Trail · from Deer Lake (YDF)
Starlight Trail
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- Mapped path
- 2.4 km one way
- Gros Morne Outdoor gives 5 km there and back; the mapped path measures 4.8 km there and back.
- Climbing
- 320 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 324 m.
- To the trailhead
- 239 km
Type of trail
Out and back
Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.
Source: Gros Morne Outdoor, “Most people do a return hike to the top of the starlite trail which is approx 5km return”.
challengingRated on the whole walk: 4.8 km there and back, about 333 m of climbing, and steep. How
Access: the rating measures effort only. The map records the surface as unpaved 2.4 km. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go. Easier access in Gros Morne, from Parks Canada →
Drive: 238.5 km from the Deer Lake (YDF) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-05.
The trail, measured
Starlight Trail: the mapped path is 2.4 km with 320 m of climbing, from 17 m up to 324 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/349530836; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-05.
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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)- 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.
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Getting here
To Starlight Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
The measured drive is YDF → Port aux Basques — 4 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.
Plan a trip around this walk
Pick where you arrive and how many days. The planner puts Starlight Trail on a day, with the other walks near the places you stop.
What has been recorded near here
Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Starlight Trail trailhead, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in June, July, October97 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. 0 of 1 have a confirmed position.
- Hyne's Chicken VillaMain Rd · (709) 955-33134.4 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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2.4 km out and back, 320 m of climb, 238 km by road from Deer Lake airport. Conditions on the day are local knowledge we don’t have: walk it and tell us. How we measure
The full drive from Deer Lake (YDF), with stops and moose notes →
Measured September 5, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/349530836 — the path's mapped start. Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms