Parking
Trail access on Route 430, about 6 km north of Rocky Harbour. Parking facilities or lot details at the access are not specified in the trail information.
Overview
About Berry Head Pond Trail: Wheelchair Accessible Section
Why go
- A wheelchair-accessible boardwalk gives you pond and bog views in a few minutes.
- An easy, short option with wetland birds to watch for.
Heads up
- The accessible section ends before the narrower pond loop.
- It’s a brief stroll rather than a full pond circuit.
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Gros Morne map
Full mapElevation25–31 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
Safety
3 active Gros Morne alerts
- ClosureGreen Gardens and Wallace Brook trail sections closedDo not enter the closed sections of the Green Gardens and Wallace Brook trails.Official details
- CautionStuckless Pond Trail bridge outDo not use the Stuckless Pond Trail at the stream crossing. - The bridge is out, and Parks Canada says trail use is not recommended at this time because of high water levels at the stream crossing.Official details
The highest, rockiest slopes around here are a summer buffet for grizzly bears.
Gros Morne Tour Guide
Your drive to Berry Head Pond Trail: Wheelchair Accessible Section, narrated.
Parkwolf is a GPS audio tour guide for Gros Morne National Park. As you drive, it chimes in with what’s ahead: hidden gems, upcoming stops, history, geology, and wildlife, right through your car’s speakers.
Recorded for this trailhead
Berry Head Pond Trail0:00 / 0:24
“You're approaching Berry Head Pond Trail, a quiet, low-effort way into the coastal wetlands. The first 350 metres is a wheelchair-accessible boardwalk above bog plants, with views across the pond toward the mountains.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Gros Morne Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
- The Flower You Can't Watch Open
- Berry Hill Trails and Baker’s Brook Falls
- Coastal Trail from Baker’s Brook
- The Beaver’s Calling Cards
- 87 audio storiesacross Gros Morne’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
- Wildlife heatmapsfor Moose, Caribou, Black Bear, and 13 more
- Works offlinemaps, 25 trails, 58 places, and audio download before you lose signal
- CarPlay readysimple controls built for the drive
“Fantastic app with many points of information… It’s great to just turn on while you’re driving and it gives you an audio tour of the national Park. We love it!!!!”
Trail guide
Hiking Berry Head Pond Trail: Wheelchair Accessible Section
A short outing above the pondThis is a 0.
This is a 0.43-mile round trip along the first 350 m of the wheelchair-accessible boardwalk, then back the same way. It’s an easy way to get out over the wetlands without committing to the full circuit. Allow about 20 minutes at an unhurried pace; choose it when you want a low-effort visit rather than a longer hike.
Stay on the boardwalkThe raised walkway crosses wetland plants beside Berry Head Pond.
The raised walkway crosses wetland plants beside Berry Head Pond. The surrounding bogs, ponds and forest make up a patchwork of coastal lowland, with songbirds and waterfowl worth watching for. The open views across the pond toward the distant mountains are the payoff. For a photo, include the boardwalk in the foreground with the pond and mountains behind it. At roughly 350 m, the boardwalk gives way to a narrower path that continues around the pond. Turn back here; the separate full loop is 2 km.
Access and limitsThe access is on Route 430, about 6 km north of Rocky Harbour.
The access is on Route 430, about 6 km north of Rocky Harbour. This first section is identified as wheelchair accessible, but published width and gradient details are unavailable; check current trail conditions before you go. Pets are allowed on leash in the park, with some areas restricted by posted notices. Parking facilities, toilets and drinking water at this access are not specified in the trail information.
Wildlife
Wildlife in Gros Morne
252 sightingsMooseMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
120 sightingsCaribouMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
22 sightingsBlack BearMost seen around 7 PMSighting map
61 sightingsBald EagleMost seen around 7 AMSighting map
11 sightingsCommon Minke WhaleMost seen around noonSighting map
70 sightingsHarbor SealMost seen around noonSighting mapSighting maps show where each species has been reported across Gros Morne. Wildlife moves, so no sighting is guaranteed.
