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Mount Stamford Look-off Trail

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Mapped path
1.1 km one way
2.2 km there and back.
Climbing
99 m
116 m there and back. Every up added together; the highest point is 196 m.
To the trailhead
78 km

Type of trail

Out and back

Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.

Source: Parks Canada, “branch off to climb the summit of Mount Stamford (1.2 km one way)”.

easyRated on the whole walk: 2.2 km there and back, about 116 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 itself: 1.1 km, 99 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 96 m up to red at 196 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Mount Stamford Look-off Trail: the mapped path is 1.1 km with 99 m of climbing, from 96 m up to 196 m.

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to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~1×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/866356900; 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

  • 78 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.

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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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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Mount Stamford Look-off Trail: 78 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

1.1 km out and back, 99 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/866356900 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms