Munjoy Hill

At the northeastern end of Portland's peninsula, Munjoy Hill overlooks the downtown and harbor to the south, Casco Bay and its islands to the east and north, and shallow Back Cove to the west.

The Eastern Promenade rings the neighborhood and offers panoramic views of these features, as well as two lighthouses, Mason Station power plant, and the stone battlement of Fort Gorges.

While densely settled, it is largely residential and, due to the shape of the peninsula, it is isolated from the major commuter routes.

Congress Street, downtown Portland's main artery, ends quietly at Eastern Promenade.

This Olmsted park has water vistas wrapping from the sunset view at the Loring Memorial above the shore for over a mile, to a sunrise view over the Casco Bay and Portland Head Light, and ending at Fort Allen Park with a full sweep of Portland Harbor.

The park includes a series of broad rolling fields, public gardens, monuments, playgrounds and ball courts on top of the bluff and, along the waterfront, East End Beach, picnic areas, and a municipal boat launch.

The small public beach is a favorite of kayakers, families, and, after 5 PM, dog owners and their pets.

Near the northern end of the Eastern Promenade, a monument to Korean War pilot Charles J. Loring, Jr. offers sunset viewing over Back Cove, plus an occasional glimpse of Mount Washington, about 70 miles (110 km) away in New Hampshire's White Mountains.

The Portland Public Library's Munjoy Hill branch, within the East End school, was closed in 2010.

[12][13] Munjoy had moved north from the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1659 to what was then Falmouth, Province of Maine.

Located adjacent to the Portland Company locomotive foundry, it was well positioned to distribute its goods efficiently.