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Trail · from Gander (YQX)

Gill's Point Trail

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Mapped path
4.1 km one way
8.2 km there and back, unless you have arranged a lift at the far end.
Climbing
10 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 8 m.
To the trailhead
65 km

Type of trail

Not confirmed

No park, town or trail guide we could find says whether this is a loop, an out and back or a point to point, so we don't guess. On the map its two ends are 3.56 km apart.

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moderateRated on the whole walk: 8.2 km there and back, about 21 m of climbing. How

Access: the rating measures effort only. The map records the surface as ground;dirt;ground 4.1 km. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go.

Drive: 64.5 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-04.

The trail itself: 4.1 km, 10 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 0 m up to red at 8 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Gill's Point Trail: the mapped path is 4.1 km with 10 m of climbing, from 0 m up to 8 m.

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to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~9×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/556280106; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-04.

terrain from open elevation data — the same source as the profile above

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Getting here

To Gill's Point Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

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

Places to stay in Botwood

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A place listed in Botwood shows on 12 pages here: 6 drives to Botwood, 3 arenas and stages and 3 trails nearby.

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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Gill's Point Trail: 65 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

4.1 km of mapped path, 10 m of climb, 64 km by road from Gander airport. Conditions on the day are local knowledge we don’t have: walk it and tell us. How we measure

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

Measured September 4, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/556280106 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms