It runs for about 1.93 miles (3.11 km) from Lafayette Street (State Route 88) in the north to Sunset Point Road in the south.

For several years it had become a favorite camping spot for the villagers and the inhabitants of the inland parts of the town who came here for clam bakes and picnics.

[1] Another sea captain, Joseph Gray (1734–1792), lived at today's 581 Princes Point Road, which dates to the 18th century The first cottage was built in 1884.

Others soon built nearby, including Dr. Herbert A. Merrill, Leone R. Cook's (a cottage named "Rest Awhile"), George H. Jefferds, Thomas and Nellie Johnston and Wilfred W. Dunn.

[1] In 1894 a wharf was built, and the steamer Madeleine made two trips daily from Portland, stopping off at the Cumberland and Falmouth Foresides.

[1] In 1899, a four-storey hotel of about thirty rooms, named Gem of the Bay, was built on Princes Point by Cornelius Harris.