Trail · from St. John's (YYT)
Burma Road Trail
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- Mapped path
- 1.3 km
- Climbing
- 19 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 99 m.
- To the trailhead
- 8 km
Type of trail
Out and back
Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.
Source: Parks Canada, “2.4 km round trip”.
easyRated on the whole walk: 2.6 km there and back, about 108 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: 8 km from the St. John's (YYT) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal door to the trailhead, checked 2026-11-06.
The trail, measured
Burma Road Trail: the mapped path is 1.3 km with 19 m of climbing, from 29 m up to 99 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/38104968 + way/1098469166 (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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Getting here
To Burma Road Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
The measured drive is YYT → Signal Hill — 5 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.
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Parks Canada lists it as Signal Hill’s easiest trail: 2.4 km round trip, from George’s Pond, across the road from the visitor centre. Their page ↗
1.3 km of mapped path with 19 m of climb in total. The trailhead is 8 km by road from St. John’s airport. The numbers come from the map. Parks Canada reports how the path is on the day.
The full drive from St. John's (YYT), with stops and moose notes →
Measured November 6, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/38104968 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms