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Staying in Witless Bay
Everything this site has measured for someone sleeping in Witless Bay: how you get here, what is a short drive away, and where to eat.
Getting here
To Witless Bay from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
Where is Witless Bay?
Short drives from Witless Bay
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · WazeOr any of these: nearest first, measured by road from Witless Bay.
- Beaches Pathtrail · 7.1 km point to point, one way · easy2.1 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Mickeleens Pathtrail · 7.2 km point to point, one way · moderate3.7 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze OpenStreetMap records a viewpoint here, unnamed, just off the Southern Shore Highway south of Witless Bay.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Bay Bulls harbourstop6.3 km
On screen: where Wade and Jerry head out at night from the marine base to harvest an iceberg.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Tinkers Point Pathtrail · 5 km point to point, one way · easy7.5 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Spout Pathtrail · 16.2 km point to point, one way · strenuous8.6 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Flamber Head Pathtrail · 11.5 km point to point, one way · moderate to difficult22 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Brigus Head Pathtrail · 6.4 km point to point, one way · moderate30 kmDirections →
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More, up to 52 km (10)
- Cape Broyle Head Pathtrail · 19.4 km point to point, one way · difficult to strenuous30 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Butter Pot Provincial Parkstop31 km
The drive runs along this park's boundary, but the park reaches well inland.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Colony of Avalon, Ferrylandstop40 km
A 17th-century archaeological site at Ferryland, a National Historic Site since 1953 as the site of the house of Sir George Calvert, later Lord Baltimore, who founded the plantation here in 1621.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Ferrylandtown41 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Manuel's River Interpretation Centerstop41 km
A fossil bed and walking trail on Manuels River, with guided walks back to when trilobites ruled the seas.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Cape Speartown42 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze On screen: the marine research lab where Calvin tries to sell the iceberg fragment he caught, in the first episode.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze- Salmonier Nature Parkstop48 km
Run by the province's wildlife division on the Salmonier Line.
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Portugal Cove ferry terminaltown52 kmDirections →
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Apple · Google · Organic Maps · OsmAnd (both work offline, no tracking) · Waze - Father Troy's Pathtrail · 8.9 km point to point, one way · easy52 kmDirections →
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Distances by road, measured on OpenStreetMap October 16, 2026, from where this route ends. Your maps app gives the time on the day. How we measure
Plan days from here
The planner lays out days with Witless Bay as your base, arriving and leaving through St. John's.
Plan days from Witless Bay →Guides with places near Witless Bay
- Harbours 2 places nearby
- Provincial parks 2 places nearby
- Renting a car 1 place nearby
When you get to Witless Bay
- Where to eat near Witless Bay → — 11 places the open map records, alphabetically, with addresses and phone numbers.
Stock up near Witless Bay
Foodland BayBulls Supermarket
Southern Shore Highway
Grocery shops within 6 km on OpenStreetMap, A to Z, checked 2026-10-21. No opening hours. Add or fix a shop
This site does not name places to sleep. The town is Witless Bay as OpenStreetMap places it (node/470735059). Other towns: every town start page →