Witless Bay, grown together
How three small Newfoundland projects can help Witless Bay’s cabin owners, the town, the region and the province, and how anyone can help them do it. October 2026.
#10 of 12 towns
Unseat the current Newfoundland and Labrador Town Champ: Port aux Basques. ’Tis not right.
1 of Witless Bay’s 11 places to eat are confirmed. Every one you confirm moves the town up. Top 3: #1 Port aux Basques, #2 Lewisporte, #3 St. John's. Score 9.1 of 100 · 3.4 behind #9.
The full ranking and rules: towns.fromtheairport.xyz/ranking
Help get Witless Bay into the Top 3 ↓Confirm a place in 2 minutes ↓
1 of Witless Bay’s 11 places to eat are confirmed. Every one you confirm moves the town up. Top 3: #1 Port aux Basques, #2 Lewisporte, #3 St. John's. Score 9.1 of 100 · 3.4 behind #9.
The full ranking and rules: towns.fromtheairport.xyz/ranking
Lead Witless Bay’s push
For a council, tourism or business group. Email us who’s leading, and we’ll send what’s still missing and tell you each time Witless Bay moves up.
Hosting in Witless Bay? Take bookings direct with Best Kind Stays →
46 km from St. John's airport114 km from Argentia ferry316 km from Gander airport619 km from Deer Lake airport886 km from Port aux Basques ferry11 places to eat within 6 km8 trails on the town page
Where is Witless Bay?
Witless Bay (in red) with every airport (✈) and ferry (⛴) into Newfoundland. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
How the three fit together
From the AirportFree. Every drive to Witless Bay from the island’s airports and ferries, measured, with the stops, trails and places to eat.
→The drive from the airport and where to eat sit on every owner’s booking page
Best Kind StaysA guest books a Witless Bay cabin straight from its owner. The guest’s money never passes through us.
→Local photographers credited on the guide; visitors who’ve stood there
Print the PlaceA visitor takes home a local photographer’s print of the place.
Nobody can pay to be listed on the guide, or to be first in the cabin list. That’s what keeps it worth trusting.
Why it’s good for…
The cabin owner
- Guests book with you and pay you directly. Their money never passes through us.
- A flat fee only on stays paid through your page, never more than half of what Airbnb would have taken on that stay, and capped each month. No stays, no bill.
- Your calendar syncs with the big booking sites every 30 minutes, so a night is never sold twice.
- Guests arrive knowing the 46 km drive from St. John's airport and where to eat.
The town
- Every place to eat, trail and sight is listed free, from public sources. No business can buy a better spot.
- Visitors can see what’s here before they arrive, and plan more than a stop on the way through.
- Corrections and photos from locals go straight in, through one form.
The region
- Every route into Witless Bay is measured from each airport and ferry, so a visitor sees the whole island’s distances at once.
- The money a visitor spends stays with local owners, cafés and photographers.
The province
- Someone from away can see where Witless Bay is and how to get there from every airport and ferry.
- Bookings are paid straight to Newfoundland owners.
- Local photographers get credit, and a way to sell prints of their own places.
- Free and open, so any town, business or tourism group can use it.
Make Witless Bay the best town on the map
Confirm a place in 2 minutes
These places to eat in Witless Bay have only one source so far. Put one on OpenStreetMap at its real door and it counts at the next update. Easiest on a phone: Every Door (iPhone and Android) or StreetComplete (Android). Free, no experience needed.
- 241 Pizza · 1 Island Cove Road · Add it on the map
- Arbour Restaurant and Lounge · 1 Island Cove Rd · Add it on the map
- Fork Restaurant · 52 Cod Sein Cove Rd · Add it on the map
- Irish Loop Coffee House · 407 Main Highway Witless Bay NL A0A 4K0 · Add it on the map
- Mama B's Bakery · 499 Main Rd · Add it on the map
- Paddy's Conv. & Sub Shop Ltd. · Main Rd. · Add it on the map
- Sapphire Scoops · 24 St Johns Rd · Add it on the map
- Stone Ducky · 56 St Johns Rd · Add it on the map
- The Jigger · 573 Main Rd · Add it on the map
- Tongue & Cheek · 22 Lower Road · Add it on the map
Things only people who know Witless Bay can do. Each takes a few minutes, and your name goes on it.
- Confirm the places to eat. 10 of the 11 places to eat on the town’s page have only one source so far. Still to confirm: 241 Pizza, Arbour Restaurant and Lounge, Fork Restaurant, Irish Loop Coffee House, Mama B's Bakery, Paddy's Conv. & Sub Shop Ltd., Sapphire Scoops, Stone Ducky, The Jigger, Tongue & Cheek. Each one needs adding to OpenStreetMap at its real door, or a fix sent to us. Tell us which are open, their season, and whether they do takeout. See the list · Send a fix
- Walk a trail with your phone recording. 8 trails are on the town page, and no one has sent a recorded walk yet. The GPX from your phone or watch puts the real path on the map. How to send it
- Share a photo of a place you love. Credited to you, wherever it shows. Share a photo
- Tell us what’s on. Festivals, suppers, concerts, shows and tournaments. Send an event
- Is your rink, field or hall on the map? Check the rinks, fields and clubs page, and tell us what’s missing. Tell us
- Be the first Witless Bay cabin listed. No Witless Bay place is on the Best Kind Stays list yet. The first owner puts the town on it. Get a booking page
Ways anyone can help it grow
- Share the Witless Bay page. fromtheairport.xyz/towns/witless-bay: on your website, in booking confirmations, on social media. A link costs nothing and needs no sign-up.
- Put the map on your own site. One line of code shows the drive and the day trips. How: fromtheairport.xyz/partners.
- Own a cabin or vacation home? Get your own booking page at bestkindstays.ca/owners. If another owner sent you, say so: you both get a thank-you.
- Run a business, know the town, or have a walk worth sharing? Check your listing, or send a correction, a photo, or the GPX of a walk or ride at fromtheairport.xyz/contribute.
- Take photographs of Witless Bay? Print the Place turns your folder into your own site with prints, always credited to you. Ask at [email protected].
Scan with your phone camera.
Feedback, from anyone
Owners, the town, businesses, visitors: anything that’s wrong, missing or could be better. Email [email protected]. A person reads every message and writes back with what changed.
Distances are measured by road and published on fromtheairport.xyz. Counts are the town and eating pages’ own, read 24 October 2026.
On a phone, “Send to my computer” opens the share sheet. Pick AirDrop, or a message to yourself.