Directions to Ballard Park, Newport: From Route 1, take Route 138 East across Newport Bridge. Take your first exit for Scenic Newport. Make a right at the end of the ramp and continue until America's Cup Ave. Make a right and travel 0.8 miles. Bear right at Thames Street and follow all the way. It will turn into Carroll Avenue. At the fork in the road, bear right onto Old Fort Road. You will pass the back of Rogers High School on your right and the Fire Station on your left. At the end of the road take a right onto Wickham Road and proceed up the hill. Ballard Park is on the left. Parking is available across the street in the Rogers High School parking.