Worth stopping for
Gander Old Town Site
Getting here
To Gander Old Town Site from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
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Sunrise and sunset at Gander Old Town Site, by month
| The 15th | First light | Sunrise | Sunset | Last light |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7:20 am | 7:56 am | 4:37 pm | 5:13 pm |
| Feb | 6:44 am | 7:17 am | 5:27 pm | 6:00 pm |
| Mar | 6:51 am | 7:23 am | 7:12 pm | 7:44 pm |
| Apr | 5:44 am | 6:18 am | 7:58 pm | 8:32 pm |
| May | 4:48 am | 5:26 am | 8:42 pm | 9:20 pm |
| Jun | 4:20 am | 5:03 am | 9:13 pm | 9:56 pm |
| Jul | 4:39 am | 5:19 am | 9:08 pm | 9:49 pm |
| Aug | 5:25 am | 6:00 am | 8:25 pm | 9:00 pm |
| Sep | 6:12 am | 6:43 am | 7:23 pm | 7:54 pm |
| Oct | 6:55 am | 7:27 am | 6:19 pm | 6:51 pm |
| Nov | 6:42 am | 7:17 am | 4:28 pm | 5:03 pm |
| Dec | 7:18 am | 7:55 am | 4:11 pm | 4:48 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.
On the way to…
The mapped historic ruins of the original Gander townsite, close to the terminal. The town stood here before the airport moved everyone.
Stopping here adds about 2.8 km to that drive (93 km start to finish).
OpenStreetMap maps this as historic ruins: the airport settlement that stood beside the runways before the present townsite. The Town of Gander says that after the war the airport went back to civilian control and residents were moved a safe distance from the runways. Work on the present townsite began in the 1950s; the town was incorporated in 1958 and the old settlement abandoned. It is a detour at the very start of the drive.
Stopping here adds about 3.6 km to that drive (147 km start to finish).
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Mapped as ruins in OpenStreetMap.
While you're stopped here: Gander Heritage Trails (0 km away) · Thomas Howe Demonstration Forest (3.3 km away) · North Atlantic Aviation Museum (3.6 km away)
From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2019-08-30). Listed, not recommended. How we measure
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