Trail · from Gander (YQX)
Pilley's Island Lookout Trail
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- Mapped path
- 2.3 km one way
- 4.6 km there and back.
- Climbing
- 90 m
- Every up added together; the highest point is 80 m.
- To the trailhead
- 214 km
Type of trail
Out and back
Walk to the end, turn round, come back the same way.
Source: AllTrails, “out-and-back trail that covers 2.8 miles”.
easyRated on the whole walk: 4.6 km there and back, about 149 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: 214 km from the Gander (YQX) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-04.
The trail, measured
Pilley's Island Lookout Trail: the mapped path is 2.3 km with 90 m of climbing, from 21 m up to 80 m.
Every cited segment →
OpenStreetMap way/1007815904; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-04.
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Getting here
To Pilley's Island Lookout Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.
The measured drive is YDF → Long Island — 2 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. 0 of 7 have a confirmed position.
- Causeway Express & Spencer's Diner84 Main St · (709) 869-20300.9 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Greco Pizza84 Main St · (709) 652-30272 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Fudge's RestaurantMain St · (709) 263-25026.3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Nevaehs cafe dinnerHwy 380 · (709) 263-22197.3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Just Chillin Cafe / Internet Cafe / Restaurant / Greenhouse50 Main St · (709) 869-86009.8 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- Triton Ocean Products363 Main St · (709) 263-629811 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
- The Fish StoreFisherman's Wharf · (250) 383-646219 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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2.3 km out and back, 90 m of climb, 214 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 Deer Lake (YDF), with stops and moose notes →
Measured September 4, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/1007815904 — the path's mapped start.