Newfoundland and Labrador has one certified dark sky place in our directory: one dark sky preserve, Terra Nova National Park, certified in 2018.
The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (opens in new tab) says a Dark-Sky Preserve keeps artificial lighting very limited and tightly controlled, with sky glow from beyond its borders no brighter than natural sky glow.
Check the moon phase before you book. A full moon makes faint objects much harder to see, as Great Basin National Park's stargazing page (opens in new tab) points out. Summer nights show the Milky Way at its densest, and winter brings Orion and the Pleiades (Great Basin National Park (opens in new tab)).
Every listing links to its own page with coordinates, certification details and visiting notes, so you can compare places and plan a route across several nights.
Meteor showers give more reasons to go: Great Basin National Park lists (opens in new tab) the Perseids in August, Orionids in October, Leonids in November and Geminids in December as good chances for shooting stars.
Before you go, see the Newfoundland and Labrador dark sky laws for how local lighting rules protect these skies.
Terra Nova National Park, Canada's most easterly national park, is a Dark-Sky Preserve (2018) near Glovertown, Newfoundland. Camping includes frontcountry, backcountry and oTENTik options booked through Parks Canada, and the main operating season runs from mid-May to mid-October. Evening programs are part of the park's tours and programs, so call 709-533-2801 for current dates.
See also the dark sky lighting law for Newfoundland and Labrador.