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    Diamond Hill State Park

    3.2 (14 reviews)

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    Brian S.

    A haunted hill Diamond Hill State Park is a beautiful place with several athletic fields, a band shell overlooking a pond and numerous picnic areas. It also has several rather short but very steep hiking trails. The entire length of hiking trails is probably only about a mile of so but some are extremely steep. This whole hill seems to be made of lumps of quartz so getting up the steep hill can be a bit of a challenge, especially when the ground is wet or frozen. If seems you go two steps back for every step forward trying to walk on those rocks. Nice views on the summit and of course all the cool rocks laying around everywhere are fascinating to look at. However if you look closely you will notice other, less natural items. Huge cement blocks and metal poles are scattered about. After a little rumination it becomes obvious that this was once a ski area. After talking to several folks in the area I found out that this was indeed a ski area from 1939 to 1981. It was small but was noted for it's extremely steep and rocky hills. Then needed quite a bit of snow to cover all the rocks and tended to have a lot of accidents because of the steep and narrow slopes. These factors combined for the demise of the skiing. I also discovered that this hill is considered haunted by many in the area. Several battles and massacres between native americans and early settlers occurred here and strange screams and apparitions can occasionally be seen on the hill on certain nights. Of course the fact that this is a popular drinking spot for the local youth might explain some of the noises and sights but every October they set up tents and displays have a haunted hill tour at the park. They do their best to scare the hell out of people. Certainly not the longest or best hiking in the area but it is cool trying to scramble up the hills and fun to look at all the cool rocks and artifacts left over from the skiing days. Mayhaps if you are there are the right time, on the right day, you just might even see a ghost.

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    JC M.

    Beautiful but could be so, so much more! The amphitheater could host movies and concerts-it would be so amazing! Too bad it's fallen a bit.

    Pond in the park over taken with slime and trash this out door space would be great for summer concerts if it was fixed up some
    Tim Z.

    Walking around this park needs some TLC ....broken benches and just run down looking...to bad this could be a really nice park if the fixed it up some

    The start of the way up, very rocky

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    The park has tons of athletic fields, but the hiking trails are disappointing. There are much better places in RI for a hike/run.

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