Hit the Trails and Earn Prizes in North Alabama

Exploring North Alabama just got even more rewarding! With seven free digital passport trails, visitors can turn their travels into an interactive adventure: checking in at iconic locations, discovering new favorites, and earning prizes along the way. Each trail offers a downloadable digital passport that lives right on your phone, making it easy to explore at your own pace while tracking your stops and unlocking rewards. Whether you’re chasing waterfalls, sampling local flavors, admiring public art, or connecting with history and heritage, these trails invite you to explore more of North Alabama and get rewarded for it.

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North Alabama Waterfall Trail

Experience the natural beauty of North Alabama one waterfall at a time with a free digital passport that guides you to some of the region’s most breathtaking cascades. Check in at each waterfall using your phone, track your progress, and earn prizes as you explore these scenic outdoor destinations that are perfect for hikers, photographers, and nature lovers alike.

A waterfall at little river falls.

Wines & Vines of North Alabama

Sip and savor your way through North Alabama wine country with a free digital passport that leads you to local vineyards and wineries. Each check-in brings you closer to prizes while helping you discover unique tasting experiences, beautiful vineyard settings, and the growing wine culture across the region.

Wine bottle from Sipsey Winery

North Alabama Barbecue Trail

Follow the smoke and your free digital passport to legendary barbecue spots across North Alabama. Check in at participating locations, keep track of your trail stops, and earn prizes as you sample time-honored recipes and regional barbecue traditions that locals swear by.

Delicious barbecue plate featuring different meats, slaw, macaroni and cheese, baked beans, and other veggies from Russell's BBQ in Sheffield.

North Alabama Mural Trail

Turn public art into an interactive experience with the free digital passport for the North Alabama Mural Trail. Check in at vibrant murals across multiple communities, learn about the artists and stories behind the artwork, and earn prizes while exploring colorful, photo-worthy stops throughout the region.

Rainbow horse mural in Decatur.

North Alabama Hallelujah Trail

Discover the music, history, and faith that shaped American sound on the North Alabama Hallelujah Trail with a free digital passport. Visitors can check in at meaningful sites, follow the trail’s cultural roots, and earn prizes while exploring the places where gospel, soul, and musical heritage come together.

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North Alabama Patriot Trail

Step into history with the North Alabama Patriot Trail and its free digital passport, designed to guide visitors to significant patriotic and military heritage sites. Check in as you go, learn more about North Alabama’s role in American history, and earn prizes while honoring the stories that shaped the nation.

Tank On The Patriot Trail

North Alabama Craft Beer Trail

Raise a glass to exploration with the North Alabama Craft Beer Trail’s free digital passport. From small-batch brews to taproom favorites, visitors can check in at breweries across the region, collect stamps digitally, and earn prizes while discovering the creativity behind North Alabama’s craft beer scene.

A group of people holding up a few beers.

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Melea Hames

A 1995 Auburn University graduate, Melea has been a social media manager in the tourism industry since 2010 at Alabama Mountain Lakes Tourist Association. At AMLA, Melea is responsible for creating content on Visit North Alabama’s social media platforms, writing blog posts on the website, coordinating the North Alabama Ambassador Program, and speaking at various events and meetings about social media. Melea is also the host of Unexpected Adventures in North Alabama, AMLA’s new podcast, produced by Relic Agency. The podcast won a 2022 Muse Award - Silver in the Audio/Podcast category. Melea was honored in October 2023 with the Tourism Promoter of the Year Award from the Alabama Restaurant & Hospitality Association for her work on the podcast.

Prior to working for AMLA, Melea received her Masters at UNA in Secondary Education and taught middle school English and coached middle school cheerleaders for three years. She also taught English at Calhoun Community College for 8 1/2 half years. Before that she worked in public relations for an advertising agency in Atlanta, a minor league baseball team in Columbus, Georgia, and for Auburn University in the development office. In 2020, Melea created her very own social media marketing agency called M and M Social. She loves to write, travel, walk in the park (she walked over 600 miles in 2020), go to Auburn games, and read books about WWII.