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Experience Andy Griffiths hometown, the real life Mayberry and inspiration for the Andy Griffith Show. Don’t miss the annual Mayberry Days Parade!
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Like Andy Taylor, we love entertaining overnight guests...
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The Yadkin Valley wine region is a vibrant river valley...
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There are plenty of Mayberry, North Carolina sights and...
- Mayberry Replica Courthouse
The Mayberry Courthouse is a replica of the courthouse that...
- Mayberry Squad Car Tours Remember Sheriff Taylor’s police car? The one you saw in every episode? In Mount Airy, you can tour all of…
- Mount Airy Museum of Regional History The Mount Airy Museum of Regional History is located in downtown Mount Airy in a restored mercantile store. The museum…
- Cross Creek Country Club Cross Creek Country Club is an 18-hole championship golf course designed by Joe Lee, which flows just under 6,800 yards…
- Andy Griffith Museum The Andy Griffith Museum provides a permanent place for the world’s largest collection of Andy Griffith memorabilia. Located next to…
- Angry Troll Brewing No description for this destination, please send us one! Breweries Outdoor Dining
- Shelton Vineyards It’s not hard to know you’re in wine country as you approach Shelton Vineyards with its vintage-style streetlights and extended… Wineries
- TV Land Statue Dedicated in 2004, TV Land donated a bronze statue capture The Andy Griffith Show’s iconic opening sequence depicting Andy Griffith…
- Historic Earle Theatre and Old-Time Music Heritage Hall Built in 1938, the Earle Theatre has remained much the same as it did in the 1930s. The Earle Theatre… Indoor
- Gertrude Smith House The historic Gertrude Smith House was built by merchant and landowner Jefferson Davis Smith around the turn of the century.…
- Snappy Lunch Opened on the 1920s to serve snappy lunches to workers of Mount Airy, Snappy Lunch hasn’t changed much as visitors…
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- Mount Airy Visitors Center. 1 Mount Airy Visitors Center. The Mount Airy Visitors Center offers free maps for those who’d like to explore by foot, and it's always fun to get recommendations from locals.
- Squad Car Tours. 2 Squad Car Tours. Take a Squad Car Tour in a replica of Deputy Barney Fife’s. Leaving from Wally’s Service Station, up to five people can climb in and cruise the Mayberry sights – including The Andy Griffith Playhouse, Snappy Lunch and more – for 30 to 45 minutes.
- Mayberry Motor Inn. 3 Mayberry Motor Inn. Overnight accommodations are available at the Mayberry Motor Inn, where guests can request the Aunt Bee room, furnished with items once owned by the late actress, Frances Bavier, who played beloved Aunt Bee.
- Andy’s Homeplace. 4 Andy’s Homeplace. Andy Griffith’s childhood home is also nearby, called Andy’s Homeplace, a bed and breakfast owned and operated by the Hampton Inn of Mount Airy.
Piedmont. Coast. 4. Take a tour through the real Mayberry in a vintage squad car. Mayberry, the idyllic hometown made famous on The Andy Griffith Show, has long been considered a fictional place, but the real Mayberry does exist. The TV-show town was based on Griffith’s hometown of Mount Airy.
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Aug 14, 2022 · Mount Airy, N.C., the inspiration for Mayberry in the 1960s comedy "The Andy Griffith Show," has reinvented itself as a destination for hundreds of thousands of fans of the show who...
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- Dustin Stephens,Ed Givnish
Mayberry is said to be based on Andy Griffith 's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Mount Airy is also known as Mayberry and called by both names by its residents. The name "Mayberry" According to show episodes, the community of Mayberry was named for fictional founder John Mayberry.
Oct 1, 2020 · 10 Sec. If there is one lasting legacy of The Andy Griffith Show it's that the little fictional town of Mayberry, where the iconic TV show is set, is synonymous with the ideal American way...
