Hiking in Portland

Just up the road from me is Baxter Woods, a preserve set aside for hiking in the middle of Portland. I discovered that I could connect to the Forest City Trail, a ten mile hike that winds through Portland.

 

Walking around Portland

Yesterday and today I took hikes around Portland, trying out some new trails that branch off the Back Cove Trail. Yesterday I went onto the Eastern Promenade Trail, past Fort Allen and the waterfront into the Old Port and back down Preble Street to home.







It was a beautiful day with a lot of people out, walking and biking. There were even some boats out on Casco Bay racing.

The Old Port was busy with a lot of tourists from Nova Scotia, who had come in on the Nova Star.




Today I walked through Baxter Woods over to Evergreen Cemetery to do some FindAGrave volunteer work. The park is small but lovely and the trails continue into the cemetery which has a large pond in the back.

Evergreen Cemetery is huge and despite not finding the plot map until really late, I was able to find my Moultons and take the pictures for their descendant.