Gander International Airport (YQX) → Portugal Cove ferry terminal
Gander Airport (YQX) to Bell Island
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 337.9 km
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Then a ferry to Bell Island
The mapped ferry route runs across Conception Bay between Portugal Cove and Bell Island, drawn in both directions and tagged as carrying motor vehicles, cyclists and foot passengers. The province runs it and publishes more than one timetable, depending on which vessels are working. Open the current schedule before you go.
Operated by the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Current schedule →Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: St. John's (335 km), Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) (338 km), Cape Spear (346 km), Harbour Grace (298 km), Brigus (280 km), Clarke's Beach (280 km), Witless Bay (316 km), Heart's Content (308 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Silent Witnesses MemorialDetour
A memorial on Route 1 outside Gander, unveiled in 1990 for the lives lost in the Arrow Air crash of 12 December 1985. An American soldier stands atop a rock holding the hands of a civilian boy and girl, each child carrying an olive branch for the Screaming Eagles' peacekeeping mission in the Sinai; they were going home for Christmas. The trio look toward Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where a similar statue looks back.
Stopping here adds 2.4 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Silent Witnesses Memorial ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 2: Square Pond
A pond-side stop beside the Trans-Canada. OpenStreetMap still uses its old provincial-park name; the province no longer lists it. A place to stretch your legs.
Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Square Pond ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: 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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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 4: Sandy PondDetour
One of the park's officially designated observing sites under its Dark-Sky Preserve status: the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada designated Terra Nova on 26 February 2018, and Parks Canada's own night-sky page calls Sandy Pond the darkest skies in the park. RASC notes the designated sites have paved parking with a walk to the observing spot. The pond also has a beach and a trail for daytime. After dark, the drive back to the highway is moose country.
Stopping here adds 4.8 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Sandy Pond ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 5: Butter Pot Provincial ParkDetour
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland. ParksNL calls Butter Pot one of the most popular provincial parks in Newfoundland and Labrador. Its page lists ponds to swim, fish and paddle, sandy beaches, a campground, trails, and a view over the water from the top of Butter Pot Hill. A place to spend time, not a quick stop.
Stopping here adds 6.6 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Butter Pot Provincial Park ↑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 330 →Whole road: 8 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 42 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 1 →Whole road: 54 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 119 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 68% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Portugal Cove ferry terminal. Your maps app gives the time on the day. The ferry after it is not included. How we measure
Then the ferry to Bell Island — sailings & schedule →
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Airport info: Gander International Airport →
337.9 km. From Gander airport to Portugal Cove ferry terminal, on Routes 330, 1, 50 and 41.
When you get to Portugal Cove
- Where to eat near Portugal Cove → — 10 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Sunrise and sunset at Portugal Cove, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:44 am | 4:35 pm |
| February | 7:08 am | 5:23 pm |
| March | 7:15 am | 7:06 pm |
| April | 6:13 am | 7:49 pm |
| May | 5:24 am | 8:30 pm |
| June | 5:02 am | 9:00 pm |
| July | 5:18 am | 8:56 pm |
| August | 5:56 am | 8:15 pm |
| September | 6:37 am | 7:15 pm |
| October | 7:19 am | 6:14 pm |
| November | 7:06 am | 4:26 pm |
| December | 7:43 am | 4:10 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
28 near the start: where to eat in Gander →
5 near Portugal Cove ferry terminal: where to eat near Portugal Cove →
56 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 71.2 km — after Mary Brown's, until Costco Food Court.
