Museum · St. John's · Newfoundland and Labrador

Cape Spear Lighthouse

You can find Cape Spear Lighthouse, a museum, in St. John's. Another place to visit lies within 5 km. Its status is a National Historic Site of Canada.

Photo: Cape Spear Lighthouse, Mollyaspen (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Where

In St. John's

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 26%

#1,303 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

You’ll find Cape Spear Lighthouse inside St. John's’ municipal boundary. Towns near it ↓

National Historic Site of Canada

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

Seasons in St. John's

In St. John's the warm season is July to September, with highs of 17–21°C.

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

Cape Spear Lighthouse

A drive of 7.1 km reaches Signal Hill.

Its historic-place page →

Type: Museum
Listed: National Historic Site of Canada
Town: in St. John's
Official site: parks.canada.ca/lhn-nhs/nl/spear

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

The map

Cape Spear Lighthouse and what surrounds it

Orange is Cape Spear Lighthouse; numbered in green, the places near it.

Towns near it

Where to base yourself

Home to 128,693 people, St. John's is the largest of these 8. Every one of these towns counts it as a place to visit.

1 · It’s in town

St. John's

128,693 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 8 km south of it

Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove

1,005 people · 2 places to visit

3 · 14 km northwest of it

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove

2,601 people · 11 places to visit

4 · 14 km southwest of it

Mount Pearl

24,266 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Cape Spear Lighthouse is	People	Places to visit
St. John's	It’s in town	128,693	32
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove	8 km south of it	1,005	2
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove	14 km northwest of it	2,601	11
Mount Pearl	14 km southwest of it	24,266	4
Torbay	18 km northwest of it	8,297	2
Paradise	19 km southwest of it	26,155	2
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	19 km west of it	9,167	2
Flatrock	23 km northwest of it	1,938	2

Make a day of it

Pair Cape Spear Lighthouse with these

11 more lie within 15 km, 8 museums among them.

Museum · Parks CanadaSignal Hill7.1 km away 2

MuseumFormer Newfoundland Railway Headquarters7.8 km away 3

MuseumJohnson Geo Centre7.8 km away 4

Museum · Parks CanadaCabot Tower7.2 km away 5MuseumMuseumJames J. O'Mara Pharmacy Museum7.9 km away 6MuseumMuseumApothecary Hall7.9 km away 7MuseumMuseumBlackhead One Room Church and School Museum2.7 km away 8MuseumMuseumNewman Wine Vaults7.9 km away

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

Quick answers on Cape Spear Lighthouse

Where is Cape Spear Lighthouse?

Cape Spear Lighthouse: in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Cape Spear Lighthouse?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Cape Spear Lighthouse?

July to September bring St. John's its warmest afternoons, 17–21°C on ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals.

Is Cape Spear Lighthouse a designated historic place?

Yes: National Historic Site of Canada.

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)

Cape Spear Lighthouse: Mollyaspen, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Signal Hill: Tolivero~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Former Newfoundland Railway Headquarters: The original uploader was Jcmurphy at English Wikipedia ., CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Johnson Geo Centre: HJKeats, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cabot Tower: Aconcagua, 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).