• From the Boston area, and points north, take I-95 south, toward Providence. Stay on I-95 through Providence. After you pass the junction with I-295, start looking for the LEFT exit 9 to Route 4, toward Newport.
  
  
• Take exit 9 for Route 4 south. Route 4 merges with Route 1 south at the third traffic light. Continue on, and be ready to exit to the right.
  
  
• After less than one mile on Route 1, take the exit for Route 138 East, towards 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.
  
  
• At 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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