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Cabot Tower

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To Cabot Tower from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

Cabot Tower, a stone castle-like tower with a Canadian flag, on the rocky summit of Signal Hill under a blue sky.
Cabot Tower, a stone castle-like tower with a Canadian flag, on the rocky summit of Signal Hill under a blue sky.Photo: Robthepiper · source · CC BY-SA 3.0
Sunrise and sunset at 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.

On the way to…

  1. YYT → Signal Hill →

    The end of the drive, on the summit. Parks Canada calls Signal Hill a site of military battles and technological triumphs, including where Guglielmo Marconi received the first transatlantic wireless signal. The North Head Trail starts from the summit car park.

    Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (9 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

While you're stopped here: Signal Hill Visitor Centre (0.4 km away) · The Battery (0.8 km away) · Quidi Vidi (1 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05. Listed, not recommended. How we measure

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Cabot Tower on the YYT → Signal Hill drive, 9 km from St. John's, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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