Within 10 minutes, I am in the reserve's wilderness of challenging mountain and seaside trails.
Travelers can drive between Gros Morne and L'Anse aux Meadows along the scenic Viking Trail, a seaside highway dotted with tiny fishing villages.
For another couple of days I'd continue down the south coast into Cornwall and stay at Fowey, a seaside village with hiking trails radiating out to quiet beaches.
He also found the inspiration for the third part of "Thus Spake Zarathustra," much of which was composed in his head while hiking the steep trail from the seaside to the medieval village.
The park also has 20 miles of hiking trails, ranging from seaside walks to forest treks.
The Kent coast is not short of stirring walks, but this trail, starting amid the seaside paraphernalia of Margate and striking east along the banks of the Thames Estuary, skims along less travelled clifftops before winding south to Broadstairs.
Top tip: The six-mile Tillamook Head trail runs from Cannon Beach to Seaside, following in the footsteps of Captain Meriwether Lewis and his close friend William Clark, who reached the Pacific Ocean near here after a gruelling 18-month expedition from St Louis, Missouri.
Skovshoved Hotel, Denmark This seaside property, on the coastal road that trails north from Copenhagen, dates back to 1660.
Rangers advise that walkers stay on the trails to protect the fragile seaside plants, as well as to avoid the abundant poison ivy and ticks.
Travis Elborough, author of Wish You Were Here: England on Sea, a history of English seaside towns, says: "The northern resorts have trailed behind those in the south, which have relaunched themselves as artistic hubs.
