Channel Your Inner 80's Rock Star With A Trip To This Jamestown Park

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Looking for a Rhode adventure with a bit of an edge to it this weekend?

And in case you’re craving some sandwiches from the East Ferry Deli (sooo good!) in the heart of Jamestown, you also might want to motor over to this nearby spot for some phone photos, REELS (that’s what’s hawt right now), and street art.

Whether you're taking photos and video with an I-Phone (as most of us are) or an actual professional camera, there's certainly no shortage of places in our little state to explore and enjoy during the fall months.

To be honest, though, some locations just lend themselves more to stunning images for social than others.

I say this because Forth Wetherill State Park in Jamestown is a curious outdoor space at the tip of Conanicut Island that has outstanding views (of Newport Harbor and the East Passage of Narragansett Bay respectively) AND a ton of graffiti that feel as though it could be straight out of early 1980’s MTV.

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Channel your inner Madonna, circa her Borderline video and style arc from back in 1985-86, at the ruins of the former American Revolutionary Fort that’s on the property.

Graffiti for days and then some.

Add your own a la Keith Haring (joking) or just take a ton of snaps of the area that’s been deemed “the Devil's Playground” by some.

PS And BTW: Some people also say (gasp) that it’s haunted by the ghost of a dog that once roamed the fort during Revolutionary days, so there’s your HALLOWEEN tie-in.

This post has been updated from one that has appeared previously on the site.