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Argentia ferry terminal → Ferryland

Argentia ferry to Ferryland and the Colony of Avalon

The drive from every airport and ferry ↓

Distance
154.7 km
Drive time
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Roads
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The excavated stone foundations of the 17th-century Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, laid out along the harbour with the village behind.
The excavated stone foundations of the 17th-century Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, laid out along the harbour with the village behind.Photo: Nilfanion · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

You arrive by ferry — North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Argentia

Marine Atlantic runs this crossing seasonally, against year-round sailings into Port aux Basques. People choose it for where it lands. Marine Atlantic publishes sailings and fares.

Operated by Marine Atlantic. The drive below starts where the boat lands.

Crossings & current schedule →
Driving route from Argentia ferry terminal to Ferryland: 154.7 km by road, via Routes 100 · 1 · 13 · 10.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Argentia ferry terminal into this area: Witless Bay (114 km), Salmonier Nature Park (90 km), Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre (160 km), Trepassey (148 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park

    A Provincial Park Reserve, not a provincial park with a campground. ParksNL defines these as pre-1997 parks whose campground area was deproclaimed and privatised, with the rest kept to protect natural features. It states that park reserves have no visitor services, so there is no washroom. It sits on the driven line and costs no extra driving.

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    Show on map: Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park ↑

  2. Stop 2: Viewpoint on Route 10, south of Witless Bay

    OpenStreetMap records a viewpoint here, unnamed, just off the Southern Shore Highway south of Witless Bay. Route 10 is what the province calls the Irish Loop Drive, and the communities it strings together are the ones nearest the islands of Witless Bay Ecological Reserve: the province says those islands hold North America's largest Atlantic Puffin colony and, after Baccalieu Island, the world's second-largest Leach's Storm-petrel colony. Landing takes a permit, so people watch the birds from licensed tour boats that leave from these communities.

    Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Viewpoint on Route 10, south of Witless Bay ↑

  3. Stop 3: Colony of Avalon, Ferryland

    A 17th-century archaeological site at Ferryland, a National Historic Site since 1953 as the site of the house of Sir George Calvert, later Lord Baltimore, who founded the plantation here in 1621. Parks Canada's record notes the house later became the seat of Sir David Kirke's government of Newfoundland, and that excavation continues under the Colony of Avalon Foundation. Pool Road, a turn off Route 10.

    Stopping here adds 1.2 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Colony of Avalon, Ferryland ↑
⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
  • Route 100 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 63 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 13 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 20 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 10 →Whole road: 7 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 91 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 77% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Argentia ferry terminal to Ferryland. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →

154.7 km. Off the ferry at Argentia to Ferryland, on Routes 100, 1, 13 and 10.

When you get to Ferryland

Sunrise and sunset at Ferryland, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:42 am4:37 pm
February7:07 am5:24 pm
March7:15 am7:06 pm
April6:14 am7:48 pm
May5:26 am8:28 pm
June5:05 am8:57 pm
July5:21 am8:53 pm
August5:58 am8:14 pm
September6:38 am7:15 pm
October7:18 am6:15 pm
November7:04 am4:28 pm
December7:40 am4:12 pm

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

Places to eat on the way

2 near Ferryland: where to eat near Ferryland →

7 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 64.7 km — after Mary Brown's, until Tim Hortons.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • A&Wfast foodkm 45
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 45.3
  • Subwayfast foodkm 45.3
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 45.9
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 110.6
  • The Captain's Tablerestaurantkm 114.7
  • Riverside Restaurant and Loungerestaurantkm 142.3

Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-18. How we measure · Add a missing place

New place to eat, or one that's missing? This list comes from OpenStreetMap, so nobody can pay to be on it. Add it to the map yourself (about twenty minutes on a phone), or email us the details and we'll put it on the map.

Short drives from Ferryland

An easy day out from FerrylandWitless Bay 41 km awayIts own page measures from the Argentia ferry; from Ferryland it is 41 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Ferryland.

More, up to 78 km (10)

Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Doing it electric

Fast chargers on this drive
none
Longest stretch without one
154 km
Argentia → Ferryland, of 154 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Ferryland
13.2 km
by road, at Fermeuse

No fast charger at Ferryland. From Argentia it is 154 km there and the same back: plan on about 308 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Fermeuse, 13.2 km from Ferryland by road, off this drive's own road.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Whitbourne (km 46). Not counted until it opens.

NL Hydro fast chargers within 3 km of the drive. Check the app for one that's working. Exported 2026-10-22. How we measure

Every route compared →NL Hydro: plan your road trip →

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
0.3 km
a residential road (0.3 km, 0.1 km from Ferryland)
Mapped as paved
52%
76.8 km of 154.7 km driven
No surface tag on the map
48%
71.6 km: surface not recorded

In a rental car: Hertz Canada’s terms say “use off paved roads or on roads which are not regularly maintained” voids the damage waiver. Check your own agreement. Hertz’s terms ↗. Source for these figures: OSRM driving profile, stored route query, with node annotations; OpenStreetMap surface tags via Overpass, checked 2026-10-19. Today's road conditions: 511.

Before you go

These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.

  • The crossing you arrive onSeasonal — Argentia is not the year-round crossing

    Port aux Basques runs through the winter; Argentia does not. Confirm the sailing first, because the other landing is on the far side of the island.

    marineatlantic.ca →

  • MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn

    The province says the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. This is 154.7 km, much of it unlit two-lane highway; plan the drive for daylight where you can.

    gov.nl.ca →

  • Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April

    Conditions change fast on this coast. Check before you set off.

    511nl.ca →

Questions

How far is Ferryland from the Argentia ferry?＋

154.7 km from the ferry terminal to Ferryland.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 100, 1, 13 and 10. Your maps app has the turns.

Do I need a car?＋

You came off the ferry with one, so this is your own drive.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 19, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap node/605220569 — Argentia. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/470764410 — Ferryland.

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