Trail · from Gander (YQX)

Louil Hill Trail

Length: 3.7 km loop; Parks Canada's figure for the whole loop.
Climbing: 91 m; Every up added together; the highest point is 148 m.
To the trailhead: 70 km

Type of trail

Loop

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

Source: Parks Canada, “Length/Distance: 3.7 km loop”.

easyRated on the whole walk: 3.7 km round, about 91 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: 70.2 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal door to the trailhead, checked 2026-10-11.

The trail itself: 3.7 km, 91 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 92 m up to red at 148 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

The trail, measured

Louil Hill Trail: the mapped path is 3.7 km with 91 m of climbing, from 92 m up to 148 m.

to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~4×

Every cited segment →

OpenStreetMap way/123274050 (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 2026-10-11.

A line that ends at a different height from where it starts is a loop, not an out and back.

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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)

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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

70 km from Gander to the trailhead.

The measured drive is YQX → Terra Nova — 4 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

Eating, when you come off

Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 0 of 6 have a confirmed position.

Mary Brown's1 Trans Canada Highway Eastport Junction · (709) 533-25411.7 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Country Style79A Main St S · (709) 424-88506.6 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Little Denier Restaurant13 Main St · (709) 700-472113 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Down Home Delights64 Main St · (709) 526-203414 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Gertie's Galley210 Main St · (709) 677-245816 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Chucky's Seafood and Wild Game Restaurant8 Harbour View Rd · (709) 677-223319 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 Louil Hill Trail: 70 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

3.7 km of mapped path with 91 m of climb in total. The trailhead is 70 km by road from Gander airport. The numbers come from the map. For conditions on the day, check Parks Canada’s page linked above.

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

Measured October 11, 2026. Trailhead: Parks Canada's trailhead GPS (48 38 43 N, 53 57 39 W), on OpenStreetMap way/123274050.

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