St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Ferryland
St. John's Airport (YYT) to Ferryland and the Colony of Avalon
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 86 km
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Faded lines are other drives from St. John's International into this area: Witless Bay (46 km), Salmonier Nature Park (68 km), Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre (144 km), Trepassey (156 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: 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. It is on the driven line out of the city, before the route turns south for the Irish Loop.
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A second marker a short way on: the zero point of the Trans Canada Trail. Wheelchair accessible, per the map. It stands beside the old train station below, so the two make one stop.
Stopping here adds 0.7 km to the drive.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Railway Coastal MuseumDetour
A museum on Water Street, in St. John's old railway station.
Stopping here adds 1 km to the drive.
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⛽ Fuel and gravel, road by road ▾
- Route 40 →Whole road: 6 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 5.7 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 28% 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.
- Route 3 →Whole road: 1 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 9.2 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 1% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 10 →Whole road: 7 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 91 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 77% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Ferryland. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
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86 km. St. John’s airport through the city, then south on Route 10, the Irish Loop Drive, past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve.
Why people come. The Colony of Avalon sits on top of Ferryland. Its own site dates the settlement to 1621 under Sir George Calvert; a visit tours the grounds, the laboratory and an active archaeological site.
Note: this page covers stops in the city stretch only, so far.
When you get to Ferryland
- Where to eat near Ferryland → — 3 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Sunrise and sunset at Ferryland, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:42 am | 4:37 pm |
| February | 7:07 am | 5:24 pm |
| March | 7:15 am | 7:06 pm |
| April | 6:14 am | 7:48 pm |
| May | 5:26 am | 8:28 pm |
| June | 5:05 am | 8:57 pm |
| July | 5:21 am | 8:53 pm |
| August | 5:58 am | 8:14 pm |
| September | 6:38 am | 7:15 pm |
| October | 7:18 am | 6:15 pm |
| November | 7:04 am | 4:28 pm |
| December | 7:40 am | 4:12 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
52 near the start: where to eat in St. John's →
2 near Ferryland: where to eat near Ferryland →
169 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 27.6 km — after The Captain's Table, until Riverside Restaurant and Lounge.
All 169, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Piattorestaurantkm 5.1 · 263 m off the road
- Wedgwood Cafe & Cateringrestaurantkm 5.1 · 429 m off the road
- Desi Mealrestaurantkm 5.3 · 399 m off the road
- Pizza Supremerestaurantkm 5.3 · 404 m off the road
- Sequerra's Restaurantrestaurantkm 5.3 · 395 m off the road
- Bitterspubkm 5.4 · 1461 m off the road
- Jumping Beancafékm 5.4 · 336 m off the road
- Big Bite Pitafast foodkm 5.7 · 947 m off the road
- MajesTeacafékm 5.7 · 941 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 5.9 · 1957 m off the road
- Gracie Joe'srestaurantkm 6.3 · 957 m off the road
- Breezewaypubkm 6.5 · 1888 m off the road
- Ziggy Peelgoodfast foodkm 6.5 · 977 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 6.5 · 897 m off the road
- Donati'sfast foodkm 6.5 · 862 m off the road
- Pop's Dinerrestaurantkm 6.5 · 926 m off the road
- NJ's Kitchenrestaurantkm 6.5 · 884 m off the road
- Jumping Beancafékm 6.5 · 1811 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 6.5 · 1967 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 6.5 · 1839 m off the road
