Trail · from Gander (YQX)
Goowiddy Path
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- Mapped path
- 3.8 km
- Parks Canada gives 8 km for the whole loop; our map has only part of it.
- Climbing
- 80 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 79 m.
- To the trailhead
- 78 km
Type of trail
Loop
You finish where you started without walking any of it twice.
Source: Parks Canada, “an 8 km loop”.
moderateRated on the whole walk: 8 km round, Parks Canada's length, about 80 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: 77.8 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, measured
Goowiddy Path: the mapped path is 3.8 km with 80 m of climbing, from 0 m up to 79 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/1006583022; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-04.
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- Phone, offline: open it in Organic Maps or OsmAnd and download the map area before you lose signal.
Just a file: no account, nothing tracked.
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Getting here
To Goowiddy Path trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
The measured drive is YQX → Terra Nova — 4 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.
Places to stay in Eastport
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Plan a trip around this walk
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Eating, when you come off
Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 0 of 2 have a confirmed position.
- Mary Brown's1 Trans Canada Highway Eastport Junction · (709) 533-25419.3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Country Style79A Main St S · (709) 424-885016 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
No opening hours: the map data for these places has none. Phone ahead. Built 2026-10-11.
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3.8 km of mapped path, 80 m of climb, 78 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/1006583022 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms