Fort Bragg

Our years stationed in North Carolina were some of the best for our family. We had so much fun marking items off of our Fort Bragg Bucket List!

After PCS-ing there, I found more than 140 things to do at Fort Bragg and across the state of North Carolina. So that we never had any reason to be bored.

(You can find the full list here: The BEST Fort Bragg and North Carolina Bucket List.)

Here are all of the things that we marked off of the list during our time there!

On Post at Fort Bragg

things to do at Fort Bragg: go to the dive-in theater
#1: Go to the MWR’s ‘Dive-In Theater’.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: go to a family fun day at Smith Lake
#3: Go to a Family-Fun Day at Smith Lake.
Pictures that make orders to Fort Liberty look good: seeing the Golden Knights do a jump.
#2: See a Golden Knights demonstration.
Weird things to do in North Carolina: watch some jousting at a Renaissance Faire.
#4: Go to the Renaissance Faire.

Fayetteville

Cape Fear River Trail in Clark Park in Fayetteville North Carolina
#5: Walk the Cape Fear River Trail.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: go to the Poe House in Fayetteville, NC
#7: Go to the Poe House
Fort Liberty Bucket List: explore downtown Fayetteville
#9: Explore downtown Fayetteville.
The Ghost Tower in Fayetteville.
#11: See the Ghost Tower at Arsenal Park.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: go to a trampoline park
#13: Go to a trampoline park.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: go to the Fascinate-U Children's Museum
#6: Go to the Fascinate-U Children’s Museum.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: pet the horses at Gillis Hill Farm
#8: Pet the animals at Gillis Hill Farm
Weird things to do in NC: learn to ice skate from a hockey player
#10: Go to a Marksmen Hockey game.
Quirky things to look for in Fayetteville #1: the mini Eiffel Tower.
#12: See the mini Eiffel Tower.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: play at Mazarick Park
#14: Play at Mazarick Park.
covered bridge at Clark Park in Fayetteville, North Carolina
#15: Explore Clark Park.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: play mini golf at Omni Family Fun Center
#17: Play mini golf at Omni Family Fun Center
Fort Liberty Bucket List: go swimming at Seabrook Park
#16: Cool off at Seabrook Park.
Fort Bragg Swimming Holes: Lake Pines Swim Club in Fayetteville, NC
#18: Cool off at Lake Pines Swim Club.
Bragg Boulevard Flea Market in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
#19: Find treasures at the Bragg Blvd. Flea Market.

Fort Bragg’s Surrounding Areas

View from the overlook at Raven Rock State Park in Lillington, NC
#20: Hike up to the Raven Rock overlook.
Small wooden walkway at Weymouth Woods in North Carolina.
#22: Hike through Weymouth Woods.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: get some ice cream at Sunni Sky's
#24: Get some ice cream at Sunni Sky’s.
hikes near Fort Liberty, NC: Carver's Creek State Park
#21: Go for a walk at Carver’s Creek State Park.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: Feed the giraffe at the Aloha Safari Zoo
#23: Feed the friendly giraffe at the Aloha Safari Zoo.
White Lake in Elizabeth, NC
#25: Spend the day at White Lake.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: Waldo's Beach
#26: Go swimming at Waldo’s Beach.

The Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill)

Weird Things to do in North Carolina: go to the Chinese lantern festival
#27: Go to the Chinese Lantern Festival.
The old Lucky Strike smokestack at the American Tobacco Campus.
#29: Go to the old Lucky Strike Factory.
Weird things to do in North Carolina: go to a chocolate factory
#28: Visit the Videri Chocolate Factory.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: Museum of Natural Science.
#30: Visit the North Carolina Museum of Natural Science.

Wilmington

How to find Venus Flytraps at Carolina Beach State Park.
#31: Find wild Venus Flytraps.
Pictures that make orders to Fort Bragg look good: view from underneath the pier at Wilmington, NC.
#33: Spend the day at Carolina Beach.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: Visit Fort Fisher.
#35: Visit Fort Fisher.
Pretending to shoot the guns on the ship.
#32: Man the guns on the USS North Carolina.
Weird Things to do in North Carolina: See the mermaids at Fort Fisher
#34: See the mermaids at the NC Aquarium.

Charlotte

#36: Take Lyvi to the American Girl Store.
27 pictures that make Fort Bragg look good: The metalmorphosis sculpture in Charlotte, NC.
#37: See the METALmorphosis sculpture.

Misc. Day Trips

Wally's Service Station in Mayberry!
#38: Visit Andy Griffith’s hometown & the inspiration for Mayberry.
Girls posing with Pedro statue at South of the Border roadside attraction in South Carolina.
#40: Stop to see Pedro at South of the Border.
Weird things to do in North Carolina: see the world's largest chest of drawers
#39: See the world’s largest chest of drawers.
Picking apples at Millstone Creek Orchards near Fort Bragg, NC.
#41: Pick apples at Millstone Creek Orchards.

The Outer Banks

Sand sledding at Jockey's Ridge was the most fun we had in the Outer Banks! | Finding Mandee
#42: Sled down the sand dunes at Jockey’s Ridge.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: See the Wright Brother Memorial in Kitty Hawk.
#44: See the Wright Brothers’ Memorial in Kitty Hawk.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: Drive the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway.
#46: Drive the National Outer Banks Scenic Byway.
Pictures that make orders to Fort Bragg in North Carolina look good: the Bodie Island Lighthouse in the Outer Banks.
#43: See a lighthouse.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: visit the lost colony of Roanoke.
#45: Visit the Lost Colony of Roanoke settlement site.
Fort Liberty Bucket List: hunt for seashells on the beach.
#47: Hunt for seashells/sea glass on the beach.

The Mountains of N.C

North Carolina waterfall during autumn.
#48: See Looking Glass Falls.
Things to do at Sugar Mountain: Visit Mystery Hill in Boone, NC.
#50: Experience the strangeness at Mystery Hill.
The apples at Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard are HUGE!
#49: Pick our own apples.
Going down a natural water slide.
#51: Go down Sliding Rock.
You can't visit Sugar Mountain, North Carolina without getting some candy at Mast General Store!
#52: Shop at the original Mast General Store.

Miscellaneous Things

The Washington Memorial in Washington D.C.
#53: Make a trip to Washington D.C.
yurt camping at Shenandoah Crossing in Gordonsville, VA
#55: Go glamping in Shenandoah Valley.
The Blue Ridge Parkway is a short drive from Asheville KOA East.
#54: See the fall colors on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
creek in the mountains in Pigeon Forge
#56: Make a trip to the Smoky Mountains in Tennessee.
Tent camping at Stone Mountain, GA.
#57: Go camping.