Museum · St. John's · Newfoundland and Labrador

Johnson Geo Centre

Johnson Geo Centre is a geological museum. Within the municipal boundary of St. John's, it is one of the places to visit. Around it, within 15 km, lie 11 more places, Signal Hill (700 m) first on our list.

Photo: Johnson Geo Centre, HJKeats (Public domain)

Where

In St. John's

inside the municipal boundary

How well known

Top 12%

#577 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

Inside St. John's’ municipal boundary: Johnson Geo Centre. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

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

Johnson Geo Centre

It has articles in 3 Wikipedias.

Johnson Geo Centre on Wikipedia ↗

Type: Museum
Wikipedias: Covered in 3 languages
Town: in St. John's
Official site: geocentre.ca

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

Plan your visit

Before you set off

Address175 signal rd st-john's

Address, hours and fees: OpenStreetMap contributors and Wikidata. They change with the seasons: check its site before you go.

The map

Where to find Johnson Geo Centre

Johnson Geo Centre sits at the orange dot; the numbered ones are listed below.

Towns near it

Nearby towns

Largest of the 8 is St. John's, home to 128,693. Its home town tops the list; the rest follow by distance.

1 · It’s in town

St. John's

128,693 people · 32 places to visit

2 · 4.5 km northwest of it

Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove

2,601 people · 11 places to visit

3 · 10 km northwest of it

Torbay

8,297 people · 2 places to visit

4 · 11 km south of it

Mount Pearl

24,266 people · 4 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Johnson Geo Centre is	People	Places to visit
St. John's	It’s in town	128,693	32
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove	4.5 km northwest of it	2,601	11
Torbay	10 km northwest of it	8,297	2
Mount Pearl	11 km south of it	24,266	4
Petty Harbour-Maddox Cove	11 km southeast of it	1,005	2
Portugal Cove-St. Philip's	12 km west of it	9,167	2
Paradise	14 km southwest of it	26,155	2
Flatrock	16 km northwest of it	1,938	2

Make a day of it

What else is near Johnson Geo Centre

Also close at hand are 3 museums, 2 art galleries and a cathedral, among 11 within 15 km.

Museum · Parks CanadaSignal Hill700 m away 2

CathedralSt. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral1.6 km away 3

Museum · Parks CanadaCabot Tower700 m away 4

GardenSt. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden1 km away 5MuseumMuseumQuidi Vidi Battery Provincial Historic Site900 m away 6Art galleryArt galleryRed Ochre Gallery900 m away 7Water parkWater parkBannerman Park Splash Pad1.3 km away 8Art galleryArt gallerySt. Michael’s Printshop1.5 km away

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

Visiting Johnson Geo Centre: the answers

Where is Johnson Geo Centre?

Johnson Geo Centre is in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, inside the town’s municipal boundary.

What is Johnson Geo Centre?

Geological museum in Newfoundland, Canada.

How well known is Johnson Geo Centre?

For coverage, Johnson Geo Centre holds #577 on our Canadian list.

When is the best time to visit Johnson Geo Centre?

In St. John's, afternoons are warmest from July to September, at 17–21°C (ECCC 1991–2020 normals).

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)

Johnson Geo Centre: HJKeats, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Signal Hill: Tolivero~commonswiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral: Jcmurphy at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Cabot Tower: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).