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Sign by the highway |
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Trailhead to the highpoint. There are various threatening signs glued to the trees. |
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The "summit" |
The Forbidden Highpoint
[Summit team: Targo, Katrin, Toomas, Oliver]
There are many different kinds of people in the world. There are people like
Percival Baxter who worked for decades in Maine to buy land surrouding Katahdin
with his personal money and then donated it to the state, so people could enjoy
it. And then there are people like the owners of a lot between road 101 and the
highpoint of Rhode Island that have put up at least half a dozen threatening
signs to keep people from crossing a narrow stretch of forest. It is actually
funny how their efforts are so counterproductive - highpointers have taken up
this hobby to overcome hardships, and the more hardships you put in their way,
the more stubborn they get. At the same time they could be asking $20/person
from every visitor, and make good money from the 1000+ people that come there
every year.
OK, enough ranting. We visited Jerimoth Hill on an open access day, September
5th, 2004. There were about a dozen other highpointers by the summit, and we
chatted with some who had been at the convention in Washington state earlier
this year.
Here are the the instructions:
1. In Rhode Island we took I-295 to bypass Providence.
2. From I-295 take exit 6-5 towards US-6/ Hartford Ct
3. Turn right onto US-6, go 4.9 miles.
4. Keep straight onto SR-101
5. Stay on SR-101 for 8.9 miles. You should go a little past US-94 junction.
There is a radio tower on the right side of the road as well as a sign (see
first picture). The summit is on the left side, but is accessible only a couple
of days per year.
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