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Elliston Puffin Viewing Point

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To Elliston Puffin Viewing Point from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

Green clifftop headlands and inlets along the coast at Elliston, with a footpath leading toward the puffin viewing point and white houses on the far ridge.
Green clifftop headlands and inlets along the coast at Elliston, with a footpath leading toward the puffin viewing point and white houses on the far ridge.Photo: Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada · source · CC BY 2.0
Sunrise and sunset at Elliston Puffin Viewing Point, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January7:49 am4:32 pm
February7:10 am5:21 pm
March7:16 am7:06 pm
April6:12 am7:51 pm
May5:21 am8:34 pm
June4:58 am9:05 pm
July5:15 am9:00 pm
August5:54 am8:18 pm
September6:37 am7:16 pm
October7:21 am6:14 pm
November7:10 am4:23 pm
December7:47 am4:06 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. YQX → Cape Bonavista →

    The viewpoint facing the Elliston puffin colony, close enough to watch from land in season. The birds keep their own calendar. The spur adds some driving.

    Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (248 km start to finish).

  2. Argentia → Cape Bonavista →

    Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (264 km start to finish).

  3. Discovery Trail →

    The province's tourism site calls this the closest view of puffins from land anywhere: the birds often land on the cliffs a few feet away. In season only.

    Stopping here adds about 3.5 km to that drive (305 km start to finish).

  4. YYT → Cape Bonavista →

    Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (309 km start to finish).

  5. YDF → Cape Bonavista →

    Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (551 km start to finish).

  6. Port aux Basques → Cape Bonavista →

    Stopping here adds about 9.1 km to that drive (818 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

Mapped as viewpoint in OpenStreetMap.

While you're stopped here: John C. Crosbie Sealers Interpretation Centre (1.7 km away) · The root cellars at Elliston (1.8 km away) · Dungeon Provincial Park (6.4 km away)

From OpenStreetMap, 2026-09-05 (last edited 2024-08-27). Listed, not recommended. How we measure

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Elliston Puffin Viewing Point on the YQX → Cape Bonavista drive, 248 km from Gander, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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