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Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre, Portugal Cove South
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To Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre, Portugal Cove South from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
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Sunrise and sunset at Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre, Portugal Cove South, by month
| Month (the 15th) | Sunrise | Sunset |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7:43 am | 4:40 pm |
| February | 7:07 am | 5:26 pm |
| March | 7:17 am | 7:07 pm |
| April | 6:16 am | 7:49 pm |
| May | 5:28 am | 8:29 pm |
| June | 5:08 am | 8:58 pm |
| July | 5:23 am | 8:54 pm |
| August | 6:00 am | 8:15 pm |
| September | 6:39 am | 7:16 pm |
| October | 7:19 am | 6:17 pm |
| November | 7:05 am | 4:30 pm |
| December | 7:40 am | 4:15 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…
The building this drive ends at. OpenStreetMap tags it as a tourism information office. The province calls it the Mistaken Point Interpretation Centre, beside Route 10 in Portugal Cove South, and says the official guided tours leave from here. Bookings are at mistakenpoint.ca.
Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (144 km start to finish).
Where the official guided tours to Mistaken Point depart, beside Route 10 in Portugal Cove South. The not-for-profit Mistaken Point Cape Race Heritage Inc. owns and runs it, and provincial Natural Areas staff work from it too. The reserve protects fossils of the Ediacara biota, in the province's words the oldest large, complex life-forms found anywhere on Earth, from 580 to 541 million years ago. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2016. Viewing the fossils is by guided tour or permit only.
The visitor centre for the Mistaken Point UNESCO World Heritage Site, whose 575-million-year-old fossils are the oldest known of complex multicellular life. The province's tourism site says guided hikes to the fossils go from here if you book ahead.
Stopping here adds about 0 km to that drive (266 km start to finish).
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While you're stopped here: Cape Race Lighthouse (15.3 km away)
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