Gloucester residents and visitors alike will soon be able to explore Guinea in a whole new way thanks to the newly completed Guinea Heritage Driving Tour. The new tour features 12 stops that highlight the area’s natural beauty and history.

Tour-goers are guided along thanks to map featured both in brochures and online. Stops on the tour include Buck’s Store Museum, Big Island Seafoods and Retail Shop, Achilles Masonic Lodge, as well as three churches.

While facts about each stop are featured on the brochure, the online version features recorded voiceovers for each of the stops. Lending their voices to the tour are Gloucester County Museums Coordinator Robert Kelly, Ginny Snowden, Marion Randall, Beulah Colon, Hamilton Williams, Gloucester Tourism Coordinator Susan Ammons and Gloucester Information System Technician Candice Smith.

Williams, a member of the Guinea Heritage Association, said the tour will attract more tourists to area to experience what Guinea has to offer. The whole tour is anchored around the Buck’s Store Museum, which is the first stop. Here a new interactive map will be displayed that furthers the tours accessibility.

Ammons said the tour provides many opportunities for tourism and marketing for some of Gloucester’s other areas. She said the tour highlights Guinea as Gloucester’s hidden gem.

The new tour will be unveiled this Friday at the GHA’s Fourth Friday event at Buck’s Store. Buck’s Store is open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The Guinea Heritage Driving Tour was made possible thanks to a partnership with Gloucester County Parks, Recreation and Tourism, the Gloucester Museum of History, and the Guinea Heritage Association. The tour was paid for through federal funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act.