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Wild Cove Path (Fogo)

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Mapped path
3.2 km one way
6.4 km there and back, unless you have arranged a lift at the far end.
Climbing
36 m
Every up added together; the highest point is 46 m.
To the trailhead
117 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 3.1 km apart.

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moderateRated on the whole walk: 6.4 km there and back, about 66 m of climbing. How

Access: the rating measures effort only. The map records the surface as dirt 3.2 km. Step-free access isn't recorded; ask the park before you go.

Drive: 117.2 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 itself: 3.2 km, 36 m of climb — the line is coloured by elevation, green at 1 m up to red at 46 m.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

The trail, measured

Wild Cove Path (Fogo): the mapped path is 3.2 km with 36 m of climbing, from 1 m up to 46 m.

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

Every cited segment →OpenStreetMap way/1013217204; 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

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Getting here

To Wild Cove Path (Fogo) trailhead from every airport and ferry, measured by road.

The measured drive is YQX → Fogo Island — 1 stop on it, with the road numbers, the surface and where to eat along it.

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Getting to the trailhead — Gander (YQX) to the start of the Wild Cove Path (Fogo): 117 km by road.Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Tiles by OpenFreeMap. Route line computed with OSRM.

3.2 km of mapped path, 36 m of climb, 117 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 4, 2026. Trailhead: OpenStreetMap way/1013217204 — the path's mapped start.

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