Trail · from Gander (YQX)
Traditional Trail to Piccaire
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- Mapped path
- 2.2 km one way
- 4.4 km there and back.
- Climbing
- 61 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 80 m.
- To the trailhead
- 267 km
Type of trail
Out and back
Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way. Piccaire was resettled and has no road, so the walk back is the same path.
Source: Dirona (travel blog), “three-mile trail to the active town of Gaultois”.
easyRated on the whole walk: 4.4 km there and back, about 146 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: 267.3 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-05.
The trail, measured
Traditional Trail to Piccaire: the mapped path is 2.2 km with 61 m of climbing, from 18 m up to 80 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/249839552 + way/1454873552 + way/1454873553; 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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Getting here
- 267 km from Gander to the trailhead.
The measured drive is YQX → Hermitage — 1 stop on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.
Places to stay in Hermitage-Sandyville
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Plan a trip around this walk
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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.
- The Lightkeeper's Diner234 Main St · (709) 883-23279 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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2.2 km out and back, 61 m of climb, 267 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 5, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/1454873553 — the road end of the path, where the walk to the resettled outport starts (the mapped way runs the other way). Planning only: not live and not for navigation; trails and conditions change. Terms