Trail · from Deer Lake (YDF)

Trout River Pond Trail

Trout River Pond from its stony shore, with steep mountains across the water.Photo: Ludger Heide · source · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mapped path: 7 km one way; 14 km there and back.
Climbing: 162 m; Every up added together; the highest point is 109 m.
To the trailhead: 86 km

Type of trail

Out and back

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

Source: Parks Canada, “14 km return”.

challengingRated on the whole walk: 14 km there and back, about 249 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. Easier access in Gros Morne, from Parks Canada →

Drive: 85.7 km from the Deer Lake (YDF) terminal to the trailhead — not the town. OSRM driving profile, terminal to the trailhead, checked 2026-09-04.

The trail itself: 7 km, 162 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 7 m up to red at 111 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

The trail, measured

Trout River Pond Trail: the mapped path is 7 km with 162 m of climbing, from 7 m up to 111 m.

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

Every cited segment →

OpenStreetMap way/40513104 + way/137365687 + way/137365688 + way/137365689 + way/137365690 + way/137365691 + way/137365692 + way/137365693 + way/137365694 + way/137366099 + way/137366100 + way/137366101 + way/137366102; elevation from AWS Open Data Terrarium tiles (z14), sampled ~30 m, ascent over a 3 m noise threshold; measured 2026-09-04.

A line that ends at a different height from where it starts is a loop, not an out and back.

terrain from open elevation data — the same source as the profile above

Today's trail conditions and seasonal closures are Parks Canada's — check before you climb →Park bulletins →

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Take it on your phone or watch

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.

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Getting here

To Trout River Pond Trail trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

Gander 389 km Deer Lake 86 km St. John's 721 km Port aux Basques 350 km Argentia 676 km

The measured drive is YDF → Woody Point — 2 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 Trout River Pond 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 July, August, September56 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. 1 of 9 has a confirmed position.

The Outback Restaurant + Pub31 Main St · (709) 931-28400.5 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Blue Whale Convenience & Diner93 Main St1.3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Knead Pizza?101 Main St · (709) 451-21011.3 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Riverside Takeout Trout RiverMain Steet · (709) 451-32072.6 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
Seaside Restaurant263 Main St · (709) 451-34612.8 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
The Shed20 Cox's Ln · (709) 453-722419 kmunconfirmed — go by the address
The Old Loft Restaurant8 Water St · (709) 453-229420 kmDirections →
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Galliott Studios and Cafe8 Water St · (709) 638-240920 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 — Deer Lake (YDF) to the start of the Trout River Pond Trail: 86 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

7.0 km out and back, 162 m of climb, 86 km by road from Deer Lake 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/40513104 — the path's mapped start.

Hear when iceberg season looks worth the trip