Road trips in New Brunswick, Canada

Explore 21 itineraries through national parks, wildlife reserves and wild landscapes.

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Road Trip St. Andrews – Ministers Island (Van Horne) & Kingsbrae Gardens
St. Andrews Ministers Island

St. Andrews by-the-Sea, a National Historic Site (1998), is North America's oldest seaside resort — founded by...

5 km 0h30 Summer
history garden manor
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Road Trip Fredericton to Kings Landing – 1800s Loyalist Settlement
Fredericton Kings Landing

35 km west of Fredericton, along the magnificent Saint John River valley, two complementary attractions bring...

35 km 0h42 Summer
history loyalist living-museum
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Road Trip St. Andrews to Campobello – FDR's Summer Home
St. Andrews Campobello Island

Campobello Island, off New Brunswick's southern coast, is unique in the world: it's Canada's only island joint...

40 km 1h30 Summer
history fdr island
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Road Trip Alma to Cape Enrage – Zip Line & Shorebird Reserve
Alma Mary's Point

Leaving Fundy National Park, the Shepody Bay coast offers a trio of experiences unique to Atlantic Canada: zip...

55 km 1h18 Summer
fundy birds zip-line
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Road Trip Bathurst to Caraquet – Acadian Peninsula
Bathurst Caraquet

The Acadian Peninsula is the heart of Acadian identity in Atlantic Canada. Caraquet, the cultural capital, hos...

90 km 1h18 Summer
acadian heritage culture
Road Trip Saint John – Reversing Falls, Uptown Loyalist & City Market
Saint John Reversing Falls

Saint John, Canada's oldest incorporated city (1785), built by British Loyalists expelled from the United Stat...

5 km 0h30 All seasons
loyalist heritage victorian
Road Trip Campbellton – Sugarloaf Mountain & Restigouche Salmon
Campbellton Mont Sugarloaf

Campbellton, at the Quebec border (Pointe-à-la-Croix is on the other side of the 1.2 km Van Horne Bridge), mar...

5 km 0h18 All seasons
salmon mountain ski
Road Trip Edmundston – Republic of Madawaska, Brayonne Fair & Botanical Garden
Edmundston Saint-Jacques

Edmundston, in northwestern New Brunswick at the Quebec, Maine and rest-of-NB borders, proclaims itself "capit...

12 km 0h30 Summer
francophone festival garden
Road Trip Moncton – Magnetic Hill, Zoo & Petitcodiac Tidal Bore
Moncton Magnetic Hill

Moncton, hub of the Maritimes and unofficial capital of Acadia, packs three iconic family attractions into a 1...

15 km 0h42 Summer
family illusion zoo
Road Trip Moncton to Hopewell Rocks
Moncton Hopewell Rocks

The shortest route to Hopewell Rocks: 40 min from Moncton, New Brunswick's metropolitan capital. Combine with...

40 km 0h30 Summer
ocean family day trip
Road Trip Tracadie to Néguac – Acadian Coast & Historical Museum
Tracadie Néguac

Between the Acadian Peninsula to the north and Kouchibouguac to the south, the Acadian coast between Tracadie...

45 km 1h Summer
acadian beach dune
Road Trip Shippagan to Miscou – Acadian Isles & Panoramic Lighthouse
Shippagan Île Miscou

At the end of the Acadian Peninsula, two islands connected by bridges to the mainland — Lamèque and Miscou — o...

45 km 1h Summer
acadian island lighthouse
Road Trip Sussex – Covered Bridges & Dairy Capital
Sussex Penobsquis

Sussex, a town of 4,300 nestled in the Kennebecasis River valley, is officially the "Dairy Capital of Atlantic...

45 km 1h All seasons
covered-bridge heritage photo
Road Trip Moncton to Sackville – Tantramar Marshes
Moncton Sackville

The Tantramar Marshes, dubbed "the world's windiest meadow" by the Acadians, were one of North America's large...

50 km 0h30 Summer
bird nature heritage
Road Trip Moncton to Confederation Bridge
Moncton Cape Jourimain

The Confederation Bridge (13 km, the world's longest bridge over ice-covered waters) has linked New Brunswick...

60 km 0h48 All seasons
ocean beach family
Road Trip Saint John to Fundy Trail Parkway – Scenic Drive
Saint John Fundy Trail Parkway

The Fundy Trail Parkway, extended to 30 km in 2020, follows the wild Bay of Fundy coast from St. Martins to Fu...

75 km 1h30 Summer
ocean panoramic hiking
Road Trip Miramichi to Tabusintac – Salmon Capital
Miramichi Tabusintac

The Miramichi River is the "world capital of Atlantic salmon." For 200 years, sport anglers from around the wo...

75 km 1h Summer
fishing river acadian
Road Trip Saint John to Deer Island – Fundy Isles & Old Sow Whirlpool
Saint John Deer Island

The Fundy Isles, an archipelago at the entrance to Passamaquoddy Bay, include three main Canadian islands: Gra...

75 km 2h Summer
island fundy ferry