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New Market, Virginia: Doofy Johnny Appleseed Statue

Barefoot, with a pot on his head and a goofy expression. Ten feet tall and in need of repair. The apple-focused restaurant he stood in front of closed in Oct. 2016, but Johnny was still standing in 2023.

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Appleseed speaks.

Johnny Appleseed Speaks!

It was in the Luray newspaper, the Page News and Courier, that the Johnny Appleseed statue can speak again after 15 years of silence.

[Bronwyn, 09/08/2008]

Johnny Appleseed and the Hinged Man (TM).

Johnny Appleseed

Figure outside of the Johnny Appleseed restaurant in Viginia. My cousin and I were on our way to Luray Caverns.

[Jessica Glover, 10/27/2002]

Here's our photo of the goofy pot-head Appleseed statue, posed with the 6 ft. tall Hinged Man TM for scale.

Johnnie Appleseed

Rumored to be Johnnie Appleseed, he stands in front of a restaurant just off Route 81.

[Donna Marie Foos, 09/14/1997]

this 14-foot statue has Johnny looking goofy and barefoot, holding a too big apple. Near a Quality Inn in New Market, Virginia.

Doofy Johnny Appleseed Statue

Quality Inn Shenandoah Valley

Address:
162 W. Old Cross Rd, New Market, VA
Directions:
Quality Inn Shenandoah Valley. I-81 exit 264. Turn east, then immediately turn left at the first stoplight at the Quality Inn sign. Johnny stands just outside the front door of the motel.
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