• Take Route 146, which is exit 10A from the Mass Pike.
  
  
• Head south, toward Providence. After exits for North Smithfield and Woonsocket, there will be major intersection with I-295.
  
  
• Take I-295 south, not towards Boston.
  
  
• Continue on I-295 (about 18 miles) until it merges with I-95 south. Stay on I-95 only a few miles.
  
  
• Take left exit 9 for Route 4, toward Newport.  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.