- Booster Juicefast foodkm 6.5 · 1834 m off the road
- Manchu Wokfast foodkm 6.5 · 1828 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 6.5 · 1819 m off the road
- Just Friesfast foodkm 6.5 · 1815 m off the road
- Smitty'srestaurantkm 6.5 · 910 m off the road
- Noodle Namirestaurantkm 6.5 · 889 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 6.5 · 1074 m off the road
- Quintana'srestaurantkm 6.5 · 1036 m off the road
- Big Ben's Pubpubkm 6.5 · 1026 m off the road
- The Georgetown Pubpubkm 6.7 · 356 m off the road
- Beavertailsfast foodkm 6.8
- Georgestown Cafe and Bookshelfcafékm 6.8 · 335 m off the road
- The Parlourrestaurantkm 6.9 · 186 m off the road
- Hungry Heartcafékm 7
- Sun Sushi & Bubbled Tearestaurantkm 7.1 · 312 m off the road
- Get Stuffedrestaurantkm 7.1 · 305 m off the road
- Fixed Coffee and Bakingcafékm 7.1 · 339 m off the road
- Smitty'srestaurantkm 7.1 · 445 m off the road
- Portobello's Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 493 m off the road
- International Flavoursrestaurantkm 7.1 · 864 m off the road
- Classic Cafe Eastcafékm 7.1 · 587 m off the road
- Coffee Matterscafékm 7.1 · 515 m off the road
- J Korean Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 301 m off the road
- Zachary's Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.1 · 590 m off the road
- Chatters Coffeecafékm 7.1 · 490 m off the road
- Newfoundland Chocolate Cafecafékm 7.1 · 1570 m off the road
- Pirestaurantkm 7.1 · 307 m off the road
- Battery Cafecafékm 7.1 · 840 m off the road
- Bannerman Brewing Co.pubkm 7.1 · 548 m off the road
- Peaceful Loftrestaurantkm 7.2 · 259 m off the road
- Bamboo Gardenrestaurantkm 7.2 · 258 m off the road
- Bagel Caferestaurantkm 7.2 · 260 m off the road
- Fat Nanny'scafékm 7.2 · 283 m off the road
- Shalimarrestaurantkm 7.3 · 223 m off the road
- Oliver'srestaurantkm 7.4 · 261 m off the road
- Water St.Varietycafékm 7.4 · 301 m off the road
- Smoke's Poutinefast foodkm 7.4 · 283 m off the road
- Biancarestaurantkm 7.4 · 274 m off the road
- The Fifth Ticketrestaurantkm 7.4 · 275 m off the road
- Ship Pubpubkm 7.4 · 241 m off the road
- No.4 Restaurant & Barrestaurantkm 7.4 · 170 m off the road
- India Gaterestaurantkm 7.4 · 188 m off the road
- Saltwaterrestaurantkm 7.4 · 191 m off the road
- 3 Sisters Vietnamese Subsfast foodkm 7.5 · 210 m off the road
- Duke of Duckworthpubkm 7.5 · 173 m off the road
- Cojones Tacos & Tequilarestaurantkm 7.5 · 246 m off the road
- Sushi Islandrestaurantkm 7.6 · 202 m off the road
- Jumping Bean Coffeecafékm 7.6 · 191 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 7.6 · 265 m off the road
- The Sprout Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.7
- Ziggy Peelgoods French Friesfast foodkm 7.7 · 180 m off the road
- Chinchedrestaurantkm 7.7
- Yellowbelly Brewerypubkm 7.8
- The Kegrestaurantkm 7.8 · 214 m off the road
- Afghan Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.8
- Piatto Restaurantrestaurantkm 7.8
- The Republicpubkm 7.8
- Jack Astor'srestaurantkm 7.8 · 225 m off the road
- O'Reilly'spubkm 7.8
- Trapper John's Museum & Pubpubkm 7.8
- Rob Roy Pubpubkm 7.8
- Green Sleeves Pub & Restaurantpubkm 7.8
- Formosa Tea Houserestaurantkm 7.8 · 327 m off the road
- Celtic Hearthrestaurantkm 7.8
- Bridie Molloy’spubkm 7.8
- Merchant Tavernrestaurantkm 7.8
- Carribean Cornerrestaurantkm 7.8
- LIVrestaurantkm 7.8
- Frugal Steinsrestaurantkm 7.8
- Saltwaterrestaurantkm 7.8
- Black Cat Pizzeriarestaurantkm 7.8 · 324 m off the road
- Leo's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 7.8 · 426 m off the road
- Ches' Fish & Chipsfast foodkm 7.8 · 380 m off the road
- Fat Bastard Burritofast foodkm 7.9
- Downtown Pizza fast foodkm 7.9
- Kelly's Pubpubkm 7.9
- Shamrock City Pubpubkm 7.9
- Christian'spubkm 7.9
- Adelaide Oyster Houserestaurantkm 7.9
- Gahan Housepubkm 7.9 · 205 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 7.9
- Chinched Bistrorestaurantkm 8
- Fiddlers Pubpubkm 8
- Fabulous Foodsrestaurantkm 8 · 903 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.2 · 1887 m off the road
- The Guv'nor Pubpubkm 8.2 · 1948 m off the road
- Humphreys Restaurant and Pubrestaurantkm 8.3
- Subwayfast foodkm 8.5 · 1492 m off the road
- RJ Pinoy Yumrestaurantkm 8.5 · 1506 m off the road
