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Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Heart's Content

Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Heart's Content

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Distance
611.5 km
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The Heart's Content Cable Station, a long white clapboard building on the shore where the first working transatlantic telegraph cable came ashore.
The Heart's Content Cable Station, a long white clapboard building on the shore where the first working transatlantic telegraph cable came ashore.Photo: Robthepiper · source · CC BY-SA 3.0
Driving route from Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Heart's Content: 611.5 km by road, via Routes 1 · 81 · 80.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: Harbour Grace (601 km), Clarke's Beach (583 km), Brigus (583 km), Portugal Cove ferry terminal (641 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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  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: Shag Rock lookout

    A viewpoint OpenStreetMap records beside Route 80, close enough to the driven line that stopping costs nothing. Nothing else is known about it, including what you can see from it. It is here because it is free to try.

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  6. Stop 6: Heart's Content Cable Station Museum

    In 1866 the first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable was landed at Heart's Content, cutting the time to communicate across the Atlantic from weeks to minutes. The provincial historic site is an 1875 office building with a 1918 extension, with exhibits on telegraphy and the town's part in it. It is open for a season, not year round; check the site's own page for dates.

    Stopping here adds 0.9 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 81 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 27 km. Unpaved mapped: 18 km; 16% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 80 →Whole road: 12 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 33 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 87% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Electric: plan 268 km on a charge ↓

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Heart's Content. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →

611.5 km. From Deer Lake airport to Heart’s Content, on Routes 1, 81 and 80.

When you get to Heart's Content

Sunrise and sunset at Heart's Content, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:47 am4:36 pm
February7:10 am5:24 pm
March7:17 am7:08 pm
April6:15 am7:52 pm
May5:25 am8:33 pm
June5:03 am9:03 pm
July5:19 am8:59 pm
August5:58 am8:18 pm
September6:39 am7:17 pm
October7:21 am6:16 pm
November7:09 am4:27 pm
December7:46 am4:11 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 →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 127.2 km — after Tim Horton, until Eddies Restaurant.

All 82, in the order you pass them — open the list
  • Eddies Restaurantrestaurantkm 129.8
  • Red Hawk Dinerrestaurantkm 180.6
  • Badger Diner & Motelrestaurantkm 180.8
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 209.4 · 858 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 209.6 · 731 m off the road
  • Tai Sun Restaurantrestaurantkm 209.6 · 415 m off the road
  • Donnini's Pizza & Donairrestaurantkm 209.6 · 434 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 209.6 · 278 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 209.7 · 420 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 209.7 · 531 m off the road
  • Wing'n Itrestaurantkm 209.7 · 1257 m off the road
  • War Wick'srestaurantkm 209.7 · 1349 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 209.7 · 389 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 209.9 · 978 m off the road
  • Sarah's Dinerrestaurantkm 210.3 · 1158 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 210.5 · 474 m off the road
  • Greco Pizzafast foodkm 210.5 · 369 m off the road
  • Taiwanrestaurantkm 210.5 · 1229 m off the road
  • Juniper Kitchen and Bistrorestaurantkm 210.5 · 1247 m off the road
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 223.6 · 425 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 223.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 223.7
  • Riverside Dinerfast foodkm 282.1 · 600 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 303.5
  • Subwayfast foodkm 303.5
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 303.8
  • Jumping Bean Coffee Companycafékm 303.9 · 974 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 303.9
  • Louis Geesfast foodkm 303.9 · 809 m off the road
  • New Highlight Restaurantrestaurantkm 303.9 · 906 m off the road
  • Pizza Housefast foodkm 303.9 · 954 m off the road
  • East Ocean Restaurantfast foodkm 303.9 · 949 m off the road
  • Lilly's Landing Family Restaurantrestaurantkm 304 · 986 m off the road
  • Jade Garden Restaurantrestaurantkm 304 · 869 m off the road
  • Grecofast foodkm 304 · 883 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish & Chipsrestaurantkm 304.2 · 956 m off the road
  • DQ Grill & Chillfast foodkm 304.2
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 304.3 · 1866 m off the road
  • The Shawarma Stationrestaurantkm 304.3 · 1143 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 304.5 · 1104 m off the road
  • Mystic Roomrestaurantkm 304.5 · 800 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 304.5 · 1480 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 304.5 · 1110 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 304.7 · 816 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 304.7 · 1036 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 304.7 · 1045 m off the road
  • Wing 'n Itrestaurantkm 304.7 · 1795 m off the road
  • Swiss Chaletrestaurantkm 304.8 · 869 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 304.8 · 845 m off the road
  • The Newfoundland Tea Co. Restaurant & Shoprestaurantkm 305 · 1906 m off the road
  • Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.9
  • Family Pizzarestaurantkm 340.7 · 1870 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 370.4
  • Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 378.4 · 1229 m off the road
  • Snack shack.fast foodkm 417 · 624 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 446.1 · 1142 m off the road
  • Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 446.3 · 508 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 446.3 · 585 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 446.3 · 585 m off the road
  • Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 446.3 · 200 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 446.6 · 593 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 446.6 · 773 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 446.6 · 539 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 446.6 · 488 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 446.6 · 488 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 446.7 · 676 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 448.1 · 1264 m off the road
  • Brownings Pubpubkm 448.3 · 1212 m off the road
  • Flannigans Pubpubkm 448.3 · 1229 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 449.9
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 449.9
  • Breen'srestaurantkm 476.4
  • Robin's Donutscafékm 476.7
  • Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 501
  • A&Wfast foodkm 548.2
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 548.3
  • Subwayfast foodkm 548.3
  • Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 548.9
  • Blue Whale Lounge & Eateryrestaurantkm 558.1
  • The Barn Cafecafékm 559.4
  • Dildo Brewing Company and Museumpubkm 564.2 · 523 m off the road
  • Kountry Kravins & Kraftscafékm 564.2 · 487 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

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 Heart's Content

An easy day out from Heart's ContentHarbour Grace 27 km awayIts own page measures from the Deer Lake airport; from Heart's Content it is 27 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Heart's Content.

More, up to 60 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
Deer Lake km 3, South Brook km 130, Bishop’s Falls km 222, Gander km 305, Glowertown km 371, Port Blandford km 418, Goobies km 477
Longest stretch without one
134 km
Goobies → Heart's Content, of 611 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Heart's Content
23 km
by road, at Carbonear

No fast charger at Heart's Content. From Goobies it is 134 km there and the same back: plan on about 268 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Carbonear, 23 km from Heart's Content by road, off this drive's own road.

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Deer Lake (km 0) and Gander (km 305) and Clarenville (km 451) and Whitbourne (km 550). 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: 78% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
22%
121.6 km of 611.5 km driven
No surface tag on the map
78%
429.4 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 2026-10-19. 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 611.5 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 →

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.

    (709) 634-4343

  • Taxi

    Deer Lake Taxi, listed as operating around the clock across the province with no pre-booking required.

    (709) 635-0000

  • 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.

    (709) 634-4343

  • 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.

    (888) 263-1852

Source: Deer Lake Regional Airport,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.

Questions

How far is Heart's Content from Deer Lake airport?＋

611.5 km from the terminal to Heart's Content.

What route do I take?＋

Routes 1, 81 and 80. Your maps app has the turns.

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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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on October 19, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/473136418 — Heart's Content.

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