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Hermitage-Sandyville Walking Trail

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Mapped path
1.5 km loop
The ends meet: that is the whole walk.
Climbing
23 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 21 m.
To the trailhead
277 km

Type of trail

Loop

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

Source: AllTrails, “The path circles a small pond”.

easyRated on the whole walk: 1.5 km round, about 23 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: 276.8 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-05.

The trail itself: 1.5 km, 23 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 4 m up to red at 21 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Hermitage-Sandyville Walking Trail: the mapped path is 1.5 km with 23 m of climbing, from 4 m up to 21 m.

01000 km1
to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~3×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/262401117 + way/1454609871; 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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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 Hermitage-Sandyville Walking Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

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

Places to stay in Hermitage-Sandyville

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Eating, when you come off

Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 0 of 1 have a confirmed position.

  • The Lightkeeper's Diner234 Main St · (709) 883-23270.6 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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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Hermitage-Sandyville Walking Trail: 277 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

1.5 km loop, 23 m of climb, 277 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 5, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/262401117 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms