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Dead Man's Cove Trail

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Mapped path
3.1 km one way
AllTrails gives 6.8 km there and back; the mapped path measures 6.2 km there and back.
Climbing
57 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 37 m.
To the trailhead
282 km

Type of trail

Out and back

Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.

Source: AllTrails, “6.8-km out-and-back trail”.

moderateRated on the whole walk: 6.2 km there and back, about 94 m of climbing. How

Access: the rating measures effort only. Surface isn't recorded for most of it. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go.

Drive: 282 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-05.

The trail itself: 3.1 km, 57 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 0 m up to red at 37 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

The trail, measured

Dead Man's Cove Trail: the mapped path is 3.1 km with 57 m of climbing, from 0 m up to 37 m.

01000 km123
to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~7×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/1006502320 + way/1006502321 + way/1454827816 + way/1454827817 + way/1454827818 + way/1454827819; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-05.
A line that ends at a different height from where it starts is a loop, not an out and back.

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Save the track for a hiking or watch app (GPX)
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  • Apple Watch: open it in a route app that runs on the watch, such as WorkOutDoors or Footpath.
  • Suunto, COROS, Polar: import it as a route in the watch's app, then sync.
  • Phone, offline: open it in Organic Maps or OsmAnd and download the map area before you lose signal.

Just a file: no account, nothing tracked.

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Getting here

To Dead Man's Cove Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

The measured drive is YQX → Harbour Breton — 3 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

Eating, when you come off

Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 1 of 8 has a confirmed position.

  • Robin's Donuts96 Canada Drive · (709) 885-20161.5 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Ernie's Snack Bar and Takeout110 Canada Dr · (709) 885-24061.8 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Greco Pizza Xpress98 Canada Drive #96 · (709) 885-22831.8 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Mary Brown's30 Canada Drive, Harbour Breton, NL A0H 1P0, Canada2.2 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Funship Internet Cafe37 Elliott Dr3.2 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Greco Pizza101a Main Rd · (709) 885-25033.2 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Dockside Cafe and EateryElliott Drive · (709) 885-21113.5 kmDirections →
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  • Robin's Donuts120-122 Canada Drive3.6 kmunconfirmed — go by the address

No opening hours: the map data for these places has none. Phone ahead. Built 2026-10-11.

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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Dead Man's Cove Trail: 282 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

3.1 km out and back, 57 m of climb, 282 km by road from Gander airport. Conditions on the day are local knowledge we don’t have: walk it and tell us. How we measure

The full drive from Gander (YQX), with stops and moose notes →

Measured September 5, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/1006502320 — the path's mapped start.

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