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Newfoundland & Gros Morne is at its best for lakes & coastline in June to September. Good but not prime in May and October. Crowds peak in July and bottom out in November.
| J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiking | 12 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 42 | 67 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 42 | 13 | 12 |
| Lakes & Coastline | 13 | 14 | 16 | 42 | 69 | 92 | 91 | 90 | 88 | 65 | 13 | 13 |
| Wildlife | 15 | 15 | 15 | 42 | 67 | 90 | 90 | 67 | 42 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Crowds |
Swipe the table sideways for the rest of the year.
Gros Morne is on the west coast and not on Iceberg Alley — the bergs run down the Labrador, northeast and east coasts, best in late May and early June. What Gros Morne has instead is a long season: the visitor centres and Lobster Cove Head lighthouse run 15 May to 12 October, campgrounds 22 May to 28 September, and Green Point stays open year-round on self-registration.
Coastal and mountain day walks on exposed terrain. No guide needed; check seasonal closures.
Coming for icebergs in August. The season runs roughly April to early July, best late May into early June, and varies year to year — there is a live iceberg tracker locals check daily.
July and August. The season is much wider: the visitor centres and lighthouse run 15 May to 12 October, so late May, June and September are open and quiet.
Long drives between everything on an island the size of Cuba, and the weather changes hourly. The boat tours — icebergs, whales, the Western Brook fjord — carry children well.
Rocky Harbour is the practical base for Gros Morne. Norris Point is prettier and smaller; Corner Brook has the services and the airport is at Deer Lake — book everything early, the supply is genuinely thin.
Most of the west coast closes outright, and flights into Deer Lake cancel often enough to need slack.Jan · Feb · Mar · Apr · Nov · Dec
Kept out of the score on purpose. Averaging a rare catastrophe into a monthly number would tell you something false; the warning is the honest form.
The Gros Morne summit trail closes 1 May to late June for nesting ptarmigan, arctic hare and caribou — a calendar closure, not a weather one, and enforced. Weather here turns fast: fog, wind and rain in any month.
0 is this destination’s own quietest month and 100 its busiest. The scale never compares one destination to another. Source: Wikipedia — Gros Morne National Park
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