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Staying in Harbour Grace

Everything this site has measured for someone sleeping in Harbour Grace: how you get here, what is a short drive away, and where to eat.

Getting here

Measured terminal door to Harbour Grace by road. Your maps app gives the time on the day.

What is a short drive from Harbour Grace. Tap a pin.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Short drives from Harbour Grace

An easy day out from Harbour GraceHeart's Content 27 km awayArgentia to Heart's Content is 106.5 km on Routes 1, 81 and 80 — to the shore where the first lasting transatlantic cable came in.Its own page measures from the Argentia ferry; from Harbour Grace it is 27 km.Directions from where your phone is now:

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Railway Station Museumstop6.6 km
Carbonear's station was built in 1917-18 by the Reid Newfoundland Company, replacing an earlier station destroyed by fire, and stayed the northern terminus of the Brigus Junction to Carbonear branch line until passenger trains ceased in 1984.
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Heart's Contenttown27 km
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Heart's Content Cable Stationstop28 km
In 1866 the first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was landed at Heart's Content, cutting the time to communicate across the Atlantic from weeks to minutes.
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Heart's Content Lighthouselighthouse30 km
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Salmonier Nature Parkstop63 km
Run by the province's wildlife division, further along the Salmonier Line.
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Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop70 km
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.
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Father Duffy's Well Provincial Parkstop71 km
A roadside spring right on the route, named for Father James Duffy, appointed first parish priest of St. Mary's in 1834, who spent the years after walking back and forth to the courthouse in St. John's over a dispute with the local merchant's agent.
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Manuel's River Interpretation Centerstop81 km
The interpretation centre stands beside the river valley in Conception Bay South.
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Bay Bulls harbourstop86 km
On screen: where Wade and Jerry head out at night from the marine base to harvest an iceberg.
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Mickeleens Pathtrail · 7.2 km point to point, one way · moderate87 km
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Witless Baytown87 km
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Spout Pathtrail · 16.2 km point to point, one way · strenuous89 km
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Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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Guides with places near Harbour Grace

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When you get to Harbour Grace

Where to eat near Harbour Grace → — 34 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Danny Cleary Harbour Grace Community Centre → · S. W. Moores Memorial Stadium → — the venues here, with what you can reach and be back from between games.