A network of short trails fans out from the historic site along the windswept headlands above the strait. The most rewarding is the Whale Watching Lookout Trail, a 3 km return walk to a point above the Labrador Sea where, in summer, you can watch humpbacks working the capelin schools below. On clear days the hills of Labrador are visible across the Strait of Belle Isle, just 18 km away.
The landscape here is boreal bog and open tundra — low, treeless, and exposed to whatever the Atlantic sends. Pitcher plants grow beside the path in summer, and Arctic terns wheel overhead. The walking is easy but the weather changes fast; bring a windproof layer even on warm days. Moose are common in the area, particularly in the early morning and at dusk on the road approaching the site.