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The Highest Point In Rhode Island

Davis Dunavin
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Highpointers Stony Burk, Ruth Ann Heselbarth and Mick Dunn on the rock that marks Rhode Island's highest point.

The highest point in Rhode Island isn’t very high. It’s more like a slight incline. But it was a tricky point to reach for many years. You can find it in a small clearing just off a state road – at a place called Jerimoth Hill.

Jerimoth Hill is now open to the public – and quite easy to access. You can find it off Route 101 in Foster, Rhode Island, a little less than a mile from the Connecticut border. The trail is open from sunup to sundown. You can learn more about the spot, and highpointing in general, on the Highpointers Club website.

Davis Dunavin loves telling stories, whether on the radio or around the campfire. He started in Missouri and ended up in Connecticut, which, he'd like to point out, is the same geographic trajectory taken by Mark Twain.