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Sandy Pond

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  1. YQX → Terra Nova →

    One of the park's officially designated observing sites under its Dark-Sky Preserve status: the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada designated Terra Nova on 26 February 2018, and Parks Canada's own night-sky page calls Sandy Pond the darkest skies in the park. RASC notes the designated sites have paved parking with a walk to the observing spot. The pond also has a beach and a trail for daytime. After dark, the drive back to the highway is moose country.

    Stopping here adds about 24 km to that drive (78 km door to door).

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While you're stopped here: Eastport Beach (26.6 km away) · Sandy Cove beach (26.6 km away) · Eastport North Arm Provincial Park (26.6 km away)

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

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Sandy Pond on the YQX → Terra Nova drive, 78 km from Gander door to door.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

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