St. John's International Airport (YYT) → Harbour Grace
St. John's Airport (YYT) to Harbour Grace
The drive from every airport and ferry ↓
- Distance
- 107.5 km
- Drive time
- In your maps app ↗
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Faded lines are other drives from St. John's International into this area: Brigus (75 km), Clarke's Beach (88 km), Heart's Content (132 km), Portugal Cove ferry terminal (11 km), Downtown St. John's (7.7 km), Signal Hill (Cabot Tower) (9 km), Salmonier Nature Park (68 km), Cape Spear (24 km). Each splits off where its line leaves this one.
Stop 1: Spirit of Harbour Grace
A 1943 Douglas DC-3 that served in North Africa in the war and later flew freight between Stephenville and Goose Bay until 1988; Air Labrador's owner donated it to the town in 1993 as the Spirit of Harbour Grace, for the town's part in early transatlantic flight (explorenewfoundlandandlabrador.com). The tourism board lists the town's old airfield, a separate site in Harbour Grace, and says locals built that strip in 1927, that it hosted transatlantic flight attempts through the interwar period, and that Amelia Earhart left it on her successful solo flight in 1932.
Stopping here adds 0.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Spirit of Harbour Grace ↑Other map apps
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Launched in 1913, the SS Kyle was the fastest ship in the Reid Newfoundland Company's Alphabet Fleet, and the tourism board calls her the first regularly scheduled ferry between Newfoundland and coastal Labrador. She ran aground at Riverhead, Harbour Grace, in February 1967 and has stayed there since. The map records her hull as visible at both high and low tide.
Stopping here adds 1.2 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: SS Kyle ↑Other map apps
Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeStop 3: Gordon G. Pike Railway Heritage Museum
Built in 1884, this was the Harbour Grace Railway Station, terminus of the first railroad constructed in Newfoundland. The tourism board's listing calls it the oldest railway station built outside St. John's and the oldest still standing in the province, and says the building has been restored in vintage colours. OpenStreetMap records it as a museum today.
Stopping here adds 0.9 km to the drive.
Directions →Show on map: Gordon G. Pike Railway Heritage Museum ↑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 40 →Whole road: 6 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 5.7 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 28% 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 75 →Whole road: 2 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 19 km. Unpaved mapped: none; 85% has no surface tag, so unknown.
- Route 70 →Whole road: 13 fuel stations mapped, longest gap 48 km. Unpaved mapped: 0.3 km; 100% has no surface tag, so unknown.
Drive measured Sep 5, 2026, St. John's International Airport (YYT) to Harbour Grace. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Add to a trip →Staying here? Days out ↓Keep for offline ↓Download GPX (offline, Garmin)Airport info: St. John's International Airport →
107.5 km. St. John’s airport on Route 40 and the Trans-Canada, then Routes 75 and 70 around the head of Conception Bay into town.
Why people come. History, all close together near the waterfront: an aircraft on display where the old airfield launched early transatlantic flights, by the tourism board’s account; a steamship aground in the harbour since 1967; and a railway museum in what the tourism board calls the oldest station still standing in the province.
When you get to Harbour Grace
- Staying in Harbour Grace? → — the start page: short drives from town, food, and a planner that starts here.
- Where to eat near Harbour Grace → — 34 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
- Danny Cleary Harbour Grace Community Centre → · S. W. Moores Memorial Stadium → — the venues here, with what you can reach and be back from between games.
Sunrise and sunset at Harbour Grace, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:46 am | 4:36 pm |
| February | 7:09 am | 5:24 pm |
| March | 7:17 am | 7:07 pm |
| April | 6:14 am | 7:51 pm |
| May | 5:25 am | 8:32 pm |
| June | 5:03 am | 9:02 pm |
| July | 5:19 am | 8:57 pm |
| August | 5:57 am | 8:17 pm |
| September | 6:39 am | 7:16 pm |
| October | 7:20 am | 6:16 pm |
| November | 7:08 am | 4:27 pm |
| December | 7:44 am | 4:11 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
57 near the start: where to eat in St. John's →
68 places to eat within 2 km of this drive, in the order you pass them.
