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Attractions in Witless Bay

Places to visit near Witless Bay

The list has nothing in Witless Bay itself or within 5 km of its edge. Allow a day for Signal Hill, 34 km off. Go further, within 40 km, and there are 11, including 7 museums and a church.

For a day out
11
within 40 km
The best known
34 km
Signal Hill
The map

Where they are

The map numbers 6 places, in the order of the tiles below.

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The orange dot is the middle of Witless Bay. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What there is to see

Museums or galleries lead the count with 7; 2 are forts or historic sites.

Museums & galleries 7 museums0 in town · 7 nearby
Forts & historic sites 1 church · 1 cathedral0 in town · 2 nearby
Gardens & estates 1 garden0 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 aquarium0 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Witless Bay. Grey: the rest, within 40 km.

Every place

The places, one by one

The Rooms

Museum · 33 km north

Art gallery, the provincial archives and the provincial museum. in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.

Run by The Rooms Corporation of Newfoundland and Labrador · 87K visitors a year (2017)
About The Rooms →

What is in or close to Witless Bay comes first, then the best known within 40 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Witless Bay → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Witless Bay →

A day out

Further away

1Museum · Parks CanadaSignal Hill34 km north2MuseumThe Rooms33 km north · 87K visitors a year (2017)3ChurchBasilica of St. John the Baptist33 km north4MuseumFormer Newfoundland Railway Headquarters32 km north5CathedralSt. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral33 km north6MuseumJohnson Geo Centre34 km northAquariumAquariumSuncor Energy Fluvarium34 km northMuseum · Parks CanadaCabot Tower34 km northMuseumCape Spear Lighthouse31 km north
MuseumHawthorne Cottage40 km west
GardenSt. Thomas Rectory / Commissariat House and Garden34 km north

The best known within 40 km, the closest and best known first.

Quick answers on Witless Bay

Does Witless Bay have a museum?

Not on our list: no museum or gallery lies in Witless Bay or within 5 km.

Is there a Parks Canada property near Witless Bay?

Not within 5 km. The closest Parks Canada property on our list is the one named above, 34 km north.

What are the best-known days out near Witless Bay?

Worth the drive, within 40 km: The Rooms (33 km), Basilica of St. John the Baptist (33 km), Former Newfoundland Railway Headquarters (32 km), St. John the Baptist Anglican Cathedral (33 km).

How is this list made?

Places come from four open sources (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF, the federal and Québec heritage registers), each site once. A building counts as a place to visit only with opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article; hotels, restaurants and tour firms are dropped. The town’s 2021 outline and 5 km around it set the reach.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

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

Photo credits (6)

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).