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Gander International Airport (YQX) → Signal Hill (Cabot Tower)

Gander Airport (YQX) to Signal Hill

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Distance
337.6 km
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Signal Hill from the air at dusk: Cabot Tower on the summit above the Narrows, the road winding up past the car park, and St. John's harbour and city behind.
Signal Hill from the air at dusk: Cabot Tower on the summit above the Narrows, the road winding up past the car park, and St. John's harbour and city behind.Photo: Shhewitt · source · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Driving route from Gander International Airport (YQX) to Signal Hill (Cabot Tower): 337.6 km by road, via Routes 330 · 1 · 2.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

Faded lines are other drives from Gander International into this area: St. John's (335 km), Cape Spear (346 km), Portugal Cove ferry terminal (338 km), Witless Bay (316 km), Brigus (280 km), Harbour Grace (298 km), Clarke's Beach (280 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.

  1. Stop 1: 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.

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  2. Stop 2: 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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  3. Stop 3: Railway Coastal Museum

    At 495 Water Street, St. John's old railway station, now the Railway Coastal Museum, about the Newfoundland Railway and the coastal boats.

    Stopping here adds 0.9 km to the drive.

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  4. Stop 4: Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km

    Mile Zero of the Trans-Canada, beside St. John's City Hall on New Gower Street, the old Trans-Canada.

    Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.

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  5. Commissariat House, a grey clapboard Georgian house with white trim, among trees in St. John's.
    Photograph: Mo Laidlaw · CC BY-SA 3.0

    Stop 5: Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist

    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.

    Stopping here adds 1.2 km to the drive.

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  6. Stop 6: Quidi VidiDetour

    A small village on its own harbour, north of Signal Hill. The Canadian Register of Historic Places lists Mallard Cottage here, a national historic site typical of the houses Irish immigrants built in the early 1800s, and the Quidi Vidi Battery, a provincial historic site rebuilt on the site of a British coastal battery.

    Stopping here adds 3.2 km to the drive.

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⛽ 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.
  • Route 2 →Whole road: 10 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 28 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 70% has no surface tag, so unknown.

Drive measured Oct 19, 2026, Gander International Airport (YQX) to Signal Hill (Cabot Tower). Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure

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337.6 km. From Gander airport to Signal Hill (Cabot Tower), on Routes 330, 1 and 2.

Sunrise and sunset at Signal Hill (Cabot Tower), by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:44 am4:35 pm
February7:07 am5:22 pm
March7:15 am7:05 pm
April6:12 am7:48 pm
May5:23 am8:29 pm
June5:02 am8:59 pm
July5:18 am8:55 pm
August5:56 am8:14 pm
September6:37 am7:14 pm
October7:18 am6:14 pm
November7:05 am4:25 pm
December7:42 am4:09 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 →

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

The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 71.4 km — after Mary Brown's, until Robin's Donuts.