All 56, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Copper Kettle Restaurantrestaurantkm 31.9
- Family Pizzarestaurantkm 38.7 · 1870 m off the road
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 68.3
- Happy Adventure Cafecafékm 76.4 · 1229 m off the road
- Snack shack.fast foodkm 115 · 624 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 144.1 · 1142 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 144.2 · 585 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 144.2 · 585 m off the road
- Rod's Restaurantrestaurantkm 144.3 · 508 m off the road
- Don Cherry's Sports Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 144.3 · 200 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 144.5 · 773 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 144.5 · 488 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 144.5 · 488 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 144.6 · 593 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 144.6 · 539 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 144.6 · 676 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 146.1 · 1264 m off the road
- Brownings Pubpubkm 146.2 · 1212 m off the road
- Flannigans Pubpubkm 146.2 · 1229 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 147.9
- Tim Hortonscafékm 147.9
- Breen'srestaurantkm 174.4
- Robin's Donutscafékm 174.7
- Meghan's Restaurantrestaurantkm 198.9
- A&Wfast foodkm 246.2
- Tim Hortonscafékm 246.3
- Subwayfast foodkm 246.3
- Mary Brown'srestaurantkm 246.9
- Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 318.1 · 1443 m off the road
- Starbuckscafékm 318.4 · 1626 m off the road
- Canteenrestaurantkm 318.4 · 1777 m off the road
- Pizza Hutrestaurantkm 318.4 · 1757 m off the road
- Five Guysrestaurantkm 318.4 · 1660 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 318.4 · 1923 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 318.4 · 1866 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 319.2 · 1700 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 319.2 · 1698 m off the road
- Donovan's Irvingrestaurantkm 319.5 · 605 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 319.7 · 466 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 320.1 · 1873 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 320.1 · 517 m off the road
- Domino'sfast foodkm 320.3 · 1114 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 320.3 · 1190 m off the road
- Cojonesrestaurantkm 320.3 · 1086 m off the road
- Coffee Matters Paradisecafékm 320.5 · 743 m off the road
- Ye's Wokrestaurantkm 320.5 · 676 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 320.6 · 745 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 320.7 · 523 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 320.8 · 271 m off the road
- Kozy Kitchenrestaurantkm 320.8
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 320.8 · 189 m off the road
- Mr. G's Loungepubkm 320.8 · 321 m off the road
- Ocean Sushirestaurantkm 320.8 · 314 m off the road
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 320.8 · 328 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 320.8 · 266 m off the road
- Tiny's Bar and Grillrestaurantkm 320.8 · 342 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 Portugal Cove
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- Piccos Ridge Pathtrail · 14.5 km point to point, one way · strenuous3.2 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Torbay Beachstop12 km
Start of the Father Troy Trail along the shore, past fields of farm animals and wildflowers, per the province's tourism site.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Father Troy's Pathtrail · 8.9 km point to point, one way · easy14 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Middle Cove Beachstop15 km
A beach on the shore road between Torbay and Logy Bay.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - White Horse Pathtrail · 18.2 km point to point, one way · strenuous16 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Colonial Buildingstop16 km
On Military Road as the drive comes down into town.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze A few hundred metres along Military Road: Parks Canada's register describes a massive stone cathedral built in the mid 19th century in the Lombard Romanesque Revival style, a national historic site since 1983.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Topsail Beachstop17 km
A beach on Route 60 where people picnic, gather round beach fires and watch boats sail to and from the Royal Newfoundland Yacht Club.
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More, up to 19 km (10)
- St. John'stown17 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - The Batterystop17 km
On the harbour side of Signal Hill Road.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Trans-Canada Highway Zero Kmstop17 km
OpenStreetMap records a highway milestone here reading distance zero, named for the Trans-Canada Highway.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Quidi Vidistop17 km
A small village on its own harbour, north of Signal Hill.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Signal Hill Visitor Centrestop17 km
Halfway up Signal Hill Road.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - North Head Trailtrail · 1.6 km point to point, one way · easy18 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Flatrockstop18 km
One of the settled coves along this rugged shore, with another view of the coast round each bend, per the province's tourism site.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Marine Parkstop18 km
On screen: the fish farm where a fisherman first sees something wrong in the water.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Railway Coastal Museumstop18 km
The drive passes it at 495 Water Street: St. John's old railway station, now the Railway Coastal Museum, about the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boats.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze On screen: the marine research lab where Calvin tries to sell the iceberg fragment he caught, in the first episode.
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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
- Gander km 3, Glowertown km 68, Port Blandford km 116, Goobies km 175, St. John’s km 319, Paradise km 320
- Longest stretch without one
- 144 km
- Goobies → St. John’s, of 337 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Portugal Cove ferry terminal
- 17.9 km
- by road, at Paradise
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 2) and Clarenville (km 148) and Whitbourne (km 247) and St. John’s (km 319). 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: 65% has no surface tag.
- Mapped as paved
- 35%
- 105.5 km of 337.9 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 65%
- 197.7 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 2026-10-19. 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 337.9 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 Gander, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who Gander International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.
No rideshare here.
The Airport Authority's transport page lists no rideshare service (checked 2026-09-15).
Taxi
Busy Bee Cabs, which the Airport Authority says runs a 24-hour service available curbside in the Domestic Arrivals area.
Coach
DRL Coachlines runs the island's one scheduled coach, once a day each way, between St. John's and the Marine Atlantic terminal at Port aux Basques. It stops at Gander Airport itself (the restaurant), and at Lewisporte, Grand Falls-Windsor, Deer Lake and Corner Brook among others. It reaches no island and no national park. Tickets are bought on the bus, cash only. The Airport Authority says a wheelchair-accessible bus needs 48 hours' notice. Times and fares are DRL's: drl-lr.com.
Limousine
Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.
Avis, Budget, National and Enterprise are listed at the airport. The Authority says accessible vehicles with wheelchair accommodation or hand controls are limited and need 48 hours' notice.
Source: Gander International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
Questions
How far is Portugal Cove ferry terminal from Gander airport?＋
337.9 km from the terminal to Portugal Cove ferry terminal.
What route do I take?＋
Routes 330, 1, 50 and 41. 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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