Gros Morne Trail Maps

Are you looking for something specific (ie. Long Range or North Rim Traverses) or just general park maps?

This link will take you the official Gros Morne National Park page with basic maps on it.

You can also try Canadian Topographic Series maps; you'll be looking for map numbers:

012G08
012G09
012H05
012H12
012H13

When I did the North Rim and Long Range traverses, I had a composite of 012H12 and 012H13 printed (by MyTopo, I think).

But the map we really made use of—due to the GPS coordinates—was one produced by the park on April 28, 2016. It can be found linked on the Long Range Traverse page here. Physical copies may be available for sale from Canada Parks now, but I had to have it printed (on waterproof paper) myself as it had just been released digitally and was not yet available in hardcopy when we did the hike.

If you are thinking of doing the LRT/NRT and want some more info, let me know and I'd be glad to help.

The limit of three groups of four departing per day is mostly a tent pad limitation, I think (and maybe a ferry limitation, if only doing one of the routes). The camp areas tend to only have three tent pads. If you have, say, six people in your group, then I'm sure you could register two three-person groups.

The North Rim was more demanding in terms of route finding—especially around the tuckamore, which sometimes demanded a degree of...creativity. The Long Range was simpler in that regard, but similarly challenging in terms of exertion.

The Snug Harbour to North Rim route would be a great 2-3 day hike. The Snug Harbour campsite is one of the nicest I've ever stayed at, complete with a beach and incredible view of the cliffs. I'd recommend spending the night there before heading up the hill on the following day, then there's no rush. The hike in to Snug Harbour is fairly straight forward and can be completed in a few hours; one shallow, but swift stream crossing shortly after leaving the boardwalk is the only challenging part of it. Then you could either climb/descend the hill and hike out on the next day, or climb and descend back to Snug Harbour. It's another few hours to get up there, but the route has been well worn into a trail.

As for Ferry Gulch to Bakeapple Pond, Ferry Gulch is a nice enough location for camping nestled into the saddle between the plateau and Gros Morne mountain (if a bit busy with all the day GM day hikers passing by), but I personally found the views from Gros Morne mountain preferable to those from that section of the LRT. Now, if you want to experience a bit of the LRT, that short stretch will certainly give you a good idea of what the route provides. Route-finding the way up to and down from the plateau is important, we failed at the latter and found ourselves on a sketchy descent. Completing this area in 2-3 days will give you ample time to check out both Bakeapple Pond and Gros Morne Mountain.

Additionally, the Tablelands area of the park—about an hour around the inlet to the south—looked to be some nice day hiking. Not sure if they still allow it, but hikers were permitted to continue past the viewing platform at the end of the improved trail deeper into the valley. Depending how far you hike, eventually you climb to the top of the plateau. We never got a chance to go beyond the viewing platform as one of our party was injured from the LRT/NRT.