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Virginia Park

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Worth seeing in and around Virginia Park

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Signal Hill

    Signal Hill is a hill which overlooks the harbour and city of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    3.3 km · hill in St. John's, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Basilica of St. John the Baptist

    The Basilica-Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada is the metropolitan cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St.

    3.7 km · historic church in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Cabot Tower

    Cabot Tower is a tower in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, situated on Signal Hill.

    3.3 km · tower · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Masjid-an-Noor, Newfoundland

    Masjid-al-Noor is the first mosque in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The mosque is located in the provincial capital of St.

    1 km · mosque in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Quidi Vidi Lake

    Quidi Vidi Lake is a 1,600 m long body of water located at the east end of the city of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

    2 km · lake in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    The Rooms

    The Rooms is a cultural facility in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    3.9 km · art gallery, the provincial archives and the provincial museum. in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Fort Amherst

    Fort Amherst is a neighbourhood in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    4 km · fort in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    St. John's Hindu Temple

    The St. John's Hindu Temple is located in St.

    2.2 km · Hindu temple in Canada · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Johnson Geo Centre

    The Johnson Geo Centre is a geological interpretation centre, within a small park, located on Signal Hill in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

    2.9 km · geological museum in Newfoundland, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Anderson House

    Anderson House is a wooden, two and one half storey hip roofed heritage-designated building located at 42 Powers Court, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

    2.9 km · 19th century building in the city of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada · Wikipedia

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Getting to Virginia Park

Airports
St. John's (YYT), 5 km
  • Halifax → Virginia Park
    900 km · quickest by air, 5h 24m · C$210–320
  • Quebec → Virginia Park
    1399 km · quickest by air, 7h 25m · C$250–380
  • Portland → Virginia Park
    1112 km · quickest by air, 8h 50m · $320–500
  • From anywhere
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Virginia Park

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Virginia Park. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inTraffic arriving from out-of-province normally crosses by ferry from North Sydney (Nova Scotia) to either Port-aux-Basques or Argentia, then follows TCH 1 east to town.
  • Get in(It's also possible to cross from Labrador via a ferry at Blanc-Sablon Québec, but the Trans-Labrador Highway to Quebec Route 389 in Labrador City-Fermont is no easy journey.) The island portion of the province is accessible by several ferries leaving North Sydney, Nova Scotia.
  • Get inFrom there, you can take a 5- to 6-hour ferry ride to Port-aux-Basques, at the southwest corner of Newfoundland, and drive 905 km across the island to St.
  • Get inFrom mid-June through September, you can take a 14- to 17-hour ferry ride from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, to Argentia, Newfoundland, which is 131 km from St.
  • Get inFerry schedules and reservation information are available from Marine Atlantic.

From Wikivoyage: St. John's, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,309 km
  2. 02
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,799 km
  3. 03
    Inis Mór (Inishmore)IE

    8 ways of moving, 20 sources

    3,061 km
  4. 04
    South Uist and the southern Outer HebridesGB

    11 ways of moving, 20 sources

    3,187 km
  5. 05
    Isle of CollGB

    7 ways of moving, 16 sources

    3,235 km

If you know how people move in Virginia Park – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

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