Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Waynesville, NC

Waynesville

A roadside stand on Pigeon Road in Waynesville selling fresh local fruit, including mountain apples in the fall. It's a buy-here stop rather than a pick-your-own — you shop the tables, not the trees. Haywood County sits just west of North Carolina's main apple belt, so late summer and autumn are the busiest stretches. Call ahead in the off-season, since a small stand's hours track the harvest.

Waynesville

A farm store on Crymes Cove Road just outside Waynesville, in the Haywood County mountains west of Asheville. It sells farm goods and hosts on-farm visits. The listing's zip code is mistaken, but Crymes Cove sits in Waynesville. Little more is posted online.

Waynesville

Locally grown hardy shrubs and perennials — rhododendron, mountain laurel, azaleas, daylilies, and hostas — on Mountain Haven Road in Waynesville. The nursery also does landscape design and installation and sells at the WNC Farmers Market in Asheville from March through June. Will runs it year-round by appointment, so call before visiting. Fresh-picked berries show up for sale in season too.

Waynesville

A 175-acre mountain farm on Boyd Farm Road between Waynesville and Maggie Valley, renting nine hand-hewn log cabins moved and restored from across the region, some 150 to 200 years old. The property has grown choose-and-cut Fraser fir since 1983 and adds stocked trout and bass ponds, where fishing needs no license, plus four miles of hiking trails. Cabins pair antiques with modern comforts.

Waynesville

A 20-acre alpaca farm on Walker Road outside Waynesville, open seven days a week for 45-minute guided tours where visitors meet alpacas, llamas, miniature horses, donkeys, goats, sheep, pigs, and cows. The farm also runs alpaca yoga classes, birthday parties, and field trips, and stocks a gift shop with alpaca-fiber goods. Tours are ticketed, with discounts for seniors, military, and kids.

Waynesville

Mehaffey Tree Farm has grown Fraser fir in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Waynesville since 1984, selling choose-and-cut trees from 3 feet up to 12 and 13 feet, plus small potted firs. The choose-and-cut season runs five weekends from mid-November through mid-December, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The farm is at 24 Corner Drive in Haywood County.

Waynesville

A rural retreat on Heath Retreat Road outside Waynesville, in the Haywood County mountains near the Great Smokies. Properties like this usually offer quiet lodging and space for church, family, or wellness gatherings on wooded acreage. Public listings are limited, so reach out directly about availability, group size, and what a stay includes.

Canton

The Ten Acre Garden is a small market garden on Chambers Farm Lane in Canton, Haywood County, in the mountains west of Asheville. The name suggests a compact, hands-on growing operation rather than large acreage. Confirm what's in season directly with the growers.

Canton

Canton Corn Maze runs a seasonal maze on Pisgah Drive in Canton, in Haywood County west of Asheville, below the Pisgah National Forest. Mountain corn mazes open through the fall harvest. Further details aren't posted online.

Waynesville

Emerald Gate Farm Stay offers farm lodging on Medford Hannah Road near Waynesville, in Haywood County's mountains west of Asheville. Farm stays in this area put guests up on working land near the Great Smoky Mountains. Availability and rates aren't posted online.

Graveyard Fields isn't a farm but a well-known trail area on the Blue Ridge Parkway at milepost 418, southwest of Asheville. The high mountain valley holds two waterfalls and, in late summer, wild blueberries and huckleberries that ripen across the open bowl. Pickers spread out along the loop trail through August. Parking fills fast on fall weekends.

Cullowhee

Thomas Berry Farm grows berries on Medalion Lane in Cullowhee, Jackson County, home of Western Carolina University in the far western mountains. High-elevation berry crops ripen later in summer than lowland farms. Reach out to confirm what's picking and when.

Long Branch Environmental Education Center is an ecological sanctuary and small school in Leicester, in Buncombe County's Newfound Mountains about 18 miles northwest of Asheville. It teaches renewable energy, organic food production, and sustainable living, and opens its trails for hiking, birding, and seasonal fruit and nut picking — raspberries, blueberries, chestnuts, and apples among them.

Sunswept Farms is an agritourism farm on Beasley Cove Road in western North Carolina. The listing gives no town, and little about the farm is published online. Cove roads like this run through the mountain valleys, where small farms raise produce, livestock, or flowers. Contact the farm directly to learn its location, what it grows, and whether it's open to visitors.

Candler

Jake's Farm is an 11-acre certified-organic operation in Candler, west of Asheville, growing vegetables, small fruits, medicinal herbs, and tea ingredients. It also raises certified Appalachian-grown Chinese botanicals and runs a CSA. Since 2015 the farm has offered camping and treehouse stays for visitors who want to see regenerative growing up close. The Brown Lynch Road site sits in the Buncombe County mountains.

Glenville

Tom Sawyer Tree Farm grows Christmas trees on Chimney Pond Road in Glenville, high on the Jackson County plateau between Cashiers and Sylva. The cool elevation suits Fraser fir, the signature Southern Appalachian Christmas tree. Choose-and-cut mountain farms like this open after Thanksgiving.

Cullowhee

A country property on Lloyd Hooper Road in Cullowhee, in Jackson County near Western Carolina University and the Tuckasegee River. Its former website is no longer active and current public details are limited, so contact the owners directly about tours, events, or lodging. The setting is classic southern Appalachian, a river valley walled in by forested ridgelines.

Whittier

Shelton Farms has grown produce in the mountains near Whittier since 1984, now under fourth-generation farmer William Shelton. The operation runs hydroponic Bibb lettuce year-round and fields tomatoes, strawberries, cucumbers, and squash, selling wholesale to grocers, distributors, and restaurants. It sits in Jackson County close to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The family has talked about opening an on-site market and adding farm tours and festivals.

Sapphire

This is a Hampton Inn & Suites hotel on Highway 64 in Sapphire, near Cashiers on the Highlands-Cashiers plateau, so the agritourism tag looks like a directory mix-up rather than a working farm. It does make a practical base for the surrounding mountains, with waterfalls, Gorges State Park, and the plateau's orchards and tailgate markets all a short drive away.

Whittier

An agritourism listing on Whittier School Road in Whittier, in the far-western mountains near Cherokee and the Great Smokies. The nature of TinkerMania isn't documented online and the name doesn't clearly indicate crops or livestock. Contact the operator directly to learn what it offers before planning a visit.

Queens Produce and Berry Farm grows berries and vegetables on Davidson River Road in Pisgah Forest, just outside Brevard in Transylvania County. The Davidson River corridor runs along the edge of Pisgah National Forest, a cool mountain setting that favors summer berries. Roadside and pick-your-own sales follow the harvest.

Whittier

Pick-your-own blueberries and other small fruit at the edge of Whittier, in the Smoky Mountain foothills near Cherokee and the Qualla Boundary. Directory listings put the season in summer, with berries, melons, and stone fruit among what the farm grows, plus on-farm pickup. Cool mountain nights tend to push local blueberry ripening a little later than in the Piedmont, so call before making the drive.

Asheville

Aunt Sandie's is a small restored farm on Old Leicester Highway just west of Asheville, keeping goats and chickens and selling fresh eggs, herbs, vegetables, and cut flowers in season. The property doubles as an event space, hosting art parties and scavenger hunts, and offers a campsite through Hipcamp. It sits in the Leicester farming community northwest of the city. Check their Facebook page for current availability and hours.

Brevard

About 150 varieties of trees, shrubs, and perennials, with a focus on plants native to Western North Carolina — container-grown conifers like pines, spruces, and hemlocks, plus a line of Japanese maples. The Brevard nursery on Hannah Ford Road also runs an outdoor power equipment shop, selling and servicing Echo, Billy Goat, and Husqvarna gear. Harold Paxton is the contact. Handy for Transylvania County landscapers and DuPont-area homeowners.

Mills River

Deep Woods Mushrooms grows specialty mushrooms on Deep Woods Road in Mills River, in Henderson County's fertile French Broad valley south of Asheville. Mills River is one of western North Carolina's most productive farm districts. Sales channels and visit details aren't posted online.

Asheville

Fields of Fun is the fall festival and corn maze run by Eliada, a nonprofit about five miles from downtown Asheville that serves local children and youth. The eight-acre maze is billed as the largest in western North Carolina, and the grounds add corn cannons, hayrides, lawn games, a bouncy pillow, food trucks, and pumpkins for sale. It runs from late September through the first of November, and proceeds go back to Eliada's programs.

Blue Ridge Corn Maze is listed on Everett Road with a 28768 ZIP, placing it in Pisgah Forest near Brevard in Transylvania County. A mountain-set corn maze typically runs weekends through September and October. No website or contact details were available online.

Asheville

An Asheville ranch selling meat from bison raised on its own pastures, cut into ground meat, burgers, and steaks like filet, New York strip, and top sirloin. The operation also carries elk, yak, watusi, and grass-fed beef, and runs herd tours by appointment. Orders ship, and the ranch works a second site, Dr. King's Farms, in nearby Leicester.

Marshall

Woods-grown ginseng and goldenseal, plus other woodland botanicals, grown by Robert Eidus at Eagle Feather Organic Farm outside Marshall since 1994. The farm sells seeds, roots, rhizomes, tinctures, and capsules, and is recognized as a Native Botanical Sanctuary by United Plant Savers. Eidus runs classes, an apprenticeship program, and cabin rentals on the Madison County land near Pisgah National Forest. Visits are by appointment only.

Bryson City

Darnell Farms grows 100 acres of strawberries, pole beans, sweet corn, pumpkins, squash, and tomatoes along the Tuckasegee River in Bryson City, at the edge of the Smokies. The farm stand sells that produce plus local breads, jerky, cheeses, and canned goods. Spring brings pick-your-own strawberries; fall means a pumpkin patch and hayrides, and winter adds a light-display hayride. Open daily 9am-7pm.

Cosby

Glastonbury Farm is a Cosby operation in Cocke County, at the northeastern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains. The listing gives only a Cosby post office box, and no website or public detail was available to confirm what the farm grows or offers visitors.

Arden

Riverview Orchard is a Certified Naturally Grown farm on Glenn Bridge Road in Arden, just south of Asheville in Buncombe County. It grows apples, asparagus, berries, vegetables, and cut flowers, with a country store open year-round and tractor-pulled hayrides to the apple trees each fall. Reach them at (828) 687-1936 or rivervieworchards.com. Apple picking runs roughly July through October.

Fletcher

A u-pick farm on McKinney Fruit Drive in Fletcher, south of Asheville, with an unusual lineup for the mountains: blueberries plus red and black currants and gooseberries, alongside green and yellow beans and tomatoes. Currants and gooseberries are hard to find at most Southern farms, which makes this one worth a stop for cooks and jam-makers. Picking follows the summer ripening in Henderson County.

Marshall

An agritourism farm on Catawba Drive near Marshall, in the Madison County mountains north of Asheville. (A same-named horse farm in Florida is unrelated.) Public details for the North Carolina property are limited online; contact the farm directly to confirm what it offers and when it's open.

Newport

Hick's Family Farm is an agritourism farm on Wilton Springs Road in Newport, in Cocke County of East Tennessee near the French Broad River and the foothills of the Smokies. No public website turned up in a search, so contact the farm directly for current seasonal hours and activities.

Penrose

Davis Family Farm works land on Honeybee Lane in Penrose that's been in the family long enough to earn a bicentennial-farm designation, using regenerative and sustainable methods. Pick-your-own strawberries are the seasonal draw, and the farm also sells at the Transylvania County Farmers Market. There's a farmhouse available for overnight rental and space for community gatherings. Transylvania County sits in the mountains southwest of Asheville.

Franklin

A farm on River Road along the Little Tennessee River south of Franklin, in Macon County's far western mountains. Public details are thin, so it's best to contact the farm directly about what they grow and whether they welcome visitors. The surrounding valley is known for trout water, small produce plots, and mountain pasture.

Franklin

A family farm in the mountains around Franklin, growing since 1951 and now run by Joe Deal with his wife Devon and son Braxton. They raise apples along with row crops like beans, beets, broccoli, and cabbage, and offer on-farm pickup. Located in Macon County