Andy Griffith's Mayberry U.S.A.

 is an American theme park and zoo complex located on unincorporated land in with a  mailing address, around 49.2 miles (47 minutes) away from. Opened in 1993, it is owned by Carwardine Parks, and is themed park after Mayberry, North Carolina from The Andy Griffith Show. The show's star,, gave his blessing for the theme park and was the theme park's spokesperson up until his 2012 death. Other people who have promoted Mayberry U.S.A. include Andy Griffith's co-star and YouTube celebrity

Downtown Mayberry
Downtown Mayberry re-creates much of the center of Mayberry, including Andy's home at 322 Maple Road, and has a downtown district featuring gift shops, recreations of Mayberry businesses, and a selection of restaurants including a McDonald's and the Mayberry Automat.

Mayberry Fairgrounds
The Mayberry Fairgrounds is home to shows & more. It is also home to the Mayberry Arcade, featuring coin-op amusements such as arcade games, kiddie rides & skill games along with food & drink vending machines.

Mayberry Kids Land
Mayberry Kids Land (formerly known as Neighborhood from 2003 to 2007) contains Ballistic and Redwall: Escape from Malkariss, along with several other rides.

The section opened as the PBS Kids Neighborhood in 2003, with rides themed after most of the PBS Kids and American Public Television Kids series airing at the time. After the PBS Kids license expired in 2007, it was rethemed.

The Fishing Hole
The water park area, opened in 1999. It was known as "The Fishing Hole presented by PBS Kids" from 2003 to 2007, and was treated as an extension of PBS Kids Neighborhood (now Mayberry Kids Land) during that time.

The main attraction is it's swimming hole, Myers Lake, a man-made lake replicating Franklin Lake in, which was used as Myers Lake for The Andy Griffith Show. An extension of Myers Lake forms part of the otter enclosure of The Zoo at Andy Griffith's Mayberry U.S.A., which contains various species of otter.

Roller coasters
Due to Andy Griffith's strict height limits of going above the building line of the Mayberry recreations, coasters don't exceed 100 ft.
 * Ballistic (added 2004, a ; formerly known as DW's Crazy Bus from 2004-2007)
 * The Big Woosh (added 2006, a Floorless Coaster)
 * Blitz (added 2011, last coaster Andy Griffith lived to see, an Blitz Coaster)
 * Cannon Launch (added 1993, a )
 * Flying Rockets (added 2014, a modified (lowered to 100 ft.) )
 * Gomer-Coaster (added 1993, a S.D.C. that formerly toured with )
 * Kiddie Koaster (added in 1993, a Vekoma Junior roller coaster; formerly known as Opie's Kiddie Coaster from 1993-2003 and Sagwa's Rickshaw Run from 2003-2007)
 * Mayberry Mine Carts (added 1993, an  (Mad Mouse Model) relocated from a theme park in ; given an ACE Landmark Award in 2004)
 * Redwall: Escape from Malkariss (added 2003, a modified (lowered to 100 ft.) flying coaster)

Flat rides

 * Caterpillar (added 1993, a  operated with the original canopy; relocated from a theme park in )
 * Gomer's Garden Swings (added 1993, a swing ride)
 * Mayberry Ferris Wheel (added 1993, a 100-foot tall Ferris Wheel ride)
 * Mayberry Hang-Gliding Tours (added 1999, a )
 * Telecombat (added 1993, a Zamperla Telecombat ride)
 * Top Spin (added 2001, a )
 * The Waltzer (added 1993, a imported from the )

Water rides

 * Castaway Cove (added 2003, a water play structure with slides and fountains; formerly known as "PBS Kids Castaway Cove" from 2003-2007)
 * Log Ahoy! (added 1999, a )
 * Splash Attack (added 2003, a water coaster; formerly known as "Dongwa's Splash Attack!" from 2003-2007)

Simulator rides

 *  (added 2008) [Theater 1 - Mayberry Cinema, formerly in both Theaters 1 & 2]
 * Thomas & Friends in 4-D: Bubbling Boilers (added 2017) [Theater 2 - Mayberry Cinema, formerly Theater 2 & Theater 4]
 *  (added 2005) [Theater 3 - Mayberry Cinema, formerly all Theaters]
 *  (added 2018) [Theater 4 - Mayberry Cinema]

Live shows

 * The Andy Griffith Show Live! - Episodes of The Andy Griffith Show and Mayberry RFD are re-created live on stage. Produced by Carwardine Art &amp; Design Team and Renald-Zanni Entertainment.
 * Matlock Live! - Episodes of Matlock are re-created live on stage, gavel-to-gavel. Produced by Carwardine Art &amp; Design Team and Renald-Zanni Entertainment.

Zoo
The zoo is generally open simultaneously with the theme park, and zoo entrance is included with the standard ticket price. As of 2019, the zoo has over 1,000 animals, several of which are endangered and some being extinct in the wild. The Zoo at is split up into different areas and walkthroughs.

The Mayberry Zoo Railroad takes riders around various animal enclosures at the zoo. Sealion Cove contains the park's sea lions while Reptile Range features an assortment of reptiles and bugs.

The Kings of the Jungle area is home to enclosures for ten western lowland gorillas, four Sumatran tigers, six Asiatic lions, fossa, Carpathian lynx, and binturong. Andy's Safari houses animals such as Grévy's zebra, sitatunga antelope, ostrich, dorcas gazelle, Nile lechwe, cape fox, dwarf mongoose, southern ground hornbill, Kirk's dik-dik, Aloatran gentle lemur, black-cheeked lovebird, crested porcupine, meerkats, scimitar horned oryx, common eland and Ankole cattle.

The Jungle features spider monkeys, red-handed tamarins, golden-headed lion tamarins, Geoffroy marmosets, capybara, parrots, giant wood rail, agouti and three-banded armadillo.

The Forest features, , , , , and. The Squirrels' Nest features and.

Otter Cove at Myers Lake contains, , , , and.

The Silverwing Experience, themed after the Silverwing franchise (mainly after the TV series version), contains silver-haired bats (aka Silverwings), eastern red bats (aka Brightwings), fruit bats, and grey-headed flying foxes.

Watership Down (themed after the Watership Down franchise) features, , , , , and , along with the only known to be in captivity.

Restaurants

 * Dairy Queen/Orange Julius [Mayberry Fairgrounds]
 * Mayberry Automat (The sole remaining automat restaurant in North Carolina) [Downtown Mayberry]
 * Mayberry School Cafeteria (serving school lunch staples such as pizza, along with regional school lunch foods from around the U.S. & Canada) [Downtown Mayberry]
 * McDonald's [Downtown Mayberry]
 * Pizza Hut Express [Mayberry Kids Land]