The longest stretch with nothing mapped on it is 70.1 km — after Costco Food Court, until Silver Wood Inn.
All 68, in the order you pass them — open the list
- Breezewaypubkm 5 · 1246 m off the road
- Jumping Beancafékm 5 · 1435 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5 · 1275 m off the road
- Booster Juicefast foodkm 5 · 1282 m off the road
- Manchu Wokfast foodkm 5 · 1290 m off the road
- Pizza Delightrestaurantkm 5 · 1304 m off the road
- Just Friesfast foodkm 5 · 1309 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 5.1 · 1539 m off the road
- The Pantry (Autism Society Foundation Room)restaurantkm 5.2 · 764 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 5.3 · 1855 m off the road
- The Guv'nor Pubpubkm 5.3 · 1851 m off the road
- Domino'sfast foodkm 5.4 · 1922 m off the road
- The Bigs Ultimate Sports Grillrestaurantkm 5.5 · 1892 m off the road
- Old Town Pizzafast foodkm 5.6 · 1911 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 5.6 · 1920 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 6.1 · 1819 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 6.1 · 1784 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 6.1 · 1803 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 6.1 · 1831 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 6.1 · 1797 m off the road
- Mr. Souvlakifast foodkm 6.1 · 1790 m off the road
- Peters Pizzarestaurantkm 6.1 · 1740 m off the road
- Burger Kingfast foodkm 6.1 · 1998 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 6.9 · 1231 m off the road
- Red Pepper Restaurantrestaurantkm 6.9 · 1894 m off the road
- Cora'srestaurantkm 6.9 · 1961 m off the road
- Scamper's Snack Barrestaurantkm 6.9 · 1806 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 6.9 · 1236 m off the road
- Montana'srestaurantkm 6.9 · 1975 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 8.2 · 1855 m off the road
- Dairy Queenfast foodkm 14.7 · 254 m off the road
- Kozy Kitchenrestaurantkm 14.7
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 14.7 · 206 m off the road
- Mr. G's Loungepubkm 14.7 · 338 m off the road
- Ocean Sushirestaurantkm 14.7 · 331 m off the road
- Peter's Pizzafast foodkm 14.7 · 345 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 14.7 · 285 m off the road
- Tiny's Bar and Grillrestaurantkm 14.7 · 329 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 14.8 · 536 m off the road
- Ye's Wokrestaurantkm 14.9 · 654 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 14.9 · 727 m off the road
- Coffee Matters Paradisecafékm 15 · 726 m off the road
- Domino'sfast foodkm 15.2 · 1097 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 15.2 · 1173 m off the road
- Cojonesrestaurantkm 15.2 · 1069 m off the road
- Pizza Housefast foodkm 15.3 · 1855 m off the road
- Subwayfast foodkm 15.3 · 535 m off the road
- Robin's Donutsfast foodkm 15.7 · 450 m off the road
- Donovan's Irvingrestaurantkm 15.9 · 622 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 16.5 · 1700 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 16.5 · 1700 m off the road
- Canteenrestaurantkm 16.9 · 1756 m off the road
- Starbuckscafékm 17.1 · 1642 m off the road
- Pizza Hutrestaurantkm 17.1 · 1773 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 17.1 · 1941 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 17.1 · 1885 m off the road
- Costco Food Courtfast foodkm 17.2 · 1456 m off the road
- Silver Wood Innrestaurantkm 87.3 · 1547 m off the road
- Mary Brown'sfast foodkm 89.2 · 1627 m off the road
- Greco Pizzafast foodkm 89.2 · 1545 m off the road
- Country Delightrestaurantkm 89.2 · 1552 m off the road
- Greco Pizza / Sergio's Ice Creamfast foodkm 89.2 · 1535 m off the road
- Country Delightrestaurantkm 89.2 · 1552 m off the road
- McDonald'sfast foodkm 89.4 · 1881 m off the road
- Tim Hortonscafékm 89.4 · 1680 m off the road
- Jungle Jim's Eateryrestaurantkm 89.4 · 1898 m off the road
- A&Wfast foodkm 89.4 · 1891 m off the road
- KFCfast foodkm 89.4 · 1907 m off the road
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 Harbour Grace, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.
- Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in May, August, July42 reports on record
- Humpback whalewhaleMegaptera novaeangliaeReports cluster in June, July27 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 Harbour Grace
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- Danny Cleary Lookoutstop6.3 km
A viewpoint OpenStreetMap records on the way into town.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Railway Station Museumstop6.6 km
Carbonear's station was built in 1917-18 by the Reid Newfoundland Company, replacing an earlier station destroyed by fire, and stayed the northern terminus of the Brigus Junction to Carbonear branch line until passenger trains ceased in 1984.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Clarke's Beachtown25 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Heart's Contenttown27 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Heart's Content Cable Stationstop28 km
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.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Cupids Legacy Centrestop30 km
A museum at Cupids.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Heart's Content Lighthouselighthouse30 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Brigustown31 kmDirections →
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More, up to 89 km (9)
- Shag Rock lookoutstop42 km
A viewpoint OpenStreetMap records beside Route 80, close enough to the driven line that stopping costs nothing.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Salmonier Nature Parkstop63 km
Run by the province's wildlife division on the Salmonier Line.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop70 km
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Fitzgerald's Pond Provincial Parkstop72 km
A Provincial Park Reserve, not a provincial park with a campground.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Manuel's River Interpretation Centerstop81 km
A fossil bed and walking trail on Manuels River, with guided walks back to when trilobites ruled the seas.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Bay Bulls harbourstop86 km
On screen: where Wade and Jerry head out at night from the marine base to harvest an iceberg.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Mickeleens Pathtrail · 7.2 km point to point, one way · moderate87 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Witless Baytown87 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Spout Pathtrail · 16.2 km point to point, one way · strenuous89 kmDirections →
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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
- Paradise km 16, St. John’s km 17
- Longest stretch without one
- 90 km
- St. John’s → Harbour Grace, of 107 km driven
- Nearest fast charger to Harbour Grace
- 5.1 km
- by road, at Carbonear
No fast charger at Harbour Grace. From St. John’s it is 90 km there and the same back: plan on about 180 km on one charge, more in cold weather or with the heat on. Or charge at Carbonear, 5.1 km from Harbour Grace by road, off this drive's own road.
Coming in 2026 (NL Hydro, 2026-10-22): St. John’s (km 17). 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
- 0.1 km
- Doctors Lane (0.05 km, 0 km from Harbour Grace)
- Mapped as paved
- 38%
- 37.5 km of 107.5 km driven
- No surface tag on the map
- 62%
- 62 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 twice as high between dusk and dawn as in daytime, and that most highways on the island run through good moose habitat. The drive is short, but stay alert on Route 70 into Harbour Grace after dark.
gov.nl.ca →Road conditionsYear round, matters most November–April
A short drive is not always a clear one. The province's road report shows the Trans-Canada and Route 70 today. Check it before you leave the airport.
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 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
Harbour Grace back to St. John's measures 109 km — 1.3 km longer than the drive out.
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 the drive from St. John's airport to Harbour Grace?＋
About 107.5 km, out on Route 40, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 75 and 70 around the head of Conception Bay.
Should I fly into St. John's, Gander or Deer Lake for Harbour Grace?＋
St. John's. The drive from St. John's airport is 107.5 km; from Gander it's 298 km, and from Deer Lake 601 km. Fly into Gander or Deer Lake only if Harbour Grace is one stop on a longer cross-island trip.
Is there much to see in Harbour Grace itself?＋
Three stops sit close together near the waterfront: a historic aircraft, in a town whose old airfield launched early transatlantic flights; the SS Kyle, aground in the harbour since 1967; and a railway museum in what the tourism board calls the oldest station still standing in the province. None is a real detour off the main road.
Is this a difficult drive?＋
No. It's one of the shorter drives on this site, on numbered highways the whole way: Route 40 out of the airport, the Trans-Canada, then Routes 75 and 70. Read the moose note and check the road-conditions link, especially if you're arriving late or in winter.
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