- No Name Pizzafast foodkm 8.5 · 1485 m off the road
- Ziggy Peelgoodsfast foodkm 8.5 · 1453 m off the road
- Mr. Subfast foodkm 8.5 · 1614 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 8.5 · 1537 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 8.5 · 1562 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 8.5 · 1592 m off the road
- The Station Loungepubkm 8.6
- The Cove Climbing Cafécafékm 9.7 · 842 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 9.7 · 360 m off the road
- The Big R Restaurantrestaurantkm 10.8 · 1181 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 11.2 · 1322 m off the road
- Domino'sfast foodkm 11.3 · 1470 m off the road
- Wendy'sfast foodkm 12.3 · 940 m off the road
- Peter's Pizzarestaurantkm 13.1 · 1175 m off the road
- Red Pepperrestaurantkm 13.1 · 1187 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 13.1 · 1079 m off the road
- Rack and Roll Lounge and Games Roompubkm 13.2 · 1279 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 13.3 · 967 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 13.3 · 958 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 13.3 · 937 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 13.3
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 13.8 · 1379 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 13.8 · 1386 m off the road
- New Moon Restaurantrestaurantkm 14.8 · 1493 m off the road
- Ches's Fish and Chipsfast foodkm 14.8 · 1335 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 14.8 · 1452 m off the road
- Topsail Road Pizzeria and Loungefast foodkm 14.8 · 1460 m off the road
- Big Cheese Pizzafast foodkm 14.8 · 1354 m off the road
- Jungle Jim'srestaurantkm 14.8 · 1351 m off the road
- Sushi Makirestaurantkm 14.8 · 1351 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 14.8 · 1476 m off the road
- Starbuckscafékm 14.8 · 1463 m off the road
- Redrock Bar & Grillrestaurantkm 14.8 · 1503 m off the road
- Jasmine's Restaurantrestaurantkm 14.9 · 1593 m off the road
- The Sweet Newfie Kitchenfast foodkm 16.1 · 1922 m off the road
- Oscars Eatery & Caférestaurantkm 16.1 · 1833 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 17.4 · 1460 m off the road
- Extreme Pitafast foodkm 17.4 · 1691 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 17.4 · 1506 m off the road
- Smitty'srestaurantkm 17.4 · 1521 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1895 m off the road
- Harvey'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1525 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 17.4 · 1479 m off the road
- Asian Caferestaurantkm 17.4 · 1981 m off the road
- Landwash Brewerypubkm 17.4 · 832 m off the road
- Thaï Expressfast foodkm 17.4 · 1532 m off the road
- Johny & Mae'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 827 m off the road
- Booster Juicefast foodkm 17.4 · 1535 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 17.4 · 1485 m off the road
- Harvey'sfast foodkm 17.4 · 1526 m off the road
- Little Caesarsfast foodkm 18.9 · 1592 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 18.9 · 1570 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 21.7 · 1882 m off the road
- Jungle Jimsrestaurantkm 21.8 · 1802 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 21.8 · 1825 m off the road
- Keith's Dinerrestaurantkm 22.2 · 1788 m off the road
- Mary Brownsrestaurantkm 22.2 · 1718 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 42
- The Captain's Tablerestaurantkm 46.1
- Riverside Restaurant and Loungerestaurantkm 73.7
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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What has been recorded near here
Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Ferryland, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in July, August, September262 reports on record
- Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in July, August, June240 reports on record
- Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in July, June, April44 reports on record
Reports, not counts: busy harbours report more. No sighting is promised, and the list covers only the species we look up. Source: GBIF, the international record of wildlife sightings, checked 2026-10-07.
