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Point Amour Lighthouse

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To Point Amour Lighthouse from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

Point Amour Lighthouse, a tall white tower with a black band, beside its red-roofed keeper's house above the Strait.
Point Amour Lighthouse, a tall white tower with a black band, beside its red-roofed keeper's house above the Strait.Photo: Acunsolo · source · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sunrise and sunset at Point Amour Lighthouse, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:16 am4:36 pm
February7:32 am5:31 pm
March7:32 am7:21 pm
April6:22 am8:12 pm
May5:26 am9:00 pm
June4:59 am9:35 pm
July5:17 am9:29 pm
August6:02 am8:41 pm
September6:51 am7:33 pm
October7:40 am6:25 pm
November7:35 am4:29 pm
December8:16 am4:09 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

On the way to…

  1. Blanc-Sablon ferry → Pinware →

    Completed in 1857 to guide steamships down the Strait of Belle Isle, with 132 steps to the top. A Provincial Historic Site.

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (51 km start to finish).

  2. YBX → Pinware →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (59 km start to finish).

  3. Blanc-Sablon ferry → Red Bay →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (84 km start to finish).

  4. YBX → Red Bay →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (91 km start to finish).

  5. Blanc-Sablon ferry → Mary's Harbour →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (170 km start to finish).

  6. YBX → Mary's Harbour →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (178 km start to finish).

  7. YYR → Forteau →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (605 km start to finish).

  8. YWK → Forteau →

    Stopping here adds about 10 km to that drive (1110 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

While you're stopped here: Forteau (7 km away) · Thrombolites at Flower's Cove (20.8 km away) · Pinware (20.9 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05. Listed, not recommended. How we measure

Access: step-free or not isn't recorded. Ask before you go.

Pin and figures from OpenStreetMap node/448387859 →

Point Amour Lighthouse on the Blanc-Sablon ferry → Pinware drive, 51 km from Blanc-Sablon ferry, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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