The Cultural Heritage Driving Trails are a set of 14 thematic driving trails that tell the story of Fayetteville and Cumberland County based on the 14 themes. Some of the trail themes include African- American Heritage, Civil War, Gaelic Beginnings, Religious Freedom, Patriots, and Past and Present. Most trails have turn-by-turn directions to help you get from site to site.

There are a few with no directions provided, just options you can select depending on your preferences. The Patri-Arts and Gardens Trail provides an array of locations where you can experience art and culture in different mediums. The International Cuisine Trail showcases the many different cuisines available in Fayetteville/Cumberland County. All restaurants included in this trail are locally-owned, non-chain restaurants.

One of our most unique trails is Trail Trek. Ever heard of geo-caching? In simplest terms, it’s a modern day scavenger hunt.

Here’s what you need:

• A hand-held GPS unit that allows you to enter in coordinates
• vehicle
• Copy of trail trek from our website and some small trinkets for the caches (pronounced cashes)

We provide you with a set of coordinates, you enter them into your hand-held GPS unit, and drive to where the coordinates take you. You will have to get out of your car and walk with the unit in hand to get to all of our locations.

We supply you with a clue that will help you find the cache, or the treasure box! Once you find the cache, there is a log book as well as a small trinket. These trinkets are small items, usually from the dollar store work just fine. No food or money though. You do not have to do the sites in order, nor do you have to do them all in one day. But we are sure that you will be pleasantly surprised at the locations that you do end up visiting and you will want to take some time to look around after finding each cache.

You can also CustomizeIt! A web-based feature which takes you through three easy steps and the end result is you have a trail that is everything that YOU want to do when you are visiting the Greater Fayetteville Area.

Fayetteville and Cumberland County has a lot experience and it’s all possible by going out on one of our trails, or one that you create on your own through CustomizeIt!