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Thrombolites at Flower's Cove

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Sunrise and sunset at Thrombolites at Flower's Cove, by month
The 15thFirst lightSunriseSunsetLast light
Jan7:36 am8:14 am4:36 pm5:14 pm
Feb6:56 am7:31 am5:31 pm6:05 pm
Mar6:59 am7:32 am7:20 pm7:53 pm
Apr5:47 am6:22 am8:11 pm8:46 pm
May4:45 am5:26 am8:59 pm9:40 pm
Jun4:13 am5:00 am9:34 pm10:21 pm
Jul4:33 am5:17 am9:27 pm10:12 pm
Aug5:25 am6:02 am8:40 pm9:18 pm
Sep6:17 am6:51 am7:33 pm8:06 pm
Oct7:05 am7:39 am6:25 pm6:58 pm
Nov6:57 am7:34 am4:29 pm5:06 pm
Dec7:35 am8:15 am4:09 pm4:49 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…

  1. YDF → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    A walking trail to thrombolites: mound-building microbial structures of a kind that dominated Earth billions of years ago. The trail is just off the highway.

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (436 km start to finish).

  2. Port aux Basques → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (701 km start to finish).

  3. YQX → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (740 km start to finish).

  4. Argentia → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (1027 km start to finish).

  5. YYT → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (1071 km start to finish).

  6. Fortune → L'Anse aux Meadows →

    Stopping here adds about 0.3 km to that drive (1113 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

While you're stopped here: Point Amour Lighthouse (20.8 km away) · Forteau (25.4 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2024-09-20). Listed, not recommended. How we measure

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Thrombolites at Flower's Cove on the YDF → L'Anse aux Meadows drive, 436 km from Deer Lake, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.