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Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Placentia

Port aux Basques ferry to Placentia and Castle Hill

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Distance
859.6 km
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St. Luke's Anglican Church at Placentia, white clapboard with a steeple, above the town and the harbour.
St. Luke's Anglican Church at Placentia, white clapboard with a steeple, above the town and the harbour.Photo: Jeremy Thoms Hetzel · source · CC BY-SA 3.0

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 →
Driving route from Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Placentia: 859.6 km by road, via Routes 1 · 100.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Port aux Basques ferry terminal into this area: Cape St. Mary's Ecological Reserve (923 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Indian River

    A green space mapped essentially on the driven line. OpenStreetMap records it as a nature reserve but not who runs it, and it is not on ParksNL's list. Treat it as a place to pull over, not somewhere with facilities.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Indian River ↑

  2. Stop 2: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the west side of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and the museum shows that work.

    Stopping here adds 4.6 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: North Atlantic Aviation Museum

    On the Trans-Canada at 135, per the museum's own page: Gander's story from 1935 to 2001, the Second World War, the transatlantic crossroads years and 9/11. Hours are linked below.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Joey's Lookout

    A mapped viewpoint on the Trans-Canada east of Gander, effectively on the road. OpenStreetMap records only the name and that it is a viewpoint. It is easy to miss at highway speed.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Park Reserve

    A Provincial Park Reserve beside Route 100, on the driven line. ParksNL classes reserves as former camping parks whose campground was privatised before 1997, the rest kept to protect natural features, with no visitor services. This one protects a rare lichen, Erioderma pedicellatum (boreal felt lichen), in the Maritime Barrens, Southeastern Barrens subregion. The privately owned Fitzgerald's Pond Park next door is separate from the reserve.

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  6. Stop 6: O'Reilly House Museum

    A house museum run by the Placentia Area Historical Society, a nonprofit and registered charity. The Society dates the area's occupation to the 1500s and records Placentia as the French capital in Newfoundland from 1662 to 1713, and later an English capital too. It says the museum opens for the summer tourist season and sometimes longer, so check with them before planning around a date.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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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 100 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 63 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Port aux Basques ferry terminal to Placentia. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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

859.6 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques to Placentia, on Routes 1 and 100.

When you get to Placentia

Sunrise and sunset at Placentia, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:48 am4:41 pm
February7:11 am5:28 pm
March7:20 am7:10 pm
April6:18 am7:53 pm
May5:29 am8:33 pm
June5:08 am9:03 pm
July5:24 am8:58 pm
August6:02 am8:19 pm
September6:42 am7:19 pm
October7:23 am6:19 pm
November7:09 am4:31 pm
December7:45 am4:16 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 →

106 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 106, 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 · 1877 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 · 278 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 · 978 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 · 1247 m off the road
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 489.1 · 425 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 489.3
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 489.3
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 547.7 · 600 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 · 1110 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 · 869 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 · 200 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
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 813.8 · 835 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 813.8 · 225 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 813.8 · 182 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 813.8

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

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Short drives from Placentia

An easy day out from PlacentiaClarke's Beach 75 km awayIts own page measures from the Port aux Basques ferry; from Placentia it is 75 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Placentia.

More, up to 87 km (2)

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 858 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Placentia
48 km
by road, at Whitbourne

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

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

Paved or not, per the map

Mapped as unpaved
none
Not proof it is all paved: 70% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
30%
230.3 km of 859.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
70%
540.9 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.

  • 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 859.6 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 →

Questions

How far is Placentia from the Port aux Basques ferry?＋

859.6 km from the ferry terminal to Placentia.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 1 and 100. 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 way/215300568 — Port aux Basques Ferry Terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/4209548504 — Placentia.

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