lists it. A place to stretch your legs.
Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Square Pond ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Silent Witnesses MemorialDetour
A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985. An American soldier stands atop a rock holding the hands of a civilian boy and girl, each child carrying an olive branch for the Screaming Eagles' peacekeeping mission in the Sinai; they were going home for Christmas. The trio look toward Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where a similar statue looks back.
Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Silent Witnesses Memorial ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: North Atlantic Aviation Museum
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. Hours are linked below.
Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: North Atlantic Aviation Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 6: Upper Falls Lookout
One of three viewpoints mapped together beside the Trans-Canada at the Norris Arm junction. It is the upper waterfall lookout on the Eel Brook Trail, a short walk past Eel Brook's falls: AllTrails lists it at about 1.3 miles out and back, with Lower Falls Lookout as the other viewpoint.
Stopping here adds 2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Upper Falls Lookout ↑Other map apps
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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 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 360 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 129 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 364 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 21 km. Unpaved mapped: 1.5 km; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Hermitage-Sandyville. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure
Then the ferry to Gaultois — sailings & schedule →
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607.7 km. From St. John’s airport to Hermitage-Sandyville, on Routes 40, 1, 360 and 364.
When you get to Hermitage-Sandyville
- Where to eat near Hermitage-Sandyville → — 1 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Places to eat on the way
173 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 179.3 km — after Riverside Diner, until Dashwoods Diner.
All 173, in the order you pass them — open the list
- 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 · 1833 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1584 m off the road
- Second Cupcafékm 0.1 · 1736 m off the road
- Montana'srestaurantkm 0.1 · 1805 m off the road
- Starbuckscafékm 0.1 · 1733 m off the road
- Harvey'sfast foodkm 0.1 · 1601 m off the road
- Milestonesrestaurantkm 0.1 · 1568 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 0.1 · 1668 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 0.1 · 1881 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 0.7
- Tim Hortonscafékm 0.7
- The Rockrestaurantkm 0.7
- 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 · 1528 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 · 741 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 · 1802 m off the road
- Quintana'srestaurantkm 4.7 · 1804 m off the road
- Big Ben's Pubpubkm 4.7 · 1816 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 · 1920 m off the road
- The Bigs Ultimate Sports Grillrestaurantkm 5.5 · 1887 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 7 · 1231 m off the road
- Red Pepper Restaurantrestaurantkm 7 · 1894 m off the road
- Cora'srestaurantkm 7 · 1961 m off the road
- Scamper's Snack Barrestaurantkm 7 · 1806 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 7 · 1237 m off the road
- Montana'srestaurantkm 7 · 1978 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.3 · 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 · 283 m off the road
- Tiny's Bar and Grillrestaurantkm 14.7 · 325 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 14.8 · 540 m off the road
- Ye's Wokrestaurantkm 14.9 · 655 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 14.9 · 728 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 · 449 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 · 1698 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
- Five Guysrestaurantkm 17.1 · 1674 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 17.1 · 1939 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 17.1 · 1883 m off the road
- Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 17.2 · 1456 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 88.6
- Tim Hortonscafékm 89.2
- Subwayfast foodkm 89.2
- A&Wfast foodkm 89.3
- Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 136.6
- Robin's Donutscafékm 160.8
- Breen'srestaurantkm 161.1
- Tim Hortonscafékm 187.6
- Tim Hortonscafékm 187.6
- Brownings Pubpubkm 189.3 · 1212 m off the road
- Flannigans Pubpubkm 189.3 · 1229 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 189.4 · 1264 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 190.9 · 593 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 190.9 · 539 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 190.9 · 676 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 191 · 773 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 191 · 488 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 191 · 488 m off the road
- Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 191.2 · 508 m off the road
- Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 191.2 · 200 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 191.3 · 585 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 191.3 · 585 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 191.4 · 1142 m off the road
- Snack shack.fast foodkm 220.5 · 624 m off the road
- Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 259.1 · 1229 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 267.2
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 296.8 · 1870 m off the road
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 303.6
- The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 332.6 · 1906 m off the road
- Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 332.8 · 869 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 332.8 · 845 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 332.9 · 816 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 332.9 · 1036 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 332.9 · 1045 m off the road
- Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 332.9 · 1795 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 333 · 1104 m off the road
- Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 333 · 800 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 333 · 1480 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 333 · 1110 m off the road
- The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 333.2 · 1143 m off the road
- Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 333.3 · 956 m off the road
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 333.3 · 1866 m off the road
- DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 333.4
- Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 333.6 · 974 m off the road
- Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.6 · 986 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 333.6
- Louis Geesfast foodkm 333.6 · 809 m off the road
- Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.6 · 869 m off the road
- New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.6 · 906 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 333.6 · 954 m off the road
- East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 333.6 · 949 m off the road
- Grecofast foodkm 333.6 · 883 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 333.8
- A&Wfast foodkm 334.1
- Subwayfast foodkm 334.1
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 355.4 · 600 m off the road
- Dashwoods Dinerrestaurantkm 534.7
- Sophie's Kitchenrestaurantkm 605.1 · 231 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-18. How we measure · Add a missing place
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Short drives from Hermitage-Sandyville
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- Hermitage ferrystop1.2 km
At the end of Route 364.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Traditional Trail to Piccairetrail · 4.4 km out and back · easy8.7 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Harbour Bretontown48 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Dead Man's Cove Trailtrail · 6.2 km out and back · moderate50 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze A well-kept Queen Anne-style house built in 1907 by a local merchant.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Elliott Premises, Harbour Bretonstop50 km
Harbour Breton, at the end of Route 360, was settled first by French fishermen and later by the English.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Hydro Generation Info.stop80 km
The mapped interpretation stop for the Bay d'Espoir hydro development, near the head of the bay.
Directions →Other map apps
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Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. 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, Goobies km 162, Port Blandford km 221, Glowertown km 268, Gander km 334
- Longest stretch without one
- 273 km
- Gander → Hermitage-Sandyville, of 607 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Hermitage-Sandyville
- 209.1 km
- by road, at Bishop’s Falls
No fast charger at Hermitage-Sandyville. From Gander it is 273 km there and the same back: plan on about 546 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Bishop’s Falls, 209.1 km from Hermitage-Sandyville by road, off this drive's own road.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): St. John’s (km 17) and Whitbourne (km 89) and Clarenville (km 188) and Gander (km 334). Not counted until it opens.
NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-22. How we measure
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 46% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 54%
- 299.8 km of 607.7 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 46%
- 257.7 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 2026-10-19. 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 says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 607.7 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Conditions at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
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 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.
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.
Questions
How far is Hermitage-Sandyville from St. John's airport?＋
607.7 km from the terminal to Hermitage-Sandyville.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 40, 1, 360 and 364. Your maps app has the turns.
Do I need a car?＋
Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.
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