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Mount Airy offers history, community, and recreation. Located a convenient distance from Winston Salem in one direction and mountain exploration in another. Learn what life could be like!
Mayberry is the name of a real community in Patrick County, Virginia; located 22 miles northeast of Andy Griffith's hometown of Mount Airy, North Carolina. The Mayberry Trading Post, home of the Mayberry, Virginia post office until it closed in 1922, told local TV station WGHP that Griffith and his father made many trips to the Mayberry Trading ...
- 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.
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.
Enjoy dining options, award-winning wineries & vineyards, Mayberry, the outdoors, regional history, and endless entertainment in Mount Airy, NC.
- 200 North Main St, Mount Airy, 27030, NC
- (800) 948-0949
Downtown Mount Airy, NC is strolling through real-life Mayberry from the Andy Griffith Show. Take a Squad Car Tour, visit the old courthouse, even enjoy dinner and a show!
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Aug 14, 2022 · North Carolina. 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...