Short drives from Ferryland
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- Cape Broyle Head Pathtrail · 19.4 km point to point, one way · difficult to strenuous12 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Brigus Head Pathtrail · 6.4 km point to point, one way · moderate17 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Bear Cove Point Pathtrail · 11.9 km point to point, one way · moderate21 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Mistaken Point Interpretation Centretown59 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Trepasseytown71 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop71 km
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.
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
- none
- Longest stretch without one
- 86 km
- St. John's → Ferryland, of 86 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Ferryland
- 13.2 km
- by road, at Fermeuse
No fast charger at Ferryland. From St. John's it is 86 km there and the same back: plan on about 172 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Fermeuse, 13.2 km from Ferryland by road, off this drive's own road.
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
- 0.3 km
- a residential road (0.3 km, 0.1 km from Ferryland)
- Mapped as paved
- 27%
- 21.4 km of 86 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 73%
- 58.7 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 2026-09-13. 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. Past the last St. John's suburb, Route 10, the Irish Loop, has long unlit stretches between small communities.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
Most of this drive is Route 10, which the province calls the Irish Loop Drive, down the eastern side of the Avalon Peninsula. Check conditions before leaving the airport, especially outside summer.
511nl.ca →Puffins and seabirds at Witless BayNesting season, late spring into summer
Route 10 runs past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, which the province describes as holding North America's largest Atlantic puffin colony across four islands: Gull, Green, Great and Pee Pee. Landing takes a permit, so you see the birds from a licensed tour boat. The province's page lists which operators hold current permits.
gov.nl.ca →
The trails
- Cape Broyle Head Path19.4 km point to point, one way · difficult to strenuous · about 550 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Brigus Head Path6.4 km point to point, one way · moderate · about 311 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
- Bear Cove Point Path11.9 km point to point, one way · moderate · about 249 m of climbing · profile, 3D flyover and the drive to the trailhead →
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 St. John's, with numbers →Arriving without a car
Not renting? Here's who St. John's International Airport Authority lists at the terminal.
Rideshare: it depends who you ask.
The Airport Authority's own ground-transportation pages name City Wide Taxi as “the exclusive provider of ground transportation services for the public” and do not mention rideshare anywhere. Uber publishes pickup instructions for YYT, and the Airport's own account welcomed Uber in 2024. Both are true. The Authority's pages govern the kerb, so check them on the day.
Taxi
City Wide Taxi, which the Airport Authority names as the exclusive provider for the public. Cabs queue outside the Arrivals area and a dispatcher is there to help. The Authority publishes preset fares to named hotels and a meter-plus-surcharge rate everywhere else.
Public transit
Metrobus route 14 runs between the airport and the St. John's metro region, including Memorial University. There are two stops at the airport: one near the arrivals area, and one on World Parkway by the Holiday Inn Express. The Authority says Metrobus has committed to a wheelchair-accessible service on this route and can take large, non-folding mobility aids. Schedule and fares are Metrobus's.
Source: St. John's International Airport Authority,2026-09-15. Check there for fares and times.
The drive back
Measured the other way, Ferryland back to St. John's is the same distance: 86 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 St. John's International Airport →
Return measured 2026-09-29, the same way as the drive out. How we measure
Questions
How far is Ferryland from St. John's airport?＋
About 86 km: out of the city on Routes 40, 2 and 3, then Route 10, the Irish Loop, down the coast to Ferryland.
Should I fly into St. John's, Gander or Deer Lake for Ferryland?＋
St. John's, by a wide margin. It is 86 km from St. John's airport. From Gander it is 357 km, and from Deer Lake 660 km.
What's the draw at Ferryland?＋
The Colony of Avalon. Its own site says the colony was established in 1621 by Sir George Calvert, that the site takes in the later settlement of David Kirke, and that a visit tours the grounds, the laboratory and an active archaeological site.
Is there anything worth seeing on the drive itself?＋
In the city, yes: two zero-point markers and the Railway Coastal Museum, all in the first stretch out of the airport. Then Route 10 runs down the coast past the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, whose seabird islands you see by tour boat, not from the road. See the stops and seasons above.
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