All 207, 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
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 318.3 · 1760 m off the road
  • Donovan's Irvingrestaurantkm 319.3 · 1243 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 319.3 · 1881 m off the road
  • Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 319.3 · 478 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 319.4 · 378 m off the road
  • Five Guysrestaurantkm 319.5 · 439 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 319.7
  • Pizza Hutrestaurantkm 319.7 · 383 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 319.7
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 320 · 1614 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 320 · 1834 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 320 · 296 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 320 · 306 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 320 · 1735 m off the road
  • Fat Bastard Burritorestaurantkm 320 · 405 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 320 · 1658 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 320 · 1610 m off the road
  • Old Town Pizzeriarestaurantkm 320 · 1708 m off the road
  • A&Wfast foodkm 320 · 325 m off the road
  • Taco Bellfast foodkm 320.1 · 1684 m off the road
  • Acropolis Pizzarestaurantkm 320.1 · 382 m off the road
  • Full House Restaurantrestaurantkm 320.1 · 323 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 320.1 · 347 m off the road
  • Asian Caferestaurantkm 320.3 · 1619 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 321.2 · 156 m off the road
  • Extreme Pitafast foodkm 321.3 · 331 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 321.5 · 353 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 321.5 · 464 m off the road
  • Thaï Expressfast foodkm 321.5 · 328 m off the road
  • Harvey'sfast foodkm 321.5 · 466 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 321.6 · 391 m off the road
  • Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 321.6 · 330 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 321.6 · 325 m off the road
  • Booster Juicefast foodkm 321.6 · 173 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 321.6 · 327 m off the road
  • Little Caesarsfast foodkm 321.7 · 282 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 321.7 · 276 m off the road
  • Landwash Brewerypubkm 323.4 · 964 m off the road
  • Johny & Mae'sfast foodkm 323.4 · 960 m off the road
  • The Sweet Newfie Kitchenfast foodkm 324.7 · 1941 m off the road
  • Oscars Eatery & Caférestaurantkm 324.7 · 1852 m off the road
  • Jasmine's Restaurantrestaurantkm 325.8 · 1610 m off the road
  • Dairy Queenfast foodkm 325.9 · 1498 m off the road
  • Redrock Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 325.9 · 1524 m off the road
  • New Moon Restaurantrestaurantkm 326 · 1517 m off the road
  • Ches's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 326 · 1359 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 326 · 1475 m off the road
  • Topsail Road Pizzeria and Loungefast foodkm 326 · 1483 m off the road
  • Big Cheese Pizzafast foodkm 326 · 1377 m off the road
  • Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 326 · 1374 m off the road
  • Sushi Makirestaurantkm 326 · 1374 m off the road
  • Starbuckscafékm 326 · 1488 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 327 · 1398 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 327 · 1404 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 327.5 · 983 m off the road
  • McDonald'sfast foodkm 327.5 · 975 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 327.5 · 953 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 327.5
  • Peter's Pizzarestaurantkm 327.6 · 1190 m off the road
  • Rack and Roll Lounge and Games Roompubkm 327.6 · 1294 m off the road
  • Red Pepperrestaurantkm 327.6 · 1202 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 327.6 · 1095 m off the road
  • Wendy'sfast foodkm 328.7 · 977 m off the road
  • Domino'sfast foodkm 329.5 · 1479 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 329.6 · 1331 m off the road
  • The Big R Restaurantrestaurantkm 330.1 · 1194 m off the road
  • Mr. Subfast foodkm 330.9 · 1646 m off the road
  • Subwayfast foodkm 331.1 · 1559 m off the road
  • The Cove Climbing Cafécafékm 331.1 · 851 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 331.1 · 1624 m off the road
  • Burger Kingfast foodkm 331.1 · 1658 m off the road
  • KFCfast foodkm 331.1 · 1704 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 331.1 · 369 m off the road
  • RJ Pinoy Yumrestaurantkm 332.1 · 1643 m off the road
  • No Name Pizzafast foodkm 332.1 · 1617 m off the road
  • Ziggy Peelgoodsfast foodkm 332.1 · 1581 m off the road
  • The Station Loungepubkm 332.1
  • Humphreys Restaurant and Pubrestaurantkm 332.5
  • Fabulous Foodsrestaurantkm 332.5 · 1055 m off the road
  • Magic Wok Eateryrestaurantkm 332.5
  • Chinched Bistrorestaurantkm 332.6
  • Fiddlers Pubpubkm 332.6
  • Fat Bastard Burritofast foodkm 332.8
  • Downtown Pizza fast foodkm 332.8
  • Kelly's Pubpubkm 332.8
  • Shamrock City Pubpubkm 332.8
  • Christian'spubkm 332.8
  • Adelaide Oyster Houserestaurantkm 332.8
  • Gahan Housepubkm 332.8
  • Subwayfast foodkm 332.8
  • Yellowbelly Brewerypubkm 332.9
  • The Kegrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Afghan Restaurantrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Piatto Restaurantrestaurantkm 332.9 · 152 m off the road
  • The Republicpubkm 332.9 · 155 m off the road
  • The Sprout Restaurantrestaurantkm 332.9 · 157 m off the road
  • Jack Astor'srestaurantkm 332.9
