![]() ![]() This is a trail for cruising, not racing, as there are skaters and runner/walkers. If your get tired just do not continue on to the loop around back bay. The hardest one is near the water treatment facility. This is a simple ride for a beginner or kids, just 2-3 hills to challenge you. You follow along the harbor, great views of the islands and cooling breezes, up a hill past the sometimes stinky water treatment plant and back down (3 miles) where you can continue to circle around back bay (3 miles). (a bit of traffic here to worry about and road is not in great shape, but most of it is wide, 2 miles) then through the old port onto the paved path that runs along the water next to the narrow gauge rail. You can ride on a trail from the bus station on Congress street, over the bridge, down Commercial St. Perfect relaxing ride with friends, kids and beginners will be fine. The trail is downhill from the parking lot left (northwest) goes 0.8 mile to the junction with the Bayside Trail, and right (southeast) goes 1.1 miles south toward the Maine State Pier. The parking lot is straight ahead in 0.3 mile. Go 0.8 mile, and turn right onto Cutter St. Go 0.7 mile south on Franklin St./US 1A, and turn left onto Fore St./Eastern Promenade. trailhead from I-295, take Exit 7 toward US 1A/Franklin St. The Harborwalk Trail continues south on sidewalks through the Old Port and across Casco Bay Bridge to the Eastern Trail. Heading upriver, you’ll pass the narrow gauge train museum on the right and marinas on the left before the trail ends at ferry terminals to the outer islands. ![]() Vintage cannons are still posted here, and visitors get a good view of the harbor. Just uphill is Fort Allen Park, an earthen fort built to protect the harbor during the Revolutionary War and War of 1812. The tourist railroad preserves equipment used historically for logging in remote parts of the state.Ĭrossing the parking lot and kayak launch at Cutter Street, you’ll pass East End Beach and then turn southwest along the Fore River at Fish Point. Alongside the main trail in this area, you’ll see the tracks for the Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad Co. Just past the sewage facility, the dirt Eastern Promenade Mid-Slope Trail heads partway up the hillside for those seeking a more scenic option. PORTLAND OLD PORT MAP SERIESThe Loring Memorial Trail (comprising a series of stairs) climbs the hill at the beginning of the trail to Loring Memorial Park, where you’ll get an even better view of the islands in Casco Bay.īack to the waterfront, you’ll pass a wastewater treatment plant and see the remains of the trestle across Back Cove. The Eastern Promenade Trail also is the path through Portland for the East Coast Greenway, an off-road trail project that stretches from Calais, Maine, to Key West, Florida. ![]() In the northern end of the park, the Eastern Promenade Trail starts at the 1-mile Bayside Trail, which connects with the Back Cove Trail that encircles Back Cove. (While cross-country skiing is permitted, snow is usually plowed from the trail a day or two after falling.) A narrow stone dust trail runs parallel and midway up the slope in places. The paved trail is about 18 feet wide and can be used by pedestrians, bicyclists, and skaters. A fire in the 1980s destroyed the bridge that carried trains across Back Cove into Portland, and the city acquired the right-of-way and built the trail in the late 1990s. The Grand Trunk Railway (later the Canadian National Railroad) made Portland its terminus, and trains rolled right between the green space and the beaches. The trail, however, wasn’t part of that plan. The Olmsted Brothers firm, noted architects of New York City’s Central Park, created a park design in the early 20th century that has been followed over the years. The trail runs through the city’s Eastern Promenade, a 73-acre park that has been hosting visitors on the seaward flank of Munjoy Hill (once known as Mount Joy) since the 1830s. The 2.1-mile paved trail is always within sight of the water and is one of more than 30 trails and greenways in the state’s largest city. Old salts should love the Eastern Promenade Trail, as it skirts the shoreline of Portland’s Casco Bay and Portland Harbor. ![]()
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