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L'Anse aux Meadows Visitor Centre

Getting here

To L'Anse aux Meadows Visitor Centre from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

The view from the ridge at L'Anse aux Meadows over green meadows, a curving bay and a flat-topped island offshore.
The view from the ridge at L'Anse aux Meadows over green meadows, a curving bay and a flat-topped island offshore.Photo: Gordon Leggett · source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sunrise and sunset at L'Anse aux Meadows Visitor Centre, by month
Month (the 15th)SunriseSunset
January8:11 am4:30 pm
February7:27 am5:25 pm
March7:27 am7:15 pm
April6:17 am8:07 pm
May5:20 am8:56 pm
June4:53 am9:30 pm
July5:11 am9:24 pm
August5:56 am8:36 pm
September6:45 am7:28 pm
October7:35 am6:20 pm
November7:30 am4:23 pm
December8:11 am4:03 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. Viking Trail →

    The way in to L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site on Route 436, the second UNESCO site on the drive. Greenlanders and Icelanders founded a settlement here 1,000 years ago, per the province's tourism site. Costumed interpreters work the site.

    Stopping here adds about 2.9 km to that drive (476 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

While you're stopped here: Norstead (1.1 km away) · Pistolet Bay Provincial Park (11.6 km away) · Grenfell Interpretation Centre (25.7 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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L'Anse aux Meadows Visitor Centre on the Viking Trail drive, 476 km end to end.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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