Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Burgeo
Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Burgeo and the Sandbanks
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- ⛽ Route 480 has 148 km with no fuel. Where to fill up →
- Electric: plan 420 km on a charge. Chargers ↓
- Distance
- 265.7 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Then a ferry to Ramea
Burgeo is also the south coast's ferry gate: the Ramea crossing is mapped in both directions (relations 13094354/13094355), and a second service reaches Grey River and François, outports with no road. The provincial schedule has sailings and fares.
Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Current schedule →Stop 1: Gorge Viewpoint
A mapped viewpoint on the way through the Humber country, at no detour cost, and the last easy scenery before the road turns south.
Directions →Show on map: Gorge Viewpoint ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Sandbanks Beaches Loop trailheadDetour
The mapped walking loop through the Sandbanks at Burgeo's edge — kilometres of dune-backed sand on the province's south coast, reached by a short spur just before town.
Stopping here adds 6.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Sandbanks Beaches Loop trailhead ↑Other map apps
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Scan with your phone to open this page there. Then tap Keep for offline before you lose signal.
⛽ 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 480 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 148 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 3, 2026, terminal to town. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure
Then the ferry to Ramea — sailings & schedule →
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →
265.7 km. Deer Lake airport to Burgeo: the Trans-Canada, then about 150 km of nothing on Route 480 to the sea.
Plan fuel and daylight. After the junction there is nothing until Burgeo.
Why people come. The Sandbanks: dune-backed beaches at the edge of town with a mapped walking loop. Beyond Burgeo the south coast continues by ferry only.
Sunrise and sunset at Burgeo, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8:03 am | 4:54 pm |
| February | 7:27 am | 5:42 pm |
| March | 7:34 am | 7:25 pm |
| April | 6:32 am | 8:08 pm |
| May | 5:43 am | 8:49 pm |
| June | 5:21 am | 9:19 pm |
| July | 5:37 am | 9:14 pm |
| August | 6:15 am | 8:34 pm |
| September | 6:56 am | 7:34 pm |
| October | 7:38 am | 6:33 pm |
| November | 7:25 am | 4:45 pm |
| December | 8:01 am | 4:29 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
3 near the start: where to eat in Deer Lake →
23 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 192.3 km — after Pinchgut Restaurant & Convenience, to Burgeo.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Wingn' itrestaurantkm 5.1
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 5.7 · 235 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 5.8 · 225 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 5.8 · 178 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 5.9 · 177 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 6
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 6.1
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 6.1
- Langerspubkm 6.2 · 550 m off the road
- Oasis Grill Houserestaurantkm 27.7 · 244 m off the road
- Cafe 59restaurantkm 27.7 · 863 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 46
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 53.4 · 881 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 53.5 · 923 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 53.5 · 912 m off the road
- Samuel's Sammiches and Sweetsrestaurantkm 53.6 · 1496 m off the road
- King Henry's Pubpubkm 53.8 · 1919 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 53.8 · 1991 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 53.8 · 1848 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 54.4 · 310 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 54.8 · 197 m off the road
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 55
- Pinchgut Restaurant & Conveniencerestaurantkm 72.3
Not ranked or complete, and nobody pays to be here. No opening hours: phone ahead. Open map data, swept 2026-09-12. 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 Burgeo
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- Sandbanks Beaches Looptrail · 4.5 km loop · easy4 kmDirections →
Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Aaron's Arm Trailtrail · 5.2 km walk · moderate4.1 kmDirections →
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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
- Deer Lake km 4, Corner Brook km 55
- Longest stretch without one
- 210 km
- Corner Brook → Burgeo, of 265 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Burgeo
- 182.1 km
- by road, at Stephenville
No fast charger at Burgeo. From Corner Brook it is 210 km there and the same back: plan on about 420 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Stephenville, 182.1 km from Burgeo by road, off this drive's own road.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 0). 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
- none
- Not proof it is all paved: 35% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 65%
- 158.6 km of 265.7 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 35%
- 84.9 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 2026-09-06. Today's road conditions: 511.
Before you go
These change, so we link to the people who keep them up to date.
Fuel and servicesYear round — plan at the junction
Route 480 runs about 150 km with no communities between the Trans-Canada and Burgeo. Leave the highway with a full tank and enough daylight to arrive; there are effectively no services on the way.
511nl.ca →MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states that the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Route 480 is a long, empty, wooded road.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
One road in, the same road out. Check it for both directions before you set off.
511nl.ca →
The trails
Renting a car? Book the car when you book the flight.
Summer rentals sell out, says NL Tourism, and in June 2026 BNN Bloomberg reported St. John's airport agencies booked for nearly all of summer.
Both checked October 7, 2026.
Rental counters at Deer Lake, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Deer Lake Regional Airport lists at the terminal.
No rideshare here.
The airport's ground-transportation page lists no rideshare service, only three taxi firms, a shuttle and seven charter operators (checked 2026-09-15).
Taxi
Star Taxi, which the airport calls its primary ground transportation provider, serving the whole region with wheelchair-accessible vans and accommodating service dogs. The airport advises contacting them 24 to 48 hours before you arrive.
Taxi
Deer Lake Taxi, listed as operating around the clock across the province with no pre-booking required.
Shuttle
Star Taxi runs a shuttle between Corner Brook and the airport, serving named hotels, with a private-car option. It must be booked ahead. The airport publishes the fares.
Coach
DRL Coachlines' once-a-day coach each way between St. John's and Port aux Basques stops in Deer Lake town (the Circle K), not at the airport terminal. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.
Source: Deer Lake Regional Airport,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
The drive back
Burgeo back to Deer Lake measures 266 km.
Plan back from your check-in time. Going home, the ferry comes first: confirm the sailing, then count back. Give the planner your flight time and it tells you when to set off.
How early to arrive depends on the carrier and the season: check Deer Lake Regional Airport →
Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Burgeo?＋
Deer Lake: 266 km against 385 km from Gander. The 480 junction sits on YDF's side of the island.
Is the drive worth it?＋
It depends on how you feel about empty country. Route 480 is one of the island's loneliest paved roads, mile after mile of wide open land, and it ends at long sandy beaches.
What are the Sandbanks?＋
Dune-backed beaches stretching along Burgeo's western edge, with a mapped walking loop through them. Sandbanks Provincial Park is the campground on this route; ParksNL publishes its seasons and facilities.
Can I do this as a day trip?＋
It is 531 km of driving, plus beach time. Possible in summer daylight, but better as an overnight because of the moose risk after dark.
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title="Driving route: Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Burgeo"></iframe>?lat=&lon=&label= to the URL to pin your own property on the map.Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on September 3, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/4314598365 — Burgeo place node.