Fayetteville, NC Road Trips

1 Market House, Gillespie and Hays Streets. Fayetteville's premier historical landmark, built in 1838 to replace the state house that burned down in 1831, and marking the city's center point. (updated Sep 2022) 2 Airborne and Special Ops Museum, 100 Bragg Blvd (in downtown Fayetteville), ☏ +1 910-643-2778, [email protected]. A military museum dedicated to the nation's premier warriors. Several eras of Special Operations missions are on display. Free (donations accepted). (updated Nov 2016) 3 Museum of the Cape Fear Historical Complex, 801 Arsenal Ave, ☏ +1 910-486-1330. The historical complex includes the museum building with more than 400 years of history seen in exhibits; the 1897 Poe House, a late-Victorian house museum; and the historic Arsenal Park, the remains of an ordnance factory that served both the Federal and Confederate governments. Free. (updated Nov 2016) 4 The Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History Museum, 325 Franklin St, ☏ +1 910-433-1457. Tu-Sa 10AM-4PM. A former train station with some vintage cars and exhibits. Could be a little sleepy, maybe if you like looking at cotton pickers and stuff it's going to be okay. Free. 5 82nd Airborne Division War Memorial Museum, C-6841, 5108 Ardennes St, Fort Bragg (on base, access through Fort Bragg Visitor Center after being cleared), ☏ +1 910-432-5307. Tu-Sa 10AM-4:30PM. Learn aboutthe 82nd Airborne Division here, with demonstrative parachuting aircraft on display. Free. 6 Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N Eastern Blvd, ☏ +1 910-486-0221.

Downtown Fayetteville. The downtown area of Fayetteville (Hay Street) has undergone a massive clean-up over the last few decades and now provides a few blocks of tourist-friendly shops and restaurants. Festival Park, a few blocks away from downtown, is a natural community gathering place featuring weekly outdoor concerts with a Southern, hometown atmosphere. 1 Clark Park Nature Center, 631 Sherman Dr, ☏ +1 910 433-1579. M-F 8AM-5PM, Sa 10AM-4PM. A place where you can hike to your heart's content and check out Cape Fear River habitats and inhabitants, like turtles. Free. (updated Sep 2022) Carver's Falls is a virtually untouched 55-acre area of forest in the Sandhills of North Carolina. The area is named after the waterfall that is over 150 feet wide and two stories tall nestled in the heart of the property. For centuries, Carver’s Falls has been closed to the public and few even knew of its existence. The falls are privately held, but can be seen as part of the ZipQuest Waterfall and Treetop Adventure The Climbing Place, 436 W Russell St, ☏ +1 910 486-9638. M-Th Sa 10AM-10PM, F 10AM-11PM, Su 12:30PM-6:30PM. An indoor rock climbing gym in downtown Fayetteville. $13 all-day. Fayetteville Woodpeckers, 460 Hay St, ☏ +1 910 339-1989. City baseball team playing at Segra Stadium.

Blue Moon Cafe, 310 Hay St. Traditional fine dining with enjoyable ambience Pierro's Italian Bistro, 217 Hay St. Romantic Italian restaurant. Luigi's, 528 N McPherson Church Rd. Named the best Italian restaurant 10 years running by the Fayetteville Observer. Mi Casita, (several locations). A local Mexican restaurant chain in the Fayetteville area. 1 Sandpiper Buffet, 411 N Eastern Blvd, ☏ +1 910 483-8906. Inexpensive Southern cooking buffet for when you just want to feed your face type of thing. (updated Sep 2022)

Cadillac Ranch. Country club. Wednesday is $1 special night. Charley's Pub, 102 Person St, ☏ +1 910-323-1549. Karaoke and billiards. Big Apple Restaurant & Sports Pub, 5900 Yadkin Rd, ☏ +1 910-430-5533. Live music and pool tables. Paddy's Irish Public House, 2606 Raeford Rd Suite B, ☏ +1 910-568-5654. Irish pub. Good on Thursday and the weekends.

Marriott Courtyard Fayetteville, 4192 Sycamore Dairy Road, ☏ +1 910-487-5557. Embassy Suites by Hilton Fayetteville Fort Bragg, 4760 Lake Valley Dr, ☏ +1 910-826-3600. Hampton Inn Spring Lake Fayetteville, 1050 N Bragg Blvd, Spring Lake, ☏ +1 910-438-0945.

1 Fayetteville Regional Airport (FAY IATA) (located north near the Coliseum). Flights from Charlotte and Atlanta Or, fly in to the Raleigh-Durham airport (RDU IATA). The drive south to Fayetteville is 1-1½ hours long. There is an 2 Amtrak station downtown at 472 Hay Street, served by the Palmetto and Silver Meteor routes. These trains lead to various points along the East Coast, but to get to other major cities in North Carolina you'll have to transfer. Megabus. Service from Atlanta, Athens, Columbia, Durham, Richmond, and Washington, D.C. Buses stop at the Fayetteville Transit Center, at East Russell Street and Old Wilmington Road. Greyhound buses stop at 505 Franklin St.

The Fayetteville Area System of Transit (FAST) serves the Fayetteville and Spring Lake regions, with ten bus routes and two shuttle routes.