Today Joy and I traveled to the highest point in RI at a whopping 812ft above sea level. That place? Jerimoth Hill in Foster. There's a sign by the side of the road and then a two mintue walk (a 5 foot elevation gain-whoa!) and you are at the actual spot/rock which has a small cairn stone at top. There's also a mailbox with a notebook that you can sign, which Joy and I did. At the spot where the rock is, there is a small clearing with a few sheds and a telescope pad and at the point the property is owned by Brown University. The path to get there however is private property. Strangely enough, for the longest time (until 2005 I think) it was almost impossible to get to the actual spot because the owner(s) never let anybody!!
Anyways, I've now been to the highest point in 2 states! (NH and RI) It would be fun to join the Highpointers Club, climb the highest point in each state, however thats a lot of Mountain Climbing, Alaska's Mt. McKinely being the highest at 20320 ft.
The clearing at the top of the "hill"
The trail that we "hiked" to get there
Me at the unofficial highest point (actual spot is mere 5 feet higher)
The wife at the actual highest spot in RI
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