Gros Morne National Park
Gros Morne National Park is located on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland, in eastern Canada. The park is home to fjords, mountain peaks, beaches, bogs, forests, deserts, and barren cliffs.
Gros Morne is a mountain peak in the Long Range Mountain range, and is home to a popular trail overlooking the Ten Mile Pond gorge. The Western Brook Pond is a fjord formed by glaciers, and is lined with cliffs and waterfalls. The desert-like Tablelands area of the park has unusual rock formations created by the earth’s tectonic plates colliding millions of years ago.
The flora and fauna that call Gros Morne home are an exceptional mixture of temperate, boreal, and Arctic-alpine.
VISIT Gros Morne National Park:
Park Details
Gros Morne National Park was established in 1970, and has a total area of 446,080 acres (697 square miles, or 1,806 square kilometers).
| Address | Rocky Harbour, NL, A0K 4N0 |
|---|---|
| Phone | (709) 458-2417 |
| Hours | Park is open year-round, however most visitor centers are only open from May until mid-October. |
| Entrance Fee | Free to $10.50, depending on age |
| Learn More | Official Website |
When to Visit: Weather vs. Peak Visitation
We crunched 30 years of historical weather and/or park service data to find the best months to visit Gros Morne National Park. We looked for the optimal temperatures, the least amount of snow and rain, and stayed away from peak visitation months if we could help it. All this data then helped us paint a picture as to what the absolute best time to visit Gros Morne National Park is.
Our data shows the best months to visit Gros Morne National Park are June, May, July & August.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| Park Visits | data unavailable | |||||||||||
| Precipitation | 104 | 91 | 91 | 80 | 86 | 96 | 114 | 113 | 119 | 118 | 123 | 120 |
| Avg Temp | 24 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 54 | 62 | 69 | 68 | 60 | 49 | 39 | 30 |
| Max Temp | 41 | 40 | 42 | 58 | 69 | 76 | 79 | 79 | 74 | 65 | 55 | 43 |
| Avg Temp | 8 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 38 | 47 | 55 | 55 | 48 | 39 | 30 | 20 |
| Min Temp | -15 | -15 | -8 | 13 | 26 | 35 | 45 | 43 | 37 | 29 | 20 | 3 |
Gros Morne National Park Road Trips
Many family vacations consist of stringing one or more national parks together during a week-long trip. Creating these types of trips is our specialty! Here are the road trips we've created where Gros Morne National Park is visited.
| Trip Name | Trip Miles | Trip Days |
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Other Nearby National Park Sites
From national monuments, to historic sites to seashores and more, here are the other parks closest to Gros Morne National Park.
| Name | Distance |
|---|---|
| Terra Nova National Park | 304 km |
| Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve | 393 km |
| Cape Breton Highlands National Park | 395 km |
Nearest Ski Resorts
For those of you who are the diehard outdoors type, visiting a national park on a ski trip can be quite the adventure. Here are the ski resorts within 100 miles of Gros Morne National Park:
| Name | Location | Summit | Difficulty Score™ | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble Mountain | Steady Brook, NL | 1,791 ft | 54% | 82 km |
Nearest Airports
When visiting a National park, many people are faced with either a very long drive across country, or a much shorter flight.
Large Airports
A large airport has scheduled major airline service with millions of passengers per year. This type of airport always accepts international flights. Here are the closest large airports to Gros Morne National Park.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. John's International Airport | YYT | St. John's, NL | 431 km |
| Halifax / Stanfield International Airport | YHZ | Halifax, NS | 688 km |
Medium Airports
A medium-sized airport has scheduled regional airline service. This type of airport may or may not accept international flights. Here are the closest medium-sized airports to Gros Morne National Park.
| Name | Code | City | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deer Lake Airport | YDF | Deer Lake, NL | 58 km |
| Stephenville Airport | YJT | Stephenville, NL | 140 km |
| Chevery Airport | YHR | Chevery, QC | 161 km |
| Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon Airport | YBX | Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, QC | 199 km |
| St. Anthony Airport | YAY | St. Anthony, NL | 223 km |
| Gander International Airport | YQX | Gander, NL | 244 km |
| Natashquan Airport | YNA | Natashquan, QC | 295 km |
Credits: Campground data provided by USCampgrounds.info. Map shapes from CartographyVectors. Weather data from NOAA. Airport data from OurAirports.com. Images from Unsplash, Flickr and Parks&Trips. All data has also been updated and augmented by Parks&Trips.