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Trail · from St. John's (YYT)

Spurwink Island Path

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Mapped path
13.7 km
Climbing
325 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 86 m.
To the trailhead
94 km

Type of trail

Not confirmed

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strenuousRated on the whole walk: 27.4 km there and back, about 685 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.

East Coast Trail, path 23 of 25. The association allows 7 to 10 hours and rates it difficult. It joins Sounding Hills Path to the north and Bear Cove Point Path to the south. Walking it one way, your lift waits where the next path starts. The GPX marks it "Path end". Every path →

Drive: 93.8 km from the St. John's (YYT) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal door to the trailhead, checked 2026-11-06.

The trail itself: 13.7 km, 325 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 0 m up to red at 86 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

The trail, measured

Spurwink Island Path: the mapped path is 13.7 km with 325 m of climbing, from 0 m up to 86 m.

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Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/625983739 (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 Spurwink Island Path trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

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

Places to stay in Ferryland

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Getting to the trailhead — St. John's (YYT) to the start of the Spurwink Island Path: 94 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line measured along OpenStreetMap's roads.

A path of the East Coast Trail; the association lists it at 20.4 km and difficult. Their page ↗

13.7 km of mapped path with 325 m of climb in total. The trailhead is 94 km by road from St. John’s airport. The numbers come from the map. The East Coast Trail Association reports how the path is on the day.

The full drive from St. John's (YYT), with stops and moose notes →

Measured November 6, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/625983739 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms