With 1,100 miles of tidal shoreline that support a vibrant seafood industry and surround productive farmland, the Northern Neck has been known for food and hospitality since Colonial times.

Nowhere is that tradition better expressed than in the Westmoreland county’s homes and gardens set amid small towns and pastoral landscapes that honor the regions rural culture and history as the “mother” of three of the country’s first presidents. The tour includes riverfront cabins on the Potomac, a restored Colonial home and two other properties in the village known as The Hague.

Discover the reason the Northern Neck is designated a National Heritage Area.