• Take I-95 north, through Connecticut and into Rhode Island.
  
  
• Take exit 3 from I-95, heading east toward Kingston on Rt. 138.
  
  
• Stay on 138 through Kingston, to Rt. 1 (about 14 miles from I-95); turn left on Rt. 1.
  
  
• After about two miles, exit Rt. 1 onto Rt. 138 east, heading to Newport.
  
  
• You will cross a bridge onto Jamestown Island, then a second bridge into Newport.  The second one is the Pell bridge and has a $2.00 toll.
  
  
• Get off the bridge at the first exit, bearing right toward downtown Newport.
  
  
• A t the second traffic light, bear right on America’s Cup Boulevard. After three traffic lights, America's Cup turns into Memorial Boulevard and goes up a hill. 
  If you were visiting the Whitehorne House, you would turn right at this intersection onto Thames Street and the museum is a few blocks along
  on your left.
  
  
• There is a traffic light in the middle of the hill, and one at the top; turn right at the second light onto Bellevue Avenue.
  
  
• Follow Bellevue for almost two miles. When you pass Marble House on your left, you are almost at Rough Point.
  
  
• As you approach a sharp bend in the road, there will be a large, black iron gate on your left, with a bronze sign reading "Rough Point" and “680.”  Turn into the gate where a Rough Point security guard will direct you to available parking.
  

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