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Port aux Basques ferry terminal → Woody Point

Port aux Basques ferry to Woody Point and the Tablelands

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Distance
331.8 km
Drive time
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The flat-topped orange rock of the Tablelands rising behind Bonne Bay, with Woody Point's waterfront at its foot.
The flat-topped orange rock of the Tablelands rising behind Bonne Bay, with Woody Point's waterfront at its foot.Photo: Adavyd · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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 Woody Point: 331.8 km by road, via Routes 1 · 430 · 431.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: Rocky Harbour (337 km), Cow Head (383 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Wreckhouse

    The most famous stretch of wind in Newfoundland. The Long Range funnels southeasterlies here hard enough that a man was once employed to decide whether trains could pass: Lauchie MacDougall, the human wind gauge. The Trans-Canada runs straight through it, and high-sided vehicles still get held when it blows. Check the forecast for your timing.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  2. Stop 2: Codroy Valley Provincial ParkDetour

    The mapped reserve on the Grand Codroy estuary, the sheltered river mouth that makes this valley the west coast's great bird water. Waterfowl gather in the wetlands with the Long Range mountains behind. ParksNL publishes what operates and when.

    Stopping here adds 17.2 km to the drive.

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  3. Stop 3: Joe Butts Lookout

    A mapped viewpoint just off the highway near Deer Lake.

    Stopping here adds 0.1 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Newfoundland Insectarium

    An insect museum in Deer Lake. Check its hours before detouring with kids in the car.

    Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.

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  5. Stop 5: Discovery Centre

    Parks Canada's centre for the south side of the park, near Woody Point, matching the visitor centre on the Rocky Harbour side. Ask here what is open and passable on this arm.

    Stopping here adds 1.5 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 430 →Whole road: 17 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 97 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 44% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 431 →Whole road: 2 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 27 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.

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

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

331.8 km. Off the ferry at Port aux Basques to Woody Point, on Routes 1, 430 and 431.

When you get to Woody Point

Sunrise and sunset at Woody Point, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:12 am4:48 pm
February7:32 am5:39 pm
March7:36 am7:25 pm
April6:30 am8:13 pm
May5:37 am8:57 pm
June5:14 am9:29 pm
July5:30 am9:24 pm
August6:12 am8:40 pm
September6:56 am7:36 pm
October7:41 am6:32 pm
November7:32 am4:40 pm
December8:11 am4:22 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 →
2 near Woody Point: where to eat near Woody Point →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 91.3 km — after Midway Motel and Lounge, until Pinchgut Restaurant & Convenience.

Every one of them, in the order you pass them
  • 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
  • Funland Resortrestaurantkm 274.7 · 937 m off the road

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

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Short drives from Woody Point

An easy day out from Woody PointRocky Harbour 72 km awayIts own page measures from the Port aux Basques ferry; from Woody Point it is 72 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Woody Point.

More, up to 80 km (9)

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, Glenburnie – Birchy Head – Shoal Brook km 326
Longest stretch without one
109 km
Robinsons → Corner Brook, of 331 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Woody Point
5.1 km
by road, at Glenburnie – Birchy Head – Shoal Brook

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 268). 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: 57% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
43%
122.4 km of 331.8 km driven
No surface tag on the map
57%
162.8 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 331.8 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 trail, measured

Lookout Trail (Gros Morne, from the Discovery Centre): the mapped path is 3.5 km with 343 m of climbing, from 67 m up to 403 m.

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to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~2×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/432924088; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold.
A line that ends at a different height from where it starts is a loop, not an out and back.

Questions

How far is Woody Point from the Port aux Basques ferry?＋

331.8 km from the ferry terminal to Woody Point.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 1, 430 and 431. 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/4205512598.

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