{"id":53,"date":"2014-05-31T17:49:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-31T17:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/?p=53"},"modified":"2014-05-31T17:49:53","modified_gmt":"2014-05-31T17:49:53","slug":"cape-spear-national-historic-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/avalon\/cape-spear-national-historic-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Cape Spear National Historic Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Spear is located about twenty kilometers from the city center of <a title=\"St John's Newfoundland\" href=\"http:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/StJohns.cfm\">St. John\u2019s<\/a>, Newfoundland.\u00a0 It is known for being the most easterly point in North America.<\/p>\n<p>Cape Spear is a National Historic Site and popular attraction in the St. John\u2019s area and provides both a scenic and historic experience to visitors.<\/p>\n<p>The landscape of the area is characterized by steep cliffs and rocky coastline.\u00a0 There is a trail that takes visitors along the coast.\u00a0 Along this trail there are several interesting points.\u00a0 The first one is a platform with a sign indicating that you are standing on the most easterly point on the continent.\u00a0 The trail continues onto some old war barracks that you can walk through and explore and than continues onto two lighthouses; the oldest surviving lighthouse in Newfoundland and another more modern one.\u00a0 There is a visitor\u2019s center where you can learn more about the history and geography of the area and the lighthouses.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of places to rest and admire the spectacular view along this short trail.\u00a0 On clear days, visitors often see whales frolicking offshore and Cape Spear is said to be one of the best places to see icebergs when they float into the bay every spring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br \/>\nAndrea MacEachern is a freelance travel writer and amateur photographer living in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.  <a href=\"http:\/\/anotherdayforgrace.blogspot.ca\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">anotherdayforgrace.blogspot.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Spear is located about twenty kilometers from the city center of St. John\u2019s, Newfoundland.\u00a0 It is known for being the most easterly point in North America. Cape Spear is a National Historic Site and popular attraction in the St. John\u2019s area and provides both a scenic and historic experience to visitors. The landscape of the area is characterized by steep cliffs and rocky coastline.\u00a0 There is a trail that takes visitors along the coast.\u00a0 Along this trail there are several interesting points.\u00a0 The first one is a platform with a sign indicating that you are standing on the most [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,81],"tags":[163,143,175,176],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.travelinnewfoundland-labrador.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}