Parking
Berry Hill Campground parking area on Route 430, about 5 km north of Rocky Harbour; the Baker’s Brook trailhead starts within the campground.
Overview
About Little Pond Loop
Why go
- A pond-side circuit before the longer waterfall hike.
Heads up
- The campground approach is shared with the longer Baker’s Brook route.
Map & elevation
The route
Loading the Gros Morne map
Full mapElevation73–108 m
Plan your hike
Before you go
Parking
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 Little Pond Loop, 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 Hill Trails and Baker’s Brook Falls0:00 / 0:40
“You're approaching the trailheads at Berry Hill Campground. Baker's Brook Falls is the longer outing: ten kilometres return, mostly through balsam fir, before the brook spreads over a staircase of limestone ledges.”
Plays as you drive up to this trailhead in the Parkwolf Gros Morne Tour Guide.
More stories near here in the app
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- 87 audio storiesacross Gros Morne’s roads, triggered by GPS as you drive
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- Works offlinemaps, 25 trails, 58 places, and audio download before you lose signal
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Trail guide
Hiking Little Pond Loop
A small circuit off the falls trailLittle Pond Loop is about 2.
Little Pond Loop is about 2.6 miles round trip from the Berry Hill campground parking area, counting the approach and return on Baker’s Brook Falls Trail. The separate pond loop leaves that main path, curls around Little Pond, and rejoins it; you get a real circuit without hiking to the falls. Parks Canada lists the Little Pond branch as easy.
What the loop offersThe destination is a small, forested pond, not a viewpoint or waterfall.
The destination is a small, forested pond, not a viewpoint or waterfall. The pond-side circuit is about 1.8 miles; the remaining 0.8 mile is the shared approach walked both ways. This works for a shorter woodland outing. If you want the falls, choose the full Baker’s Brook Falls Trail instead: Parks Canada lists that as a 10-kilometre return, about 2–3 hours.
Start at Berry HillPark at the Berry Hill Campground lot, about 5 kilometres north of Rocky Harbour on Route 430.
Park at the Berry Hill Campground lot, about 5 kilometres north of Rocky Harbour on Route 430. The Baker’s Brook trailhead begins within the campground; follow the Little Pond branch and return on the same access path. Dogs may come on leash under the park’s rules.
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.
