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Colonial Building

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The Colonial Building's grey stone front with six columns and a pediment, seen up a paved walk in St. John's.
The Colonial Building's grey stone front with six columns and a pediment, seen up a paved walk in St. John's.Photo: Shhewitt · source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sunrise and sunset at Colonial Building, 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 am4:10 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 → downtown St. John's →

    On Military Road as the drive comes down into town. The province's historic sites agency says it housed the Newfoundland and Labrador Legislative Assembly from 1850 until 1959, and calls it a gem of neoclassical architecture. It has a visitor season; the province's dates are linked below.

    Stopping here adds about 0.4 km to that drive (7.7 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

While you're stopped here: Cathedral Basilica of Saint John the Baptist (0.5 km away) · The Rooms (0.7 km away) · Trans-Canada Highway Zero Km (1.1 km away)

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

Access: step-free or not isn't recorded. Ask before you go.

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Colonial Building on the YYT → downtown St. John's drive, 7.7 km from St. John's, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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