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The Battery

Getting here

To The Battery from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

An aerial view of The Battery's houses and winding lane clinging to the cliffs above the Narrows in St. John's.
An aerial view of The Battery's houses and winding lane clinging to the cliffs above the Narrows in St. John's.Photo: Erikallen920 · source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sunrise and sunset at The Battery, 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 am4:09 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 → Signal Hill →

    On the harbour side of Signal Hill Road. Parks Canada puts one end of the North Head Trail at the end of Outer Battery Road. It rates the trail difficult, 1.7 km one way along the Narrows, with narrow sections beside steep drops.

    Stopping here adds about 1 km to that drive (9 km start to finish).

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What the map knows

While you're stopped here: Signal Hill Visitor Centre (0.4 km away) · Cabot Tower (0.8 km away) · Quidi Vidi (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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The Battery on the YYT → Signal Hill drive, 9 km from St. John's, start to finish.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.
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