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Great Dansik Cove Trail

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Mapped path
4.1 km one way
AllTrails gives 8.7 km there and back; the mapped path measures 8.2 km there and back.
Climbing
34 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 146 m.
To the trailhead
392 km

Type of trail

Out and back

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

Source: AllTrails, “5.4-mile out-and-back trail”.

moderateRated on the whole walk: 8.2 km there and back, about 140 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: 391.5 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: 4.1 km, 34 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 40 m up to red at 146 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

The trail, measured

Great Dansik Cove Trail: the mapped path is 4.1 km with 34 m of climbing, from 40 m up to 146 m.

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to ~8% grade8–15%steeperheight exaggerated ~5×

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/1007683059; 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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Getting here

To Great Dansik Cove Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

The measured drive is YQX → Fortune — 4 stops on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

What has been recorded near here

Wildlife people have reported within 10 km of Great Dansik Cove Trail trailhead, and the months they saw it. Tap a name for everywhere else on our drives it turns up.

  • Northern gannetseabirdMorus bassanusReports cluster in June, July, August35 reports on record
  • Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in June, July, August29 reports on record

Reports, not counts: busy harbours report more. No sighting is promised, and the list covers only the species we look up. Source: GBIF, the international record of wildlife sightings, checked 2026-10-07.

Eating, when you come off

Places to eat within 25 km by road of the trailhead, nearest first. 0 of 10 have a confirmed position.

  • Kelli’s Restaurant-Café10 Bayview St · (709) 832-350113 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Mary Brown's Chicken & Taters25 Bayview St · (709) 832-012013 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Danny's Shed5 Evergreen Avenue14 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Dipped Cafe82 Main St · (709) 353-212019 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • The Habitat33 Hawkins St20 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Greco Pizza2627 Water St W · (709) 873-283020 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Copper Kettle Café and Pub1 Church St · +1832427820 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
  • Sharon's Nook12 Water St · (709) 832-061820 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 Great Dansik Cove Trail: 392 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

4.1 km out and back, 34 m of climb, 392 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/1007683059 — the path's mapped start.

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