Farms Near Mooresville, NC

Mooresville

The Meeting Street Markets on Williamson Road in Mooresville, the Lake Norman market group's home turf in Iredell County. Vendors offer produce, baked goods, and crafts from farms and kitchens around the region. Williamson Road runs along Mooresville's main commercial stretch near I-77, north of Charlotte.

One of the Meeting Street Markets, held at Morrison Plantation, a shopping and residential development in Mooresville near Lake Norman. Vendors bring produce, baked goods, and handmade items to sell. Mooresville, known as Race City USA for its cluster of NASCAR race shops, sits in Iredell County at the north end of the Charlotte metro.

Mooresville

Carrigan Farms opens its fields for u-pick flowers in season, part of a farm calendar that also runs strawberries in late April, apples in September, and pumpkins in October. The Mooresville farm near Lake Norman is best known for swimming in its spring-fed stone quarry and for hosting weddings and events. The family has worked this land for generations.

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Mooresville

A spring-fed swimming quarry on a fifth-generation farm near Lake Norman in Mooresville, rented for weddings, open-swim days, and events against clear, deep-green water. The working farm around it runs pick-your-own through the seasons: strawberries in April, apples in September, and more than 20 acres of pumpkins in October. Field trips and flower picking round out the calendar.

Eden St. Market is in Davidson at 106 Eden Street, a college town north of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County. The market brings local growers and makers to the walkable downtown near Davidson College. Vendors sell seasonal produce and homemade goods. Check current days and hours before stopping in.

Davidson

The mission of Davidson Farmers Market is to sponsor a weekly farmers' market in Davidson which provides locally grown food, educates the public about nutrition and the importance of eating locally grown foods and offers musical entertainment, special events and cooking and other demonstrations to create a community festival for the Town. DFM’s goal is to create a vibrant community gathering place with locally grown agricultural and horticultural products and family-friendly educational, musical and entertainment activities.

Mt Ulla

A farm on Triplett Road in Mt Ulla, a rural pocket of western Rowan County. The listing pairs the names Keeper Creek Farm and Farmers Daughter, suggesting a farm with a market or shop, but no website or hours are posted that I could confirm. Contact them directly to learn what's for sale and when they're open.

Mt. Ulla

New Moon Farm Goat Rescue & Sanctuary sits on Belk Road in Mt. Ulla, in rural Rowan County between Salisbury and Mooresville. The nonprofit takes in abused, neglected, and abandoned goats and other farm animals, rehabilitates them, and places many in adoptive homes. Visitors can meet the resident herd; the sanctuary runs on donations and volunteers. Confirm visiting arrangements ahead of time.

Mooresville

Lazy 5 Ranch is a drive-through safari park in Mooresville where visitors feed exotic and domestic animals from their cars along a 3½-mile trail, or walk a petting-zoo loop. Horse-drawn wagon rides run by reservation on weekdays, and the ranch adds seasonal events like an Easter egg hunt and fall festival. It's at 15100 Highway 150 East; bring cash, since cards aren't accepted.

The Troutman Farmers' Market sits on North Avenue in Troutman, a small Iredell County town just south of Statesville near Lake Norman. Growers from the surrounding central Piedmont bring seasonal fruit and vegetables. Days and vendor details aren't posted online.

Listed only as The Bradford Market in North Carolina, with no city, address, or category attached. No official page surfaced in research, so its goods and location stay unconfirmed.

A North Carolina operation listed as Spring Water Farms, with "Farm House" likely marking a farm store or event space on the property. No official website or confirmed address was found, so its crops or products remain unclear.

Mount Ulla

Patterson Farm grows strawberries, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, and pumpkins across Rowan County, packing and shipping produce up the East Coast from its base near Mount Ulla and China Grove. The Patterson Farm Market & Tours location sells fruit and vegetables direct, runs school and group farm tours, and turns out poinsettias each Christmas. Strawberry picking opens in spring; fall brings the pumpkins. It's a working family operation, not a seasonal pop-up.

Evans Family Farm is a family-run farm in North Carolina. No city, address, or public listing was available to confirm what it grows or raises.

A town market on Maxwell Street in downtown Huntersville, a fast-growing suburb north of Charlotte near Lake Norman. Growers and makers from the northern Mecklenburg and Iredell County countryside sell produce and homemade goods. Huntersville sits at the edge of the Charlotte metro where new neighborhoods meet the farmland that remains around the lake.

A North Carolina produce seller. The name suggests a seasonal fruit-and-vegetable market run out of a former country store, a common setup along the state's rural highways. No website or exact address turned up in research.

Cleveland

NO BARN is our pledge that our animals are 100% Grass Fed and Pasture Finished. Our Animals will not be confined to a barn, shed or feed lot. Our animals are born, raised, and finished on live growing pasture. Animals that are finished on live growing grasses and forage yield a more nutrient dense beef than animals finished on stored or harvested grass and grain. Just because it is grass fed, does not mean it is Pasture Finished.

This community tailgate market is listed on Eastfield (Harris) Road in Huntersville, a suburb north of Charlotte in Mecklenburg County, though the name points to a Wallace community. Tailgate markets like it let area farmers sell produce straight from the truck. Its current schedule isn't confirmed online.

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Cleveland

Windmill Springs Vineyard grows grapes on Gum Tree Drive in Cleveland, Rowan County, in the central Piedmont west of Salisbury. The region supports both muscadine and bunch grape varieties. Contact the vineyard for tasting room and visiting information.

A community farmers market serving Denver, North Carolina, on the west side of Lake Norman in Lincoln County. The listing carries no confirmed schedule, address, or contact details, though markets like this typically run weekends with local produce and goods.

Crossroads Regional Farmers' Market operates at 1551 East Broad Street in Statesville, the Iredell County seat where I-40 meets I-77. As a regional market it pulls growers and shoppers from across the surrounding counties for seasonal produce and farm goods. Its central location makes it an easy stop off the interstate. Confirm current days and hours before you go.

Statesville

Regal Corn Maze cuts its maze on Bell Farm Road in Statesville, Iredell County, and opens for the fall season. Corn mazes like this run September through October, often paired with pumpkins and weekend hayrides. Check the farm's seasonal hours before you go.

Statesville

The Evening Farmers' Market is a downtown Statesville market held at Pecan Park on North Center Street, unusual for meeting in the evening rather than the typical Saturday morning. Statesville sits in Iredell County in the central Piedmont, where area growers sell seasonal produce. The full schedule isn't posted online.

Stanley

D and D's Apiary keeps honeybees on Killian Farm Road in Stanley, in Gaston County northwest of Charlotte along the Catawba River. As a small apiary, it produces local honey, with the main harvest following the spring and summer nectar flow. No website is posted; contact locally to buy honey or ask about the hives.

Huntersville

Rural Hill is a 265-acre historic working farm and nature preserve in Huntersville, owned by Mecklenburg County and run by a nonprofit. Beyond its fall corn maze, the site hosts the Loch Norman Highland Games each April, sheepdog trials, living-history programs, and school field trips across 250 years of heritage. Trails wind through the grounds. Reach the staff by phone or email for tickets and event dates.

Kannopolis

A farm serving the Kannapolis area in the Rowan and Cabarrus County Piedmont, north of Charlotte. No street address, website, or offerings are listed that I could verify; the record gives only the city. Karriker is a longtime Rowan County family name, and farms in this area typically run cattle, hay, and row crops. Contact them directly for details.

Open every Saturday year-round at 518 Winecoff School Road in Concord, running 8 a.m. to noon from April through October and starting at 9 a.m. in the colder months. The nonprofit behind it operates three separate markets across Cabarrus County, one of the larger market operations northeast of Charlotte. Local growers and food producers fill the stalls.

China Grove

China Grove's Farmers Market aims to be a gathering place where you find community, locally grown food, and handmade products! Open every Tuesday night from 4:00 - 7:00 pm (May - August).

Open every Saturday year-round at 518 Winecoff School Road in Concord, this Cabarrus County market runs 8am to noon from April through October and 9am to noon in the colder months. It's one of three locations operated by the Piedmont Farmers Market, which brings regional growers and their seasonal produce to the area east of Charlotte.

Charlotte

Small family farm growing a variety of seasonal vegetables, herbs, and fruit. We also raise goats, ducks and chickens for eggs and meat. We are beekeepers and harvest a spring and fall honey. We also share best practices in sustainable living and regenerative agriculture.

Concord

Salisbury

Cauble Creek Vineyard grows muscadines, Carlos, Doreen, and Noble, on a 36-acre estate in the Piedmont outside Salisbury, and bottles both muscadine wines and drier vinifera styles. The Cauble family planted vines in 2006 and opened the tasting room in 2010, registering as North Carolina's 100th licensed winery. The tasting room and shop run Thursday through Sunday, and the property also hosts weddings and events.

This market meets at Center United Methodist Church, 4945 Sherrills Ford Road in Catawba, near Lake Norman in Catawba County. Church-hosted markets like this give nearby farmers a place to sell seasonal produce and homemade goods close to home. It runs through the growing season. Check current days and hours before stopping by.

Salisbury

Iron Station

Gilcrest Natural Farm is a small farm on Lowes Lane in Iron Station, in Lincoln County northwest of Charlotte. The name points to natural growing methods, but specific products—meat, eggs, or produce—and any farm-stand or visiting hours aren't documented online. Contact the farm to confirm what it offers.

Iron Station

Woodleaf

A small CSA farm on Mount Vernon Road in Woodleaf, a rural Rowan County community northwest of Salisbury. Members buy a share of the season's harvest. Very little is posted online.

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Woodleaf

Woodleaf

Iron Station

An alpaca ranch on Brevard Place Road in Iron Station, in Lincoln County northwest of Charlotte. Ranches like this raise huacaya or suri alpacas and sell fiber goods such as yarn, socks, and dryer balls, sometimes offering farm visits by appointment. Online details for this listing are limited.

Salisbury

Pinetop Farm sits on Majolica Road in Salisbury, the Rowan County seat in the central Piedmont between Charlotte and Greensboro. The listing tags it as agritourism but gives no crop or event details, and no website is posted. Rowan County farms typically run seasonal produce and fall activities; confirm current offerings locally.

Charlotte

Pumpkin patch and fall-festival farm on Rocky River Road in east Charlotte, in Mecklenburg County. Farms like this open in September and October with pick-your-own pumpkins, hayrides, and a corn maze for family visits. Confirm this season's dates, hours, and attractions with the farm before going.

Westward Farms is a North Carolina farm whose website is still in a 'coming soon' stage, so its crops, livestock, and exact location within the state aren't yet publicly confirmed. More should surface as the operation publishes its site and market details.

Maiden

Buffalo Beal's Animal Park is a family animal attraction on Water Plant Road in Maiden, in Catawba County between Hickory and Lincolnton. Visitors come to see and feed livestock and other animals up close. Small parks like this fill their calendar with school groups and birthday parties through the warmer months.

The Harrisburg site of the Piedmont Farmers Market, one of three locations this Cabarrus County market runs. Regional growers sell seasonal produce and local goods every Saturday year-round, 8am to noon spring through fall and 9am to noon in winter. It serves the Harrisburg community on the east side of Charlotte.

A neighborhood farmers market in the Newell community of northeast Charlotte, at 1704 Rocky River Road in Mecklenburg County. Local growers sell seasonal produce here, near the University City area and UNC Charlotte.

Woodleaf

Cooley Farm sells fresh dairy and stocks local meats in its farm store on Cooley Farm Road in Woodleaf, northwest of Salisbury. The operation also runs pick-your-own, judging by its contact address. It leans on family tradition and keeps things small and local rather than commercial. Rowan County's rural west side is farm country, and this is one of its working stops.

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Stanley

HARMONY

1812 Hitching Post Farm is on Turnersburg Highway in Harmony, in northern Iredell County. The name points to a historic homestead used for agritourism and events. Specific offerings and dates aren't posted online.

A market at 136 East 36th Street in Charlotte, within the North Davidson (NoDa) arts district. The spot sits among the galleries, shops, and eateries of NoDa in Mecklenburg County.

Stanley

Raceway Berry Farm grows berries on Mariposa Road in Stanley, Gaston County, northwest of Charlotte. Berry farms in this area run through late spring and summer, as strawberries give way to blueberries and blackberries. Contact the farm for picking conditions and open days.

Maiden

Red Wolf Farm runs a fall pumpkin patch and corn maze across about 100 acres of foothills and forest outside Maiden, opening weekends from late September through the end of October. Weekdays are reserved for school field trips. Beyond the seasonal draw, the farm raises pork, beef, and eggs. Hayrides, walking trails, a playground, and pedal tractors round out the visit. Come on a Saturday or Sunday in October.

Charlotte

The longest-running farm in Charlotte, worked by the Hodges family for over a century on more than 150 acres off Rocky River Road East. The online farm shop sells fresh meats year-round, and fall brings a family pumpkin patch with a tractor show in October. A restored barn hosts weddings and events, and the farm runs tours and dog agility days.

Iron Station

Lockman's Muscadine Vineyard opens u-pick each year around Labor Day weekend, providing buckets and scales for picking muscadines and scuppernongs off Orchard Road in Iron Station. The family also sells muscadine cider year-round, plus jellies and juice. It sits in Lincoln County northwest of Charlotte. Reach the vineyard at 704-732-6637 or through lockmanvineyard.com.

Salisbury

A seasonal pumpkin patch run by a United Methodist congregation on Mooresville Road in Salisbury, in Rowan County's Piedmont. Church patches like this one usually open through October, selling pumpkins, gourds, and mums off the pallet with hay bales and simple photo spots for families, and the proceeds tend to fund the church's ministries. Opening dates shift year to year, so it's worth confirming locally before a fall visit.