Museum · St. John's · Newfoundland and Labrador

Cabot Tower

You can find Cabot Tower, a museum, in St. John's. Its neighbours on our list number 11 within 5 km. It is a Classified Federal Heritage Building.

Photo: Cabot Tower, Aconcagua (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In St. John's

inside the municipal boundary

Run by

Parks Canada

a national heritage body

How well known

Top 20%

#1,012 of 5,181 places we list

Warmest months

Jul–Sep

highs of 17–21°C

In brief

Museum in St. John's

Inside St. John's

Within St. John's’ municipal boundary stands Cabot Tower. Towns near it ↓

Cared for by Parks Canada

One of the places Parks Canada looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓

Classified Federal Heritage Building

It holds a federal or Québec heritage designation, or sits on the Canadian Register of Historic Places. About ↓

Drawn from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, with Statistics Canada’s 2021 outlines and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

When to go

Choosing a month

Afternoons in St. John's peak at 17–21°C, July to September.

Jan0° / -7°140 mm

Feb0° / -8°131 mm

Mar2° / -5°129 mm

Apr6° / -1°105 mm

May12° / 2°83 mm

Jun16° / 7°73 mm

Jul21° / 12°86 mm

Aug21° / 13°89 mm

Sep17° / 9°117 mm

Oct12° / 5°130 mm

Nov7° / 1°138 mm

Dec3° / -4°161 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in St. John's, and each month’s precipitation (rain, with snow counted as water). Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals at St. John's (West), 4.9 km from St. John's (Open Government Licence – Canada). Hours and seasons change through the year: check before you go. St. John's’ full climate →

About

Cabot Tower

Upkeep is seen to by Parks Canada. For a second stop, Signal Hill is 100 m away.

Its historic-place page →

Type: Museum
Run by: Parks Canada
Listed: Classified Federal Heritage Building
Town: in St. John's

Facts: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers.

The map

Getting your bearings

Cabot Tower sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

The 8 towns are led in size by St. John's, with 128,693 people. These are the towns that list it, beginning with its own.

1 · It’s in town

St. John's

128,693 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 4.8 km northwest of it

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove

2,601 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 11 km northwest of it

Torbay

8,297 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 11 km southeast of it

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove

1,005 people · 2 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cabot Tower is	People	Places to visit
St. John's	It’s in town	128,693	32
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove	4.8 km northwest of it	2,601	11
Torbay	11 km northwest of it	8,297	2
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove	11 km southeast of it	1,005	2
Mount Pearl	11 km southwest of it	24,266	4
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	13 km west of it	9,167	2
Paradise	15 km southwest of it	26,155	2
Flatrock	16 km northwest of it	1,938	2

Make a day of it

Nearby, too

Museum · Parks CanadaSignal Hill100 m away 2

MuseumJohnson Geo Centre700 m away 3

CathedralSt. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral2.1 km away 4

GardenSt. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden1.6 km away 5MuseumMuseumQuidi Vidi Battery Provincial Historic Site1.1 km away 6Art galleryArt galleryRed Ochre Gallery1.5 km away 7Art galleryArt gallerySt. Michael’s Printshop1.9 km away 8Art galleryArt galleryEastern Edge1.9 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Planning a visit to Cabot Tower

Where is Cabot Tower?

Cabot Tower: in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Cabot Tower?

Museum.

Who runs Cabot Tower?

Parks Canada.

When is the best time to visit Cabot Tower?

Visit St. John's from July to September for the warmest weather: highs of 17–21°C on the 1991–2020 normals.

Is Cabot Tower a designated historic place?

Yes: Classified Federal Heritage Building.

Sources: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF (Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers, Statistics Canada 2021 census boundaries, ECCC 1991–2020 climate normals (Open Government Licence – Canada).

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (5)

Cabot Tower: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Signal Hill: Tolivero~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Johnson Geo Centre: HJKeats, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral: Jcmurphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
St. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden: Mo Laidlaw, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).