Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Clarke's Beach
Port aux Basques ferry to Clarke's Beach
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- Distance
- 849.6 km
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You arrive by ferry — North Sydney, Nova Scotia to Port aux Basques
Port aux Basques is the island's year-round ferry terminal, and everyone who comes through it has their own car already ashore.
Operated by Marine Atlantic. The drive below starts where the boat lands.
Crossings & current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from Port aux Basques ferry terminal into this area: Brigus (850 km), Harbour Grace (868 km), Salmonier Nature Park (861 km), Portugal Cove ferry terminal (908 km), Heart's Content (878 km), St. John's (905 km), Witless Bay (886 km), Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) (907 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
- Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 71 →Whole road: 0 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 13 km. Unpaved mapped: 5 km; 61% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 70 →Whole road: 13 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 48 km. Unpaved mapped: 0.3 km; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 16, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Clarke's Beach. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Ferry info: Marine Atlantic →
849.6 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques to Clarke’s Beach, on Routes 1, 71 and 70.
Argentia ferry is closer (77.9 km). This drive suits a trip that starts at Port aux Basques.
Sunrise and sunset at Clarke's Beach, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:46 am | 4:37 pm |
| February | 7:09 am | 5:25 pm |
| March | 7:17 am | 7:07 pm |
| April | 6:15 am | 7:51 pm |
| May | 5:26 am | 8:32 pm |
| June | 5:04 am | 9:01 pm |
| July | 5:20 am | 8:57 pm |
| August | 5:58 am | 8:17 pm |
| September | 6:39 am | 7:17 pm |
| October | 7:20 am | 6:16 pm |
| November | 7:08 am | 4:28 pm |
| December | 7:44 am | 4:12 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
11 near the start: where to eat in Port aux Basques →
107 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 128.9 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.
All 107, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5.3
- Robin's Donutsrestaurantkm 38.1
- Midway Motel and Loungepubkm 107.1
- Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 198.4
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 215.8
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 216 · 213 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 216.2 · 332 m off the road
- King Henry's Pubpubkm 216.9 · 1950 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 217 · 1878 m off the road
- Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 217.1 · 1522 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 217.2 · 951 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 217.2 · 941 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 217.3 · 911 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 224.6
- Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 243 · 263 m off the road
- Cafe 59restaurantkm 243 · 845 m off the road
- Langerspubkm 264.5 · 541 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 264.6
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 264.6
- KFCfast foodkm 264.7
- Subwayfast foodkm 264.8 · 163 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 264.8 · 162 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 264.9 · 204 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 265 · 212 m off the road
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 265.6
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 266.1 · 192 m off the road
- Big Stop Restaurantrestaurantkm 266.5
- Tim Hortonfast foodkm 266.5 · 222 m off the road
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 395.4
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 446.2
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 446.4
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 475 · 858 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 475.2 · 731 m off the road
- Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 475.2 · 415 m off the road
- Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 475.2 · 434 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 475.2 · 279 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 475.3 · 420 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 475.3 · 531 m off the road
- Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 475.3 · 1257 m off the road
- War Wick'srestaurantkm 475.3 · 1349 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 475.3 · 389 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 475.5 · 980 m off the road
- Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 475.9 · 1158 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 476.1 · 474 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 476.1 · 369 m off the road
- Taiwanrestaurantkm 476.1 · 1229 m off the road
- Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 476.1 · 1249 m off the road
- Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 489.1 · 423 m off the road
- Irvingrestaurantkm 489.3
- Tim Hortonscafékm 489.3
- Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 547.7 · 598 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 569
- Subwayfast foodkm 569
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 569.4
- Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 569.5 · 974 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 569.5
- Louis Geesfast foodkm 569.5 · 809 m off the road
- New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.5 · 906 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 569.5 · 954 m off the road
- East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 569.5 · 949 m off the road
- Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.6 · 986 m off the road
- Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 569.6 · 869 m off the road
- Grecofast foodkm 569.6 · 883 m off the road
- Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 569.8 · 956 m off the road
- DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 569.8
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 569.9 · 1866 m off the road
- The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 569.9 · 1143 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 570.1 · 1104 m off the road
- Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 570.1 · 800 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 570.1 · 1480 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 570.1 · 1111 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 570.2 · 816 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 570.2 · 1036 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 570.2 · 1045 m off the road
- Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 570.2 · 1795 m off the road
- Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 570.4 · 870 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 570.4 · 845 m off the road
- The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 570.6 · 1906 m off the road
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 599.5
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 606.3 · 1870 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 636
- Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 644 · 1229 m off the road
- Snack shack.fast foodkm 682.6 · 624 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 711.7 · 1142 m off the road
- Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 711.9 · 508 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 711.9 · 585 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 711.9 · 585 m off the road
- Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 711.9 · 202 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 712.2 · 593 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 712.2 · 773 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 712.2 · 539 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 712.2 · 488 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 712.2 · 488 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 712.3 · 676 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 713.7 · 1264 m off the road
- Brownings Pubpubkm 713.9 · 1212 m off the road
- Flannigans Pubpubkm 713.9 · 1229 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 715.5
- Tim Hortonscafékm 715.5
- Breen'srestaurantkm 742
- Robin's Donutscafékm 742.3
- Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 766.6
- A&Wfast foodkm 813.8
- Tim Hortonscafékm 813.9
- Subwayfast foodkm 813.9
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 814.5
- Silver Wood Innrestaurantkm 844.9 · 1842 m off the road
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-10-17. How we measure · Add a missing place
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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
- Port aux Basques km 3, Robinsons km 107, Corner Brook km 216, Deer Lake km 267, South Brook km 396, Bishop’s Falls km 488, Gander km 571, Glowertown km 637, Port Blandford km 685, Goobies km 743
- Longest stretch without one
- 129 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 848 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Clarke's Beach
- 27.7 km
- by road, at Carbonear
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 271) and Gander (km 571) and Clarenville (km 717) and Whitbourne (km 816). 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
Paved or not, per the map
- Mapped as unpaved
- 6 km
- Hill Avenue Extension (1.07 km, 0.8 km from Clarke's Beach); Hodgewater Line (4.97 km, 9.7 km from Clarke's Beach)
- Mapped as paved
- 26%
- 196.9 km of 849.6 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 73%
- 556.4 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 2026-10-16. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
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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 849.6 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 at one end of the island say little about the other. Check before you set off.
511nl.ca →
The drive back
Clarke's Beach back to Port aux Basques measures 849 km.
Plan back from your boarding time. Give the planner your sailing time and it tells you when to set off.
How early to arrive depends on the vessel and the season: check Marine Atlantic →
Return measured 2026-10-16, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions
How far is Clarke's Beach from the Port aux Basques ferry?＋
849.6 km from the ferry terminal to the centre of Clarke's Beach.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 1, 71 and 70. Your maps app has the turns.
Is there a closer way in to Clarke's Beach?＋
Argentia ferry is 77.9 km from Clarke's Beach, against 849.6 km from Port aux Basques.
Do I need a car?＋
Plan on one. Buses between these towns are few, and the drive is the way most people make it.
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