Raleigh, North Carolina: Statue of Andy and Opie
A TV Land tribute to characters from the 1960s Andy Griffith Show. Griffith's home town of Mt. Airy has a duplicate of the statue.
Pullen Park
- Address:
- 408 Ashe Ave., Raleigh, NC
- Directions:
- Pullen Park. I-440 exit 2A. Drive east on Western Blvd for two miles. Turn left onto Ashe Ave, then left into Pullen Park. The statue is to the left, to the left of the carousel.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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Fishing poles restored! It should also be noted for those looking for a carousel (like me), that the one in Pullen Park is housed in a green building.
[Krista M, 08/11/2017]
Statues look great in new location. Easy to find, to the left of the carousel building after entering park. If arriving on weekend with decent-to-great weather, expect parking difficulty. At the time of my visit, the statue fishing poles were missing.
[Christopher Schmitt, 03/23/2014]The town has finally completed the massive reconstruction of the park. The statues are now returned and can be found right outside the carousel, right before the paddle boat rides.
[Jude, 07/03/2012]R.I.P. Andy Griffith: 1926-2012.
We went in search for these statues, which were supposed to be located near the amusement center of the park/carousel. However, the entire amusement section is under massive renovations. We walked around the perimeter in hopes to spot them but looks like everything was completely removed, gutted, and being rebuilt. No word on when it's supposed to be done but it didn't look like it was going to be completed before the end of the season.
[Jude, 07/11/2011]
The Andy and Opie statue in Pullen Park [...is identical to the TV Land-sponsored one in Mt. Airy; Raleigh's was the cable network's initial installation, before Mt. Airy aired its claims as the more legit fictional home of the 1960s TV series].
Daughter Beth Carter provides scale.
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The fishing poles carried by Andy and Opie had vanished back in early 2014.