Terra Nova National Park
48.5229° N, 53.9054° W
Terra Nova National Park, Newfoundland and Labrador. 48.5229° N, 53.9054° W
National park, 400 km². Scale bar on the map.
borealbound.ca/parks/nl/terra-nova-national-park/, compiled October 9, 2026
- Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- HydroLAKES v1.0, Messager et al. 2016 / WWF HydroSHEDS. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Canadian Geographical Names Database, Natural Resources Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- Census boundaries and population, 2021, Statistics Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada.
- Parks Canada accommodation, Parks Canada Agency. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
- City page weather forecasts and alerts, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains data from Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC Data Servers End-use Licence).
- Photographs, Wikimedia Commons contributors. Each photo carries its own licence (CC0, public domain, CC BY or CC BY-SA), credited where shown.
Terra Nova National Park is a 400 km² national park 1.8 km southeast of Traytown, in Newfoundland and Labrador. It was established in 1957.
37 named lakes lie in or along the park; the largest is Pitts Pond (12.5 km²).
- Area
- 400 km²
- Established
- 1957
- Named lakes
- 37
- Campsites
- 3883 campgrounds
Conditions today
11.2 °C
Observed at Terra Nova (National Park), as of 1:30 a.m. NDT
Tonight: Partly cloudy. Becoming cloudy before morning with 40 percent chance of showers. Wind south 30 km/h gusting to 50 except gusting to 70 along parts of the coast overnight. Low 11.
Weather: Terra Nova (National Park) (local forecast), as of 1:31 a.m. NDT
Sun and moon
- Civil dawn
- 6:45 a.m.
- Sunrise
- 7:16 a.m.
- Sunset
- 6:28 p.m.
- Civil dusk
- 6:59 p.m.
- Moonrise
- 6:02 a.m.
- Moonset
- 5:45 p.m.
- Moon
- Waning crescent, 1% lit
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In the park
The 12 largest of 37 named lakes, ranked by area.
| Rank | Feature | Area |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pitts Pond | 12.5 km² |
| 2 | Dunphy's Pond | 7.09 km² |
| 3 | Big Pond | 1.73 km² |
| 4 | Bread Cove Pond | 1.25 km² |
| 5 | Bluehill Pond | 1.23 km² |
| 6 | Wings Pond | 1.15 km² |
| 7 | Broad Cove Pond | 0.99 km² |
| 8 | Long Waters | 0.47 km² |
| 9 | Mile Pond | 0.4 km² |
| 10 | Spruce Pond | 0.37 km² |
| 11 | Juiceys Pond North | 0.31 km² |
| 12 | Rattle Pond | 0.3 km² |
Beaches
Rivers
Official names from the Canadian Geographical Names Database; each name opens its location on OpenStreetMap.
Campgrounds
3 campgrounds have 388 campsites.
| Campground | Type | Sites |
|---|---|---|
| Newman Sound | Frontcountry camping | 285 |
| Malady Head | Frontcountry camping | 102 |
| Malady Head GC | Group camping | 1 |
Things to do
Camping
- Backcountry camping
- Frontcountry camping
- Group camping
- Oasis
- oTENTik
Official record
- Designation
- National park
- IUCN category
- II, National parkInternational IUCN class, not a legal designation
- Managed by
- Parks Canada Agency
Photos
Names
- Parc national du Canada Terra-NovaFrench form
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