The area includes the West End neighborhood, the Western Promenade and part of the Old Port downtown district.
Bramhall Hill commands an extensive view west and north-west of the bay, the mainland and the White Mountains, around 80 miles (130 kilometres) away.
[2] In 1870, a 20-inch main brought water from Sebago Lake to a 12-million-US-gallon (45,000 m3) reservoir on Bramhall Hill.
[3] The first capital conviction in the United States Courts after the adoption of the Constitution occurred on Bramhall Hill in 1790.
After a prompt refusal for pardon by President George Washington, Bird was executed.