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St. John's Airport (YYT) to Witless Bay and Bay Bulls

Distance
45.6 km
Roads
Route 40Route 2Route 3Route 10
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The East Coast Trail on the headland at Witless Bay, the path running along the cliff edge above the Atlantic.
The East Coast Trail on the headland at Witless Bay, the path running along the cliff edge above the Atlantic.Photo: Brett Hodnett · source · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to stay in Witless Bay

No place to stay in Witless Bay is listed on Best Kind Stays yet. Every place it lists →

A place listed in Witless Bay shows on 11 pages here: the town page, 6 drives to Witless Bay and 4 trails nearby.

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Why list here: every town's count →

Out on the water

Boat tours that leave from here. The sea and the season decide what you see: ask them what is about. Times and prices are on each one's page.

From Witless Bay

  • Molly Bawn Whale & Puffin Tours ↗

    Gus O'Reilly's Road, Mobile

    Cruise our beautiful, rugged coastline and the islands of the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, departing from the most natural setting in the area.

From Bay Bulls

Every tour in the province, by kind →

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

Driving route from St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Witless Bay: 45.6 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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    Show on map: Terry Fox Mile 0 ↑

  2. Stop 2: Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km

    OpenStreetMap records a highway milestone here reading distance zero, named for the Trans-Canada Highway. This route turns south instead of taking the Trans-Canada, but the marker stands in downtown St. John's, on the way.

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  3. Stop 3: Railway Coastal Museum

    The city's former railway station at the west end of Water Street, now the museum of the same name. It stands where this route leaves downtown, so it costs almost no extra driving. Check its own site for hours and admission.

    Stopping here adds 1 km to the drive.

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From downtown St. John's: 38 km
⛽ 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 92 km on a charge ↓

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

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: St. John's International Airport →

45.6 km. St. John’s airport through downtown, then Route 10, the Southern Shore Highway, through Bay Bulls to Witless Bay. Close enough for a half day, coming or going.

Why people come. The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve: four islands just offshore that the province says hold North America’s largest Atlantic puffin colony. Landing needs a permit, so you see them from licensed tour boats; the province names the operators, and says the trips also turn up whales and icebergs. Go in season: the province says the birds are ashore May to August, and the boats run spring through fall.

When you get to Witless Bay

Sunrise and sunset at Witless Bay, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:09 am7:43 am4:36 pm5:11 pm
Feb6:35 am7:07 am5:23 pm5:55 pm
Mar6:45 am7:15 am7:06 pm7:36 pm
Apr5:41 am6:13 am7:48 pm8:21 pm
May4:49 am5:25 am8:29 pm9:05 pm
Jun4:24 am5:04 am8:58 pm9:38 pm
Jul4:41 am5:19 am8:54 pm9:32 pm
Aug5:23 am5:57 am8:14 pm8:48 pm
Sep6:07 am6:37 am7:15 pm7:45 pm
Oct6:47 am7:18 am6:15 pm6:45 pm
Nov6:32 am7:05 am4:27 pm5:00 pm
Dec7:05 am7:41 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 either end, the places are on the town's own list: where to eat in St. John's → · where to eat near Witless Bay →

166 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them. The longest stretch with none is 19.8 km, after Mary Browns.

Show all 166
  • 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

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 Witless Bay

An easy day out from Witless BayTinkers Point Path 7.5 km awayA walk: 5 km point to point, one way · easyDirections from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Witless Bay. Each one's page has directions.

More, up to 44 km (10)
  • Brigus Head Pathtrail · 6.4 km point to point, one way · moderate30 km
  • Cape Broyle Head Pathtrail · 19.4 km point to point, one way · difficult to strenuous30 km
  • Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop31 km

    The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.

  • Pegwood Pond Trailtrail · 6.2 km out and back · moderate33 km
  • Caplin Bay Pathtrail · 6.4 km walk · moderate38 km
  • Colony of Avalon, Ferrylandstop40 km

    A 17th-century archaeological site at Ferryland, a National Historic Site since 1953 as the site of the house of Sir George Calvert, later Lord Baltimore, who founded the plantation here in 1621.

  • Ferrylandtown41 km
  • Manuels River Interpretation Centrestop41 km

    A fossil bed and walking trail on Manuels River, with guided walks back to when trilobites ruled the seas.

  • Seal Covestop43 km

    The western end of Conception Bay South, which the province's tourism site describes as a string of shoreline communities from Seal Cove to Topsail.

  • Long Pondstop44 km

    Where the province's tourism site sends divers first.

Distances by road from Witless Bay, 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.

Icebergs recorded here, not at 48°N

The odds on this site come from the count of bergs crossing 48°N, out in the shipping lanes. These are the ones the same patrol recorded near Witless Bay itself, across 19 seasons (2002–2021), counted as distinct icebergs rather than sightings.

At least one was recorded within 50 km in 15 of those 19 seasons. The middling season brought 36; the heaviest, 100 in 2019. Widen to 100 km and the middling season is 116.

This is not what you would see from the shore. It is where a patrol whose job is shipping recorded ice, so where they looked shapes it, and a berg 50 km out to sea is not a berg in the harbour. The record runs to 2021 and stops there. From the International Ice Patrol Iceberg Sightings Database (NSIDC G00807), built 2026-10-07.

What has been recorded near here

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

  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, June, August2,757 reports on record
  • Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, August, June2,703 reports on record
  • Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, June, August1,337 reports on record
  • Minke whalewhaleBalaenoptera acutorostrataReports cluster in July, August, June31 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
46 km
St. John's → Witless Bay, of 46 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Witless Bay
31.7 km
by road, at St. John’s

No fast charger at Witless Bay. From St. John's it is 46 km there and the same back: plan on about 92 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at St. John’s, 31.7 km from Witless Bay by road, off this drive's own road.

The chargers

  • St. John’s 31.7 km from Witless Bay by road

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

    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
none
Not proof it is all paved: 51% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
49%
20 km of 45.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
51%
20.5 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.

  • Puffins and the tour boatsSeabirds ashore May to August; boats spring through fall

    The province says the seabirds return to land only from May to August to breed, and that the licensed boat tours run spring through fall. Most people make this drive for what is at sea.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • 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. Much of this short drive is city street, but the last stretch is Route 10, two-lane highway between the Southern Shore communities.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Most of this drive is city and suburban street, and the rest is Route 10 down the coast. 511 is the province's road-conditions service. Check it before leaving the airport, whatever the weather at the terminal.

    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.

    (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, Witless Bay back to St. John's is the same distance: 46 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 the drive from St. John's Airport to Witless Bay?＋

45.6 km on Routes 40, 2, 3 and 10: out through downtown St. John's, then down Route 10, the Southern Shore Highway, through Bay Bulls to Witless Bay.

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

St. John's: 46 km to Witless Bay. Gander is 316 km away and Deer Lake 619 km. Land at Gander or Deer Lake only if Witless Bay is one stop on a longer loop across the island.

What's the draw at Witless Bay?＋

The Witless Bay Ecological Reserve: four islands just offshore that the province says hold North America's largest Atlantic puffin colony, and the second-largest Leach's storm-petrel colony in the world. Landing on the islands takes a research or special-access permit, so people watch the birds from licensed tour boats. The province lists the operators with valid permits, and says those trips also turn up whales and icebergs.

Is there anywhere worth stopping on the way?＋

Two, both in the first stretch before the road turns south: the milestone marking the Trans-Canada Highway's zero kilometre and the Railway Coastal Museum in the old train station. See the stops 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/470735059 — Witless Bay. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; roads and conditions change. Terms