2025 Newfoundland

[gsxr guy]

If you gonna be in nova scotia, I did highways 211 and 316 a couple summers ago, very twisty with almost no traffic (or anything else for that matter), but the pavement had lots of potholes. On cape breton island, I decided to try riding the east side of the island, there was a road called Fourchu Rd which was long with nothing on it, again lots of good twists in it.

Most of 316 is new pavement, 211 is still bumpy. 347 is new as well. The old hwy from Port Hawkesbury to st peters is new as well.

 

[Hardwrkr13]

Really depends if you're looking for fun twisty roads or good scenery. PEI and NFLD are all about scenery/people/experiences.

 

[Mad Mike]

Is this a decent scenic road though? It was on my radar a few weeks ago when my riding buddies and I were looking at replotting our annual 1 week trip, since going back to WV is now in the trash can. That said, I dropped the Google Streetview pin in a few random places (and I just did it again) and although there was a few scenic locations, nothing blew my away, and a lot of it just looks like random small towns and country roads.

It’s a picturesque ride thru to Labrador city, then mostly flat tundra through Labrador,similar to the JBR, but more tundra.

To me that landscape is awesome when you first see it, but a bit like driving the prairies after a few hours.

Similar to the JBR, except you would be hard pressed to do it in a week - 6000 to 7000 km and a day on a ferry.

 

[Morrissey]

Anyone here ever ridden to Newfoundland?

I've never been before and this seems like a great way to spend 3 weeks in Aug/Sept instead of riding in the US. Asides from visiting Gros Morne and camping there, I know absolutely nothing about the Rock.

Not sure if I'll do this trip clockwise or counterclockwise, but I would definitely plan take each ferry (St Barbe and Port Aux Basques). So on one part of the trip I would be riding through Labrador city and the other part will ride around Cape Breton and Gaspe, even though I've been to both before. l may also plan to pop into PEI for a day or two, but could skip it if time was tight.

Any suggestions for must ride roads or super scenic things to check out on the Rock?
Amazing campground or motels you know of?

Thanks!

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I rode Newfoundland back in the late 90s. The pavement is rough and will wear your tires. A friend rode Labrador with the intent of taking the Ferry to NFLD like you're planning. He was on a Yamaha Venture. It was mostly gravel and very rainy and he ended up crashing. The bike went home on a trailer as he was pretty banged up. Plan accordingly.