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Wally's Service Station

Wally's Service Station from directly overhead

Wally's Service Station is an attraction in North Carolina, at a modelled elevation of 329 m. Fisher Peak stands 1,088 m to the west-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Airy Historic District, a park 0.3 miles away. Hanging Rock Scenic Byway passes 1.4 miles off.

Attraction: Wally's Service Station from the Andy Griffith Show. Where Goober worked. See historic cars, police cars from the show's era, and shop the general store.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.49604, -80.60284

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mount Airy Historic District: 0.3 mi
  • H.B. Rowe Environmental Park: 0.4 mi
  • H. B. Rowe Envir. Ed. Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tharrington Park: 0.5 mi
  • Riverside Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Slate Mountain: 5.4 mi
  • Slate Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Turner Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Long Branch Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Stott Knob: 7.0 mi
Museums: 13
  • William Alfred Moore House: 0.4 mi
  • Mount Airy Museum of Regional History: 0.5 mi
  • Gertrude Smith House: 0.8 mi
  • Thunder Road Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Surry County Historical Farm Museum: 16.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
Waterfalls: 9
  • Rider Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Torys Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Lower Cascades: 19.4 mi
  • Tise falls: 19.7 mi
  • Upper Casscades: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 7
Cliffs: 6
Picnic sites: 5
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Virginia Rest Area: 9.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Magnolia Springs: 19.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Barefoot Beach: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Wally's Service Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fisher PeakWNW 290°1,088 m13.0 mi
Rich MountainWNW 294°1,075 m13.5 mi
Horse KnobWNW 293°1,047 m13.0 mi
Beamer KnobNNW 328°1,032 m14.7 mi
Mitchell KnobNNW 339°980 m12.8 mi
Stone MountainNNE 26°962 m16.0 mi
Elk SpurNNW 338°960 m11.3 mi
Felt KnobNW 306°944 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:34
June solstice06:0520:0620:45
September equinox07:1118:4719:21
December solstice07:3116:3117:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363946556371757468574639
Precip in4.03.14.24.34.54.95.24.74.33.53.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Airy 2 W, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9809413865

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