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St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre

St. John's Airport (YYT) to Mistaken Point

Drive time
2h 17m
Distance
144.2 km
Routes
40 · 2 · 3 · 10

Conservative model estimate, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre — 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 Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre, checked 2026-09-05.

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About 144 km and 2 hours 17 minutes, on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10. The drive leaves the airport, comes down through St. John’s past the waterfront, and picks up Route 10 — the Southern Shore Highway, which the province also calls the Irish Loop Drive — for the rest of the way down the coast to Portugal Cove South, the closest community to the reserve.

What is at the end is not a view you can pull over for. Mistaken Point is a provincial ecological reserve and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and the province’s page for it calls the reserve the best place in the world to view a 565-million-year-old sea floor — bedding planes carrying fossils of the oldest large, complex life-forms found anywhere on Earth. Access to view those fossils is by guided tour or permit only, and the province’s tours depart from the interpretation centre this drive ends at. Book before you drive: the province says reservations are mandatory and space is limited.

If the tours are full, the drive still earns itself. The province names two trails in the area the public is encouraged to walk unaccompanied — the Rookery, out to cliffs where seabirds nest and whales can be seen, and Freshwater, across the barrens to the water’s edge. Neither one reaches the fossil beds; that part is the guide’s to show you.

Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre: 144.2 km, about 2h 17m, 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 — Trepassey (2h 28m), Ferryland (1h 24m). 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 roadside marker that OpenStreetMap tags highway=milestone with distance=0, names Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km, and records as a tourism attraction — kilometre zero, where the Trans-Canada is measured from. The driven line for this route runs right past it on the way down through town. OpenStreetMap maps it as a single point — a marker to photograph, not a site to spend time at.

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

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  2. Railway Coastal Museum

    St. John's former passenger railway station on Water Street, which OpenStreetMap tags historic=train_station and links to its own Wikipedia entry. The museum's own site says it tells the story of building and operating the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boat services that helped overcome the island's isolation, and that the building is the Riverhead Station, completed in 1903. It keeps its own posted hours — the museum's to state, not this page's — so check with it before you plan around it.

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

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  3. Information Center Mistaken Point

    The building this drive ends at. OpenStreetMap tags it as a tourism information office; the province calls it the Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre and says the official guided tours to Mistaken Point depart from it, adjacent to Route 10 in Portugal Cove South. The province also states that access to view the fossils is by guided tour or permit only, that reservations for the guided tours are mandatory, and that the tours are often fully booked in advance — it points bookings to mistakenpoint.ca. See the seasons notes on this page.

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

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What has been recorded near here

Species reported within 50 km of Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre 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, August, June3,405 reports on record
  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, August, June1,031 reports on record
  • Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, June, August308 reports on record
  • Minke whalewhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataReports cluster in July, August, June24 reports on record
  • Fin whalewhaleBalaenoptera physalusReports cluster in June, May, August7 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 Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
Fermeuse km 98
Longest stretch without one
98 km
the YYT door → Fermeuse, of 144 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre
11.7 km
11 min by road, at Trepassey

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
none
Mapped as paved
16%
21.9 km of 144.2 km driven
No surface tag on the map
84%
112.7 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

225 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 45.3 km — after Brophy's Convenience Plus (Jerome's), to Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre. 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
  • In Da Loop Restaurant & Pubpubkm 97.7
  • Brophy's Convenience Plus (Jerome's)restaurantkm 98.4

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. Once this drive clears St. John's it is Route 10 the rest of the way, and OpenStreetMap tags that road as two-lane primary highway — the Southern Shore Highway — at every point we sampled along it. If you land in the evening, the risk covers most of the drive, not just the last stretch of it.

    Check it now →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Route 10 runs down an exposed coast to Portugal Cove South, near what the province calls the often-foggy southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula; it tells visitors to expect a combination of cool, windy, wet and foggy conditions there. Check conditions before you leave the airport.

    Check it now →

  • Getting into the reserveStanding rules from the province

    The province's page for the reserve states that access to view the fossils is by guided tour or permit only; that no motorized vehicles of any type, and no bicycles or horses, are allowed in the reserve; and that removing or attempting to remove fossils is prohibited. It also names two trails the public is encouraged to walk without a tour — the Rookery, out to cliffs where seabirds nest and whales can be seen, and Freshwater, across the barrens to the water's edge — and advises carrying a compass on either.

    Check it now →

  • Seeing the fossilsSeasonal — check current dates and availability

    The province offers its interpretive tours for part of the year rather than all of it, asks visitors to book well ahead because space on them is limited, and states that reservations are mandatory, pointing bookings to mistakenpoint.ca. That reservation is the one part of this trip worth confirming before you commit to the whole day's drive.

    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 Mistaken Point from St. John's airport?＋

About 144 km — roughly 2 hours 17 minutes — on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10: out of the airport, down through St. John's past the waterfront, then Route 10 the length of the Southern Shore to Portugal Cove South, the closest community to the reserve.

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

St. John's, by a wide margin. Door to door it is about 2 hours 17 minutes from St. John's, against roughly 5 hours 39 minutes from Gander and about 9 hours 28 minutes from Deer Lake. The reserve is at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula, the peninsula St. John's airport sits on — the other two airports have no real case for this trip.

Can I just drive down and see the fossils?＋

No. The province states that access to view the fossils is by guided tour or permit only, and that reservations for its guided tours are mandatory because the tours are often fully booked in advance. It is not a roadside look either: the tour leaves from the interpretation centre this drive ends at, continues in your own vehicle to the trailhead, and finishes on foot — the province rates that walk as a moderately difficult hiking trail, over uneven and wet ground with some scrambling over rocks.

What is Mistaken Point?＋

A provincial ecological reserve, protected since 1987, and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. The province's own page calls the reserve the best place in the world to view a 565-million-year-old sea floor: its bedding planes carry fossils of the Ediacara biota, soft-bodied creatures that, in the province's words, lived millions of years before animals developed skeletons. They were first recorded here in 1967 — the first record of an Ediacara-type fauna in the Western Hemisphere.

Is it a hard drive?＋

No. It is one numbered highway for most of its length — Route 10, which OpenStreetMap tags as two-lane primary road at every point we sampled (way/1098779593, way/831064321 and way/831064312). Nothing about it is technical. It is simply long and undivided, so the thing to plan around is driving it after dark: see the moose note 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 way/125041120 — Information Center Mistaken Point.