The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

Bare Mountain towers between upper and lower Clarenville and is the site of the Town's famous lighted star. From the Shoal Harbour Causeway Stairway, a 2.5 km trail brings you to the top of the mountain.    Alternatively, from Manitoba Drive (Manitoba Professional Building), a 3km trail loop can take you to the top of the mountain and back. Come along on virtual hikes on both sides... FROM THE SHOAL HARBOUR SIDE AT THE SHOAL HARBOUR CAUSEWAY FROM THE CLARENVILLE SIDE AT MANITOBA DRIVE

  Bare Mountain is one of the prominent features of the Clarenville's skyline. It towers some 156 meters above Clarenville’s harbour .  You can reach the peak of Bare Mountain relatively easily along the Bare Mountain hiking trail that can be accessed at numerous points in the town.  At the top, you can overlook most of the town, Random Island and Smith Sound as it leads into Trinity Bay.   Beyond Clarenville residents, people are familiar with Bare Mountain because of the prominence of the large star that sits at its top.   Each Christmas season the star is lit - making it visible from the Highway many kilometers beyond Clarenville's boundaries.   The Bare Mountain Star was a 1967 Centennial project of the Town of Clarenville. The original Centennial Star was designed, welded, wired and assembled by students and faculty in drafting, carpentry, electrical, welding and pipefitting programs at Clarenville campus.  They even helped the Town erect the structure.