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Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) → Lewisporte

Deer Lake Airport (YDF) to Lewisporte

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Distance
275.7 km
Drive time
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Aerial over Lewisporte's marina and breakwater with the town and Bay of Exploits behind, blue sky.
Aerial over Lewisporte's marina and breakwater with the town and Bay of Exploits behind, blue sky.Photo: Shhewitt · source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Driving route from Deer Lake Regional Airport (YDF) to Lewisporte: 275.7 km by road, via Routes 1 · 340 · 341.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Deer Lake Regional into this area: Comfort Cove-Newstead (303 km), Botwood (244 km), Leading Tickles (299 km), Gander (305 km), Twillingate (360 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor

    About three-quarters of the way along this drive, a few hundred metres off the Trans-Canada in Grand Falls-Windsor. It tells the story of the Beothuk and of central Newfoundland's interior. A natural break on a long cross-island run.

    Stopping here adds 0.6 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Mary March Provincial Museum (Beothuk Interpretation Centre), Grand Falls-Windsor ↑

  2. Stop 2: Loggers' Life Provincial MuseumDetour

    A reconstructed 1920s logging camp just west of Grand Falls-Windsor, a short detour off the drive. Central Newfoundland ran on the woods for a century, and this museum keeps that story. It is seasonal; check before you count on it.

    Stopping here adds 4.6 km to the drive.

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    Show on map: Loggers' Life Provincial Museum ↑
⛽ 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 340 →Whole road: 5 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 44 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 88% has no surface tag, so unknown.
  • Route 341 →Whole road: 3 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 24 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 0% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Campground 17 km from the end →

Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, terminal to town centre. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: Deer Lake Regional Airport →

275.7 km. Deer Lake airport to Lewisporte: east across the island on the Trans-Canada, then north on Routes 340 and 341 to Notre Dame Bay.

Gander is closer for most travellers. This drive suits a trip that starts on the west coast and works east.

Break it at Grand Falls-Windsor, about three-quarters of the way, for its two museums.

When you get to Lewisporte

Sunrise and sunset at Lewisporte, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:59 am4:38 pm
February7:20 am5:28 pm
March7:25 am7:14 pm
April6:19 am8:01 pm
May5:27 am8:45 pm
June5:03 am9:16 pm
July5:20 am9:11 pm
August6:01 am8:28 pm
September6:45 am7:25 pm
October7:29 am6:21 pm
November7:20 am4:29 pm
December7:58 am4:12 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 →
5 near Lewisporte: where to eat near Lewisporte →

22 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
  • 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 · 279 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 · 980 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 · 1249 m off the road
  • Furey's Trailway Take-Outfast foodkm 223.5 · 423 m off the road
  • Irvingrestaurantkm 223.7
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 223.7

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

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Short drives from Lewisporte

An easy day out from LewisporteComfort Cove-Newstead 35 km awayIts own page measures from the Deer Lake airport; from Lewisporte it is 35 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Lewisporte.

More, up to 74 km (10)

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, Lewisporte km 272
Longest stretch without one
127 km
Deer Lake → South Brook, of 275 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Lewisporte
at Lewisporte

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

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: 74% has no surface tag.
Mapped as paved
26%
67.6 km of 275.7 km driven
No surface tag on the map
74%
194.6 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. This is one of the longest drives on the site, most of it unlit two-lane Trans-Canada. If you land late at Deer Lake, consider breaking the trip rather than pushing on 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 →

Onward from Lewisporte

The drives that continue from here, measured the same way you arrived.

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.

The drive back

Measured the other way, Lewisporte back to Deer Lake is the same distance: 275 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 Lewisporte from Deer Lake airport?＋

About 276 km. You take the Trans-Canada (Route 1) east most of the way across the island, then Routes 340 and 341 north to the bay.

Should I fly into Deer Lake or Gander for Lewisporte?＋

Gander is much closer: about 63 km against 275 from Deer Lake. Choose Deer Lake only if you are seeing the west coast (Gros Morne, Corner Brook) first and working east.

Is it a hard drive?＋

No. It is paved the whole way and it is the main road across the province, so it is well travelled. It is just long. Plan around arriving after dark: see the moose note above.

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Every distance and coordinate on this page was checked against its source on September 5, 2026. Origin: OpenStreetMap way/180061286 — passenger terminal. Destination: OpenStreetMap node/107362425.

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