  • O'Reilly'spubkm 332.9
  • Trapper John's Museum & Pubpubkm 332.9
  • Rob Roy Pubpubkm 332.9
  • Green Sleeves Pub & Restaurantpubkm 332.9
  • Formosa Tea Houserestaurantkm 332.9 · 527 m off the road
  • Celtic Hearthrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Bridie Molloy’spubkm 332.9
  • Merchant Tavernrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Chinchedrestaurantkm 332.9 · 176 m off the road
  • Carribean Cornerrestaurantkm 332.9
  • LIVrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Frugal Steinsrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Saltwaterrestaurantkm 332.9
  • Black Cat Pizzeriarestaurantkm 332.9 · 526 m off the road
  • Casa Amigos Restaurant NLrestaurantkm 332.9 · 211 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 332.9 · 529 m off the road
  • Leo's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 332.9 · 621 m off the road
  • Ches' Fish & Chipsfast foodkm 332.9 · 578 m off the road
  • Sushi Islandrestaurantkm 333.1
  • Ziggy Peelgoods French Friesfast foodkm 333.1
  • Jumping Bean Coffeecafékm 333.1 · 464 m off the road
  • 3 Sisters Vietnamese Subsfast foodkm 333.3
  • Duke of Duckworthpubkm 333.3
  • Cojones Tacos & Tequilarestaurantkm 333.3
  • Oliver'srestaurantkm 333.4
  • Water St.Varietycafékm 333.4
  • Smoke's Poutinefast foodkm 333.4
  • Biancarestaurantkm 333.4
  • The Fifth Ticketrestaurantkm 333.4
  • Peaceful Loftrestaurantkm 333.6
  • Bamboo Gardenrestaurantkm 333.6
  • Bagel Caferestaurantkm 333.6
  • Ziggy Peelgoodfast foodkm 333.6 · 1631 m off the road
  • Big Bite Pitafast foodkm 333.6 · 1631 m off the road
  • Tim Hortonscafékm 333.6 · 1530 m off the road
  • MajesTeacafékm 333.6 · 1645 m off the road
  • Donati'sfast foodkm 333.6 · 1523 m off the road
  • Fat Nanny'scafékm 333.6
  • Shalimarrestaurantkm 333.6
  • Pop's Dinerrestaurantkm 333.6 · 1530 m off the road
  • NJ's Kitchenrestaurantkm 333.6 · 1482 m off the road
  • Ship Pubpubkm 333.6
  • Hungry Heartcafékm 333.6 · 335 m off the road
  • Georgestown Cafe and Bookshelfcafékm 333.6 · 714 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 333.6 · 1530 m off the road
  • Noodle Namirestaurantkm 333.6 · 1517 m off the road
  • Portagerestaurantkm 333.6
  • No.4 Restaurant & Barrestaurantkm 333.6 · 167 m off the road
  • India Gaterestaurantkm 333.6
  • Saltwaterrestaurantkm 333.6
  • Subwayfast foodkm 333.6 · 1667 m off the road
  • Quintana'srestaurantkm 333.6 · 1661 m off the road
  • Big Ben's Pubpubkm 333.6 · 1648 m off the road
  • The Georgetown Pubpubkm 333.6 · 794 m off the road
  • Sun Sushi & Bubbled Tearestaurantkm 333.8
  • Get Stuffedrestaurantkm 333.8
  • Fixed Coffee and Bakingcafékm 333.8
  • J Korean Restaurantrestaurantkm 333.8
  • Pirestaurantkm 333.8
  • The Parlourrestaurantkm 333.9 · 338 m off the road
  • Smitty'srestaurantkm 334
  • Beavertailsfast foodkm 334 · 455 m off the road
  • Portobello's Restaurantrestaurantkm 334.1
  • Chatters Coffeecafékm 334.1
  • Classic Cafe Eastcafékm 334.2
  • Coffee Matterscafékm 334.2
  • Zachary's Restaurantrestaurantkm 334.2
  • Bannerman Brewing Co.pubkm 334.2
  • Piattorestaurantkm 334.3 · 1754 m off the road
  • Jumping Beancafékm 334.4 · 1598 m off the road
  • Desi Mealrestaurantkm 334.4 · 1649 m off the road
  • Pizza Supremerestaurantkm 334.4 · 1655 m off the road
  • Wedgwood Cafe & Cateringrestaurantkm 334.4 · 1686 m off the road
  • Sequerra's Restaurantrestaurantkm 334.4 · 1646 m off the road
  • Breen's Delicafékm 334.4 · 1847 m off the road
  • Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 334.4 · 1765 m off the road
  • International Flavoursrestaurantkm 334.5
  • Battery Cafecafékm 334.5
  • Gracie Joe'srestaurantkm 334.7 · 329 m off the road
  • Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 334.9 · 1525 m off the road
  • Newfoundland Chocolate Cafecafékm 335.4
  • Inn of Oldepubkm 336 · 1114 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 Signal Hill (Cabot Tower)

An easy day out from Signal Hill (Cabot Tower)Cape Spear 19 km awayIts own page measures from the Gander airport; from Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) it is 19 km.Directions from where your phone is now:
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Or any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Signal Hill (Cabot Tower).

More, up to 45 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
Gander km 3, Glowertown km 68, Port Blandford km 116, Goobies km 175, Paradise km 319, St. John’s km 321
Longest stretch without one
144 km
Goobies → Paradise, of 337 km driven
Nearest fast charger to Signal Hill (Cabot Tower)
17 km
by road, at St. John’s

Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): Gander (km 2) and Clarenville (km 148) and Whitbourne (km 247) and St. John’s (km 321). 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
0.1 km
Lake to Lookout Walk (0.07 km, 0 km from Signal Hill (Cabot Tower))
Mapped as paved
35%
107.7 km of 337.6 km driven
No surface tag on the map
65%
199.1 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 337.6 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.

    (709) 256-1444

  • 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.

    (888) 263-1852

  • Limousine

    Nobel Limousines, listed by the Airport Authority.

    (709) 535-2457

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 Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) from Gander airport?＋

337.6 km from the terminal to Signal Hill (Cabot Tower).

What route do I take?＋

Routes 330, 1 and 2. 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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