Worth stopping for

Cape Ray lighthouse

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To Cape Ray lighthouse from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

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Sunrise and sunset at Cape Ray lighthouse, by month

Worked out for the 15th of each month at this spot, in local time. The weather line at the top has today's.

Codroy Valley Wetlands →
The province's tourism site suggests the Cape Ray Lightkeepers House, on the lighthouse's history, before heading to the wetlands. It is south of the start, off the Trans-Canada.
Stopping here adds about 43 km to that drive (42 km start to finish).
Port aux Basques → Corner Brook →
The light on the island's southwest corner, where the Cabot Strait begins. It is mapped at the end of Cape Ray Road with a Maritime Link information board alongside, and J.T. Cheeseman's beach between it and town. The Table Mountains stand behind; the ferry you came on passes in front.
Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (222 km start to finish).
YDF → Port aux Basques →
Stopping here adds about 19 km to that drive (271 km start to finish).
Port aux Basques → Gros Morne →
Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (337 km start to finish).

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Mapped as lighthouse in OpenStreetMap.

While you're stopped here: J.T. Cheeseman Provincial Park (3.9 km away) · Wreckhouse (9.9 km away) · Starlite Trail trailhead (18.7 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2019-10-15). Listed, not recommended. How we measure

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