Mount Airy’s famous Mayberry Squad Car Tours await your arrival! We are located at Wally’s Service Station at 625 South Main Street in Mount Airy, NC.
This is an exciting tour of our historic town and all it’s famous Mayberry landmarks. We’ll start you off at the famous Wally’s Fillin Station, then take a ride down main street and check out all the sites like the Barney’s Cafe, Floyd’s Barber shop, Snappy Lunch and then we’ll swing by Andy’s original homeplace.
This and much more can be seen while taking a trip through the past. If your a true Andy Griffith fan then this tour is a must. Where else will you ever get the chance to ride in a Mayberry squad car. This is an experience you’ll never forget!
Although a little pricey, perfect for my husband who is a lifelong fan of Andy Griffith. Our pup was even allowed to ride in the backseat with me. We had the best animated and informative tour guide name Larry and jennifer, who checked us in, was a beautiful presence with a beautiful smile. After walking nearly a mile from my car, I realized we were going to need to go back before the tour and a gentleman offered to drive me. Super nice fellow ended up being the owner! My husband is handicapped and was able to sit in the front seat and really enjoy himself All around a great experience and we learned much about the show, Mount airy, and “Mayberry“. Highly recommend.
Christina Brown
16:36 10 Aug 22
We loved it .
Ron Brooks
00:41 28 Jul 22
We really enjoyed it!
Nickie Kile
18:54 21 Jul 22
The tour was worth the money. Roger was our tour guide, and he was super kind, knowledgeable and funny. If anyone requests a tour they should request Roger to be their guide. We were able to learn a lot more about Mt. Airy that we never knew about beforehand. Great experience!
Martin Silva
12:02 11 Jul 22
Allen was a wonderful tour guide. He made the tour fun and informative. Definitely worth the money. Highly, HIGHLY recommend the tour if you're an Andy Griffith fan. Tour is 30 to 45 mins and holds 4 to 5 people.Reservations recommended on weekends, but not necessary.
Outdoors With Shawn
14:03 29 Jun 22
Great tour guide. Very interesting and informative.
Mona Winebarger
23:54 02 Jun 22
Our driver was AMAZING! So informative. We had a great time! A MUST for tourists and locals.
Genia Gornick
03:43 31 May 22
Our tour guide, Mark was great! Kept the tour interesting and entertaining.
Mary Bronzich
15:36 26 May 22
Lots of fun!
Jeff Horton
02:02 15 May 22
If you are in Mt Airy you need to take this tour! So informative and lots of fun!
Sue Doppenberg
23:08 14 May 22
Gary was the best Tour Guide!!! So personable. Showed us the Quarry also. Worth every penny of cost and tip!!! Thanks Gary!!!
Kathy Hill
18:52 12 May 22
Very impressed with both tours I've taken. Drivers were super friendly and informative about things even I didn't know about the past of Mt. Airy and Andy Griffith. Highly recommend taking the Squad car tour!
Christy Dellinger
16:16 12 May 22
Great ride and conversation with driver.
Theresa Cushman
15:05 16 Apr 22
This was a great experience and a Must Do for fans of the show. Our driver was a local native and had met Andy a few times throughout his life. Very knowledgeable and funny!! Highlight of our impromptu trip!!
NicoleDarling
00:50 11 Apr 22
We had the best driver . He was local to the town all of his life . He didn't grow up with Andy but he did grow up with his daughter and his words it was better.
Paul Curlee
16:11 03 Apr 22
We had a great time! Our guide/driver was very knowledgeable about everything about the town and Andy Griffith Show. I would definitely do it again and would recommend it to everyone.
Bobby Johnson
00:13 13 Mar 22
So good! Highly recommend!
Deb Worland
14:34 05 Mar 22
The whole experience from booking our tour over the phone with the lady at the desk, to the ride along tour with our amazing chauffeur, was delightful. Our chauffeur was so knowledgeable and such a social butterfly who spent time answering questions along the ride. This was definitely our favorite part of visiting Mayberry.
Robert Lee
03:52 26 Feb 22
Very knowledgeable drivers. Highly recommend
David Shehan
14:25 18 Feb 22
We enjoyed every minute of our tour. Our 12yr old son actually asked if we could go to Mt Airy over holiday break & take this tour as part of his Christmas. Our guide grew up in Mt Airy & was very informative about the town being known for more than Mayberry. I would recommend the tour to anyone visiting this beautiful town.
Criss
22:47 13 Jan 22
Gary was very knowledgeable and funny I would recommend him
Jasmine Schrichten
18:07 04 Jan 22
It was a great start to visiting Mt. Airy.
Jeannie Frerichs
12:50 22 Dec 21
Great family fun! Riding in the squad car with your family is a amazing way to see the sights in Mt. Airy. Our driver was extremely knowledgeable about the history of this beautiful town!
Chad Bright
15:46 14 Dec 21
This is a fun activity in Mount Airy. Our guide made it fun, and also shared a lot of information about the town.
rita carroll
20:19 30 Nov 21
Great tour great tour guides!!
Tracy Stevens
23:49 17 Nov 21
Must do tour when visiting Mt Airey!
Butch Munson
05:48 12 Nov 21
Very friendly staff and hometown feeling. Great memorabilia from the show
Jeremy Mabe
01:24 02 Nov 21
Going back. So neat
Michael O
21:16 31 Oct 21
This is a really cool experience! Family owned and operated, Great Price!
Paul Rosarius
11:31 29 Oct 21
This was a great tour. Our driver was wonderful. A must do if you are in Mount Airy
Rita Molvie
19:20 24 Oct 21
Excellent experience for Andy Griffith fans like us!
Laura Mitchell
18:33 14 Oct 21
Our driver Gary was the absolute best very personal able. He was very knowledgeable about Mt.Airy and the entire Andy Griffith Show. He also has a fantastic personality!!!Can’t wait to return to Mt.Airy’s againPhyllis n DonPittsburgh Pa
Phyllis Trussell
20:54 11 Oct 21
Such a fun and unique ride down nostalgia lane! Great driver offered an abundance of info. Was a great highlight in Mount Airy!!
Julie Gordey
20:40 06 Oct 21
We were suggested to ask for Gary... We didn't but we got him anyway and he was GREAT! Very knowledgeable of the town, very funny and a great story teller! He was patient with the kids and encouraged their engagement in the trip. Everyone had a blast and he made us take funny photos after the event... Which we will enjoy for years!
Maureen Reynolds
00:51 02 Oct 21
Steve (the fellow on the left side of the pic) is a fantastic tour host and made us feel right at home. Very informative, friendly, and kind. We came during Mayberry Days and thought they'd be pretty full up. But they got us in to a tour in about 45 minutes. We'd read about Steve in other reviews before going so we were excited he was our tour host.Well worth the cost. We highly recommend taking this tour before anything else in Mt. Airy (other than possibly Wally's Filling Station and the Mayberry Courthouse which are right next door) so you get the lay of the land and have a better idea of what you'd like to do next.
Josh Pintar
19:19 25 Sep 21
Great ride and tour guide
Steven Peplinski
21:26 22 Sep 21
Great gift shop. Great place to learn about Andy Griffith's hometown.
Tom Perry
20:34 22 Sep 21
Our driver, Carroll was wonderful. Such a fantastic tour!! We loved it!
kimberly litton
17:03 22 Sep 21
Gary was awesome! Great tour and was very knowledgeable.
xrjac
04:39 17 Sep 21
We loved it. Our guide was funny and dien to earth. It was the best attraction of the day
Amanda Jamison
20:37 11 Sep 21
Enjoyed being arrested
curtis akers
00:19 01 Sep 21
Fun and informative tour, a must do when in Mayberry
Elgon Dodson
19:14 28 Aug 21
Ask for Mark for your tour guide - he'll give you the REAL Mayberry tour - and he knows Ted Coppell! 😄Loved it, for real, fun for the entire family!
Kate Brown
22:25 15 Aug 21
Driver is a local raised in Mt Airy, plus he knows material about Andy's life first hand. This is a must if you visit Mt Airy.
Dale Black
02:46 10 Aug 21
Steve is an amazing tour guide/squad car driver. Knows the history, the nostalgia generated by The Andy Griffith Show, and how to set an informative and exciting stage for the tour! Very nice person who knows how to treat people, young and old alike!!
George Bishop
02:09 06 Aug 21
TEN STARS ON A FIVE STAR SCALE. Absolutely THE BEST way to tour Mt. Airy. Ask for Alan to be your tour guide. You will not be disappointed!
Greg Laxton
01:13 01 Aug 21
Great experience! And Don "Nuts" was a great tour guide.
Jimmy Tompkins
01:27 27 Jul 21
Absolutely loved our tour and the guide was fantastic! We learned alot and enjoyed the patrol car ride, siren and all. Well worth the money, you won't be disappointed.
Joy Hughes
03:43 25 Jul 21
We loved our squad car tour. Ray was a great guide to "Mayberry" and it was definitely the highlight of our trip to town. The folks in the gift shop were friendly, and there are some "must-sees" next door as well (such as replicas of Mayberry Courthouse/Sheriff's office, Darlin Cabin, etc.). Come, unwind, relax on the front porch with an RC Cola and a Moon Pie after you schedule your tour and enjoy the time with family/friends!
Doug Smith
23:11 22 Jul 21
We want to thank our driver Mike for the very interesting and informative tour of Mayberry! Our granddaughter was visiting from MI and she is still talking about it! We appreciate very much the kindness and consideration given to us.
Sharon Herbster
22:40 22 Jul 21
Cool beans!
Laurie Provencal
21:57 17 Jul 21
Great tour, you do not have to be a fan of the show to enjoy a ride on this squad car!
Raul Enchautegui
01:19 16 Jul 21
Kinda pricey, but our driver was fantastic and entertaining and did a great job at explaining the downtown area and other attractions and stories about The Andy Griffith show.
Brent Kauser
22:09 14 Jul 21
It was great; had a wonderful tour guide/ driver; very informative. Highly recommend it.
Pam Jones
19:53 12 Jul 21
This tour was a real treat...riding around town with the windows down in a 60's squad car. Our driver was Gary and he was wonderful. Husband and I had my 2 grandsons- 11 and 12 with us. Gary was great with the boys, answered all their questions and quizzed them about facts from the Andy Griffith show. They really enjoyed it and excitedly retold the experience to anyone that would listen! I really think this tour should be taken, whether you do anything else or not!
Cynthia Pegram
01:42 12 Jul 21
Best part of the trip. Mr. DON was awesome
Iois Sly
00:59 05 Jul 21
This is a must do to see and hear the stories about Andy's life. Our guide was Larry and he is very knowledgeable. We had a great tour. We also loved his sense of humor and he answered all our questions. This was the best part of our visit. Once we were done with the tour we went back to the places that interested us. The old police car was perfect for the tour and added to our trip down memory lane. Thank you again, Larry!
Susan Jeter
14:25 04 Jul 21
Wonderful! Such fun! Our driver, Steve, was so funny and so friendly! We highly recommend this tour!
Nancy Banfield
15:35 29 Jun 21
A Mount Airy must
manvs crazies
14:12 28 Jun 21
A very fun experience. Friendly drivers. Highly recommend.
Corey Hickman
03:36 28 Jun 21
We had the best guide, Mark. The tour was very informative and fun also. It was the highlight of our trip to Mayberry! Highly recommend to everyone
Martha newsome
22:51 27 Jun 21
If you even remotely love Andy Griffith take this tour. It is amazing and the tour guides are incredible. Make sure you tip them and remember it's cash only. Excellent work experience.
mike gardiner
20:10 23 Jun 21
One of my favorite parts of our visit to Mount Airy , our tour guide was so fun as well made our ride very pleasurable ..
Christine Bordeaux
02:01 21 Jun 21
We had a fun time exploring "Mayberry", and our tour guide was the best!
Donna White
22:35 01 Jun 21
Fun fun fun. Memories of growing up
Nancy Setzer
21:41 31 May 21
A Mount Airy must do! Fun and informative. A great way to spend an hour.
Roger Parramore
14:29 23 May 21
Great tour with very nice informative driver!!!
Mark Barber
13:37 04 May 21
Steve was a great source of knowledge on the tour. This is a must when visiting
efrain rios
19:08 23 Apr 21
If you are a fan of the Andy Griffith show - the squad car tour is a must. Heck, even if you aren't a fan, it's a must! What a fantastic experience with Gary, our driver. We loved riding in the old squad car and Gary treated us like we were already close friends. He gave a great tour and you could tell he was enjoying himself as much as we were enjoying the experience. He had some playful banter with his friend Donnie before the tour started - and it just reminded me of the playful banter Andy and Barney Fife would have on the show. It made me think these two guys could've been on the Andy Griffith show with their friendly teasing of one another. Mt. Airy is a great town and is definitely Mayberry. You can tell the people who live there are just like what you would see on the show - good, kind folks who know how to do hospitality. The Squad Car tour was a lot of fun. Do it before you explore the town so you'll already know about the things you're seeing and exploring afterward.
Richard Carrier
21:20 18 Apr 21
Just a fun little trip
Bob T joslin
18:29 17 Apr 21
GREAT tour guide!!
Amie Kuhn
09:45 14 Apr 21
Very friendly employees, very friendly drivers great tour of the area very knowledgeable. Great weekend trip for me and my husband. Worth the price to do this tour! It’s priced per car not per person.
Tiffany Strickland
15:51 11 Apr 21
Love it
Barbara Jones
18:29 29 Mar 21
Driver was a great story teller. Well worth the price. We loved it!!
Trevor Brooks
14:53 07 Feb 21
Fun experience. Would recommend if you're wanting a lot of fun facts
Gwen H
14:06 28 Jan 21
We had a fabulous tour guide named Steve who gave us a lot of information about the history of Mt Airy. Take this tour if you can!!
Luv Life
11:23 24 Nov 20
The experience was quite amazing. The driver was super friendly and knowledgeable. He made it fun.
Ciara Glasscock
22:29 02 Nov 20
We had the best guide!! Local to Mt. Airy we learned so much more than just about the Andy Griffith show. Would recommend and would probably do it again with other family members!
Rebecca Terry
17:35 17 Oct 20
Our driver, Don "Nuts", was wonderful. He enlightened us with a ton of history and kept us laughing. We thoroughly enjoyed the tour and the town!
Kelli Bishop
22:53 16 Oct 20
This was the coolest tour. Its cash or personal check ONLY- no credit cards! Before we started the young lady who takes your reservation and money, took our pictures in the squad car and beside the squad car with my phone. Then Don, who has lived in the town all his life, gave us a tour in the squad car. He was so animated, had us laughing and just told us all kinds of neat facts about the Andy Griffith show, the town of Mt. Airy and the cast. We loved it and would recommend everyone take the tour, its a MUST if you visit Mt. Airy, NC If you get to Mt. Airy early in the day and want to do a late afternoon ride, I suggest that you at least go sign up before you venture in any of the shops, the reason is, it was just a basic Saturday for us and they were steady busy with rides!! So get your name on the list FIRST and then go visit the rest of the town and museums! You won't be disappointed!!!
Sabrina
15:10 13 Sep 20
If you like Andy Griffith, you'll like this. The best part is talking to your tour guide.
Mike W
00:41 08 Sep 20
Have brought my family from the west coast 3 times! Great place to learn a bit about Mayberry
Dana Hutson
18:27 24 Aug 20
You can't miss this if you visit Mt. AIRY (Mayberry) NC. The drivers are full of information.
Brenda Morris
16:40 06 Aug 20
Must see tour if your visiting Mt Airy
Steven Miller
22:57 16 Jul 20
I love everything about mayberry ive been there twice and i would love to go again when i get a chance too its a nice place everyone is very nice
bede omar
23:24 14 Feb 20
I can't believe I've never been to Mayberry, it's only 2 hours away. Alan, our sheriff for our tour was AWESOME. Very informative about all of Mayberry, not just Andy Griffith. I didn't get the lady's name at Wally's, but very friendly⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
bbcoach2003
02:25 01 Jan 20
Wonderful tour. Must do
Pam Doyle
17:38 30 Dec 19
A must if you go to Mt. Airy. Had a fantastic time
DONNA Pugh
07:09 02 Dec 19
Learned a lot about Mayberry
Deborah Garrett
02:36 30 Nov 19
The best!
Monica Lynn
23:43 26 Oct 19
Fun, quirky thing to do.
Patti Freund
17:00 13 Sep 19
I've visited this town all my life this is my parents home town but seeing it from a 61 Galaxy and a historian driving was so much fun and educational
Elaine Walker
20:43 20 Aug 19
Loved it ❤️. It was entertaining and our guide Mark was informative and funny. My second time I have been. Would go again.
Donna Crane
20:30 19 Aug 19
Nice tour in a vintage Ford Galaxie! Interesting to learn several fun facts about "Mayberry", for instance - Wally's Fillin Station is the original (1937?) and Wally was a relative of Andy's (second cousin?). Drivers are a wealth of knowledge. However, a few pauses in their talk would be welcome to facilitate passengers being able to ask questions.
Gary Dale
23:50 19 Jul 22
Had a great time with Roger & learned a lot.
Angela Williams
21:46 10 May 22
Fun way to see "Mayberry" and learn the history. The price is very reasonable and come on.... You get to ride in a squad car!!! N
Melissa
09:45 12 Oct 21
Its the first stop for any visitor to the town of Mt Airy. Drivers are knowledgeable and friendly.
Mark Hamilton
13:48 12 Sep 21
We really enjoyed taking the squad car tour!! We ended up having to wait nearly an HR past our scheduled time because they were so busy, and it was hard for them to get caught up...but our driver was super friendly and we had a fun time!
Deanna Snodgrass
22:48 22 Jul 21
It was interesting to see the town and learn the history of it.
Mark D
12:54 12 May 21
I really enjoyed learning details about Mt Airy that I didn't know.
Donna Carrier
01:53 19 Apr 21
The jail detail was great, very similar to the show. The tour details are mostly about the town of My. Airy.
Sean Varney
02:45 25 Aug 20
Enjoyable tour
Reggie Cunningham
21:40 27 Nov 19
