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Shoal Harbour Trail

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Mapped path
2.3 km loop
Climbing
29 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 28 m.
To the trailhead
148 km

Type of trail

Loop

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

Source: Town of Clarenville, “2.5 km loop”.

easyRated on the whole walk: 2.3 km round, about 29 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: 148.1 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal door to the trailhead, checked 2026-11-06.

The trail itself: 2.3 km, 29 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 0 m up to red at 28 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Shoal Harbour Trail: the mapped path is 2.3 km with 29 m of climbing, from 0 m up to 28 m.

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to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~5×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/543609266 + way/605907740 + way/605907741 + way/1329967189 + way/1329967190 (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 2026-11-06.

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Getting here

To Shoal Harbour Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

The measured drive is YQX → Clarenville — 3 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

Places to stay in Clarenville

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A place listed in Clarenville shows on 15 pages here: the town page, 12 drives to Clarenville, 1 arena or stage and 1 trail nearby.

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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Shoal Harbour Trail: 148 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The Town of Clarenville lists it as a 2.5 km loop, easy to medium, from the steps on Harbour Drive, with two viewing decks over Random Sound. Their page ↗

2.3 km of mapped path with 29 m of climb in total. The trailhead is 148 km by road from Gander airport. The numbers come from the map. The Town of Clarenville reports how the path is on the day.

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

Measured November 6, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/543609266 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms