Gros Morne Tablelands

About this spectacle

The Tablelands in Gros Morne National Park present one of Earth's rarest exposed surfaces: ancient oceanic mantle rock thrust up from the planet's interior, now forming a stark, rust-orange plateau that rises sharply above the surrounding green fjordland. The peridotite rock is toxic to most plants, leaving the landscape hauntingly bare — a moon-like terrain of fractured boulders against blue Newfoundland sky. Visitors walk a well-marked trail past serpentinized rock faces streaked in ochre and rust, with the Trout River Pond glinting below and the forested Long Range Mountains contrasting dramatically across the valley. The silence is striking. Wind off the Gulf of St. Lawrence carries salt and cool air. The visual contrast between the barren orange tableland and the lush green fjord valley makes every photograph feel otherworldly. This is geology you can touch, walk across, and feel underfoot.

When to go

May — Oct, peak Jun — Sep

Getting there

Nearest airport: YDF. Nearest city: Corner Brook.

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