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Trail · from Deer Lake (YDF)

Harvey's Trail

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Mapped path
2.9 km
Bob's Newfoundland (blog) gives 4 km for the whole loop; our map has only part of it.
Climbing
22 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 17 m.
To the trailhead
288 km

Type of trail

Loop

You finish where you started without walking any of it twice.

Source: Bob's Newfoundland (blog), “It's a 4 km loop”.

easyRated on the whole walk: 4 km round, Bob's Newfoundland (blog)'s length, about 22 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. Easier access in Gros Morne, from Parks Canada →

Drive: 287.8 km from the Deer Lake (YDF) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-05.

The trail itself: 2.9 km, 22 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 0 m up to red at 17 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Harvey's Trail: the mapped path is 2.9 km with 22 m of climbing, from 0 m up to 17 m.

01000 km12
to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~7×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/1006253828 + way/1006253829; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-05.

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Take it on your phone or watch

Only useful with a hiking app or a GPS watch. Just heading to the start? Use the directions above.

Save the track for a hiking or watch app (GPX)
  • Garmin: import it as a Course in Garmin Connect, then send it to your watch.
  • Apple Watch: open it in a route app that runs on the watch, such as WorkOutDoors or Footpath.
  • 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.

Just a file: no account, nothing tracked.

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Getting here

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

The measured drive is YDF → Port aux Basques — 4 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

Places to stay in Port aux Basques

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

  • Hotel Port aux Basques ↗A hotel of over 40 rooms with a restaurant and lounge, near the Marine Atlantic ferry in Channel-Port aux Basques.Books on its own site

Every place to stay in Port aux Basques on Best Kind Stays →

Plan a trip around this walk

Pick where you arrive and how many days. The planner puts Harvey's Trail on a day, with the other walks near the places you stop.

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Eating, when you come off

Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 5 of 7 have a confirmed position.

No opening hours: the map data for these places has none. Phone ahead. Built 2026-10-11.

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Getting to the trailhead — Deer Lake (YDF) to the start of the Harvey's Trail: 288 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

2.9 km loop, 22 m of climb, 288 km by road from Deer Lake airport. Conditions on the day are local knowledge we don’t have: walk it and tell us. How we measure

The full drive from Deer Lake (YDF), with stops and moose notes →

Measured September 5, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/1006253828 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms