Trail · from Gander (YQX)
Lighthouse Coastal Trail
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- Mapped path
- 1.6 km one way
- 3.2 km there and back, unless you have arranged a lift at the far end.
- Climbing
- 19 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 27 m.
- To the trailhead
- 384 km
Type of trail
Not confirmed
No park, town or trail guide we could find says whether this is a loop, an out and back or a point to point, so we don't guess. On the map its two ends are 1.48 km apart.
Walked it? Tell us which.
easyRated on the whole walk: 3.2 km there and back, about 28 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: 384.4 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, measured
Lighthouse Coastal Trail: the mapped path is 1.6 km with 19 m of climbing, from 13 m up to 27 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/1006514419; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-05.
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Only useful with a hiking app or a GPS watch. Just heading to the start? Use the directions above.
Save the track for a hiking or watch app (GPX)- Garmin: import it as a Course in Garmin Connect, then send it to your watch.
- 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.
No recorded track yet.Walked it? Send yours →
Getting here
To Lighthouse Coastal 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 Lighthouse Coastal 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 August, June, July53 reports on record
- Atlantic puffinseabirdFratercula arcticaReports cluster in June, July, August26 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) 832-35016.1 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Mary Brown's Chicken & Taters25 Bayview St · (709) 832-01206.3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Danny's Shed5 Evergreen Avenue7 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Dipped Cafe82 Main St · (709) 353-212012 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- The Habitat33 Hawkins St13 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Greco Pizza2627 Water St W · (709) 873-283013 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Copper Kettle Café and Pub1 Church St · +1832427813 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Sharon's Nook12 Water St · (709) 832-061813 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
No opening hours: the map data for these places has none. Phone ahead. Built 2026-10-11.
No photo yet. Walked it? Send yours.
1.6 km of mapped path, 19 m of climb, 384 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/1006514419 — the path's mapped start.