Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Grand Falls-Windsor
Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Grand Falls-Windsor
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 212.8 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
- Roads
- 1
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Faded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: Botwood (244 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour
A reconstructed 1920s logging camp on the edge of Grand Falls-Windsor, mapped right beside the driven line. Central Newfoundland's mills ran on cut wood for a century, and this museum explains that work.
Stopping here adds 3.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Mary March Provincial Museum
In the centre of town, barely a detour from the highway, this museum tells the story of the Beothuk and of the Exploits Valley's more recent settlement.
Stopping here adds 1.4 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Mary March Provincial Museum ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Corduroy Brook Nature Reserve
A network of walking trails and boardwalks along Corduroy Brook, mapped inside Grand Falls-Windsor itself. After a long drive it is the easiest place on this route to get out and walk.
Stopping here adds 1.3 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Corduroy Brook Nature Reserve ↑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.
Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Grand Falls-Windsor. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →
212.8 km. Deer Lake airport to Grand Falls-Windsor: the Trans-Canada the whole way, through Sandy Lake and Badger into the Exploits Valley. No turns, only distance.
Gander is far shorter (see the FAQ below). Come from Deer Lake when the town is one stop on a trip that starts on the west coast.
When you get to Grand Falls-Windsor
- Staying in Grand Falls-Windsor? → — the start page: short drives from town, food, and a planner that starts here.
- Where to eat near Grand Falls-Windsor → — 48 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
- Curling Rink, Grand Falls-Windsor → · Joe Byrne Memorial Stadium → · Classic Theater → · Queen Street Dinner Theater → — the venues here, with what you can reach and be back from between games.
Sunrise and sunset at Grand Falls-Windsor, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 8:01 am | 4:41 pm |
| February | 7:21 am | 5:31 pm |
| March | 7:27 am | 7:16 pm |
| April | 6:22 am | 8:03 pm |
| May | 5:30 am | 8:46 pm |
| June | 5:07 am | 9:17 pm |
| July | 5:24 am | 9:12 pm |
| August | 6:04 am | 8:30 pm |
| September | 6:48 am | 7:27 pm |
| October | 7:32 am | 6:24 pm |
| November | 7:21 am | 4:33 pm |
| December | 7:59 am | 4:15 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 →
14 near Grand Falls-Windsor: where to eat near Grand Falls-Windsor →
3 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 127.3 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.
Every one of them, in the order you pass them
- Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 129.8
- Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 180.6
- Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 180.8
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 Grand Falls-Windsor
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- The nordic trails east of townstop4.8 km
6.7 km of mapped cross-country ski trail in the woods off the Trans-Canada, just east of Grand Falls-Windsor.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Bishop’s Falls Heritage Centrestop18 km
A small heritage centre in Bishop's Falls, just off the Trans-Canada.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Peter's River Hiking Trailtrail · 5 km walk · easy32 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Botwoodtown36 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Eelbrook Hiking Trailtrail · 2.5 km loop · easy44 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Notre Dame Provincial Parkstop54 km
The one ParksNL park on this drive.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Gill's Point Trailtrail · 8.2 km walk · moderate56 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Point Leamingtonstop61 km
The working town halfway up the peninsula.
Directions →Other map apps
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More, up to 80 km (3)
- Lewisportetown68 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Woolfrey's Pond Lookoutstop68 km
The town's pondside park at the edge of Lewisporte, with a lookout and boardwalk loops above the water.
Directions →Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Glenwood Provincial Parkstop80 km
A campground just off the Trans-Canada.
Directions →Other map apps
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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 3, South Brook km 130
- Longest stretch without one
- 127 km
- Deer Lake → South Brook, of 212 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Grand Falls-Windsor
- 14.2 km
- by road, at Bishop’s Falls
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: 82% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 18%
- 38.7 km of 212.8 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 82%
- 170.7 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.
MooseYear round, worst between dusk and dawn
The province states the likelihood of injury in a moose collision is about twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime. Most of this drive is unlit two-lane Trans-Canada across the interior. If you land late at Deer Lake, consider breaking the trip instead of driving on to Grand Falls-Windsor after dark.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
The Trans-Canada across the interior has long unserviced stretches and gets winter weather well after the coasts have cleared. Check conditions before leaving the airport.
511nl.ca →
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
Measured the other way, Grand Falls-Windsor back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 212 km.
Plan back from your check-in time. 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
How far is Grand Falls-Windsor from Deer Lake airport?＋
212.8 km, all on the Trans-Canada (Route 1) east across the island's interior.
Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Grand Falls-Windsor?＋
Gander, by a wide margin: 98.3 km, against 212.8 km from Deer Lake. Fly into Deer Lake for this town only if it is one stop on a longer trip that starts on the west coast.
Is it a hard drive?＋
No. It is paved the whole way on the province's main highway. It is just long, crossing the whole interior of the island. Plan around arriving after dark (see the moose note above).
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