{{Short description|Multi-use trail in Portland, Maine, United States}} {{Infobox hiking trail | name = Back Cove Trail | photo = File:Back Cove Trail 2025.jpg | caption = A section of the trail beside Baxter Boulevard, looking southeast over Back Cove to the skyline of Munjoy Hill and downtown Portland | location = Portland, Maine | length_mi = 3.6 | trailheads = Preble Street Extension | use = Walking, running, biking, horse riding | elev_change_ft = | highest = | lowest = | difficulty = Easy | season = | sights = | hazards = }} '''Back Cove Trail''' is a {{Convert|3.6|mi|km|adj=on}} multi-use trail in Portland, Maine.<ref name=":1">[https://www.portlandmaine.gov/1183/5234/Back-Cove-Trail Back Cove Trail] – City of Portland</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=Portland to reopen Baxter Boulevard at end of July |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2023/07/06/portland-to-reopen-baxter-boulevard-at-end-of-july/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Press Herald}}</ref> It circumnavigates Back Cove, running beside (if done in the clockwise direction) Preble Street Extension, Baxter Boulevard and Interstate 295. It is one of the oldest trails in the city.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Back Cove Trail » Portland Trails |url=https://trails.org/our-trails/back-cove-trail/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Portland Trails |language=en-US}}</ref>
The trail's trailhead is beside the parking lot on Preble Street Extension, adjacent to Back Cove Park.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2019-09-24 |title=A local's guide to Portland, Maine |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/united-states/portland-maine-local-guide/ |access-date=2023-12-30 |website=Washington Post |language=en}}</ref> Beneath Tukey's Bridge, at the mouth of Back Cove, the trail connects to the Bayside and Eastern Promenade Trails.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" />
Portland's former mayor James Phinney Baxter envisioned the trail. It was completed in 1917,<ref name=":1" /> four years before Baxter's death.
==See also== *List of hiking trails in Maine
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Category:Geography of Portland, Maine Category:Hiking trails in Maine Category:1917 establishments in Maine