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Brimstone Head Trail

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Mapped path
0.6 km
Climbing
0 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 55 m.
To the trailhead
127 km

Type of trail

Out and back

Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.

Source: Town of Fogo Island, “2 km return”.

easyRated on the whole walk: 1.2 km there and back, about 49 m of climbing. How

Access: the rating measures effort only. Surface isn't recorded for most of it. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go.

Drive: 126.8 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal door to the trailhead, checked 2026-11-06.

The trail itself: 0.6 km, 0 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 6 m up to red at 55 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Brimstone Head Trail: the mapped path is 0.6 km with 0 m of climbing, from 6 m up to 55 m.

01000 km
to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~1×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/509610935 (Geofabrik extract of 2026-09-20, Overpass being down); elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-11-06.

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Save the track for a hiking or watch app (GPX)
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  • Suunto, COROS, Polar: import it as a route in the watch's app, then sync.
  • Phone, offline: open it in Organic Maps or OsmAnd and download the map area before you lose signal.

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Getting here

To Brimstone Head Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

The measured drive is YQX → Fogo Island — 1 stop on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

Places to stay in Fogo Island

From Best Kind Stays. Both sites are run by the same people. Listing is free and nothing paid changes the order.

  • Escape By The Sea ↗Four furnished cottages in the woods by the ocean on Fogo Island.Books on its own site

Every place to stay in Fogo Island on Best Kind Stays →

Plan a trip around this walk

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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Brimstone Head Trail: 127 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The Town of Fogo Island lists it at 2 km return and challenging: up Brimstone Head, partly by steps. Their page ↗

0.6 km of mapped path with 0 m of climb in total. The trailhead is 127 km by road from Gander airport. The numbers come from the map. The Town of Fogo Island reports how the path is on the day.

The full drive from Gander (YQX), with stops and moose notes →

Measured November 6, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/509610935 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms