Trail · from St. John's (YYT)
Piccos Ridge Path
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- Length
- 14.5 km one way
- The association's length. Most walk it one way with a lift waiting; there and back is 29 km.
- Our mapped line reads 10.5 km; our map has only part of it, so the figure above is the association's.
- Climbing
- 318 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 248 m.
- To the trailhead
- 11 km
Type of trail
Point to point
A trailhead at each end: walk it one way with a car or a lift waiting, or turn round and walk it back.
Source: East Coast Trail Association, “East Coast Trail paths do not loop - stated path distances are one way.”.
strenuousThe East Coast Trail Association's rating, for the path walked one way: 14.5 km and about 318 m of climbing. How
Access: the rating measures effort only. The map records the surface as earth 10.5 km. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go.
East Coast Trail, path 2 of 25. The association allows 7 to 9 hours and rates it strenuous. It joins Long Shore Path to the north and White Horse Path to the south. Walking it one way, your lift waits where the next path starts: that end is 21 km by road from St. John's airport. The GPX marks it "Path end". Every path →
Drive: 11.3 km from the St. John's (YYT) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal door to the trailhead, checked 2026-10-06.
The trail, measured
Piccos Ridge Path: the mapped path is 10.5 km with 318 m of climbing, from 101 m up to 248 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/625977108, members of relation/2199386 (East Coast Trail, operator The East Coast Trail Association); elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-10-06.
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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)The file follows the mapped line, 10.5 km; the signed path is 14.5 km. Expect your watch to read about 4 km short at the finish.
- 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.
No recorded track yet.Walked it? Send yours →
Getting here
- 11 km from St. John's to the trailhead.
The measured drive is YYT → Portugal Cove ferry terminal, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.
What has been recorded near here
Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Piccos Ridge Path trailhead, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, June, May98 reports on record
Reports, not counts: busy harbours report more. No sighting is promised, and the list covers only the species we look up. Source: GBIF, the international record of wildlife sightings, checked 2026-10-07.
Eating, when you come off
Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 3 of 16 have a confirmed position.
- Oceanic - Portugal Cove1910 Portugal Cove Rd · (709) 895-75532.9 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Oceans Edge3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Landings Eatery & Pub1 Ferry Terminal Road · (709) 895-00003.1 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Friendly's Pub37 Old Cart Rd3.7 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- The Grounds Cafe1525 Portugal Cv Rd · (709) 895-28004.1 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Beachy Cove Breakfast Club412 Beachy Cove Rd · (709) 895-22415.6 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Tilt House Bakery1194 Portugal Cv Rd · (709) 895-25906.5 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- By The Beach1608 Thorburn Rd · (709) 895-88008.6 kmDirections →
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No opening hours: the map data for these places has none. Phone ahead. Built 2026-10-11.
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10.5 km of path, with 318 m of climb in total. The trailhead is 11 km by road from St. John’s airport. The numbers come from the map. Mud, washouts or a missing bridge are local knowledge we don’t have. Walk it and tell us.
The full drive from St. John's (YYT), with stops and moose notes →
Measured October 6, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/625977108 — the path's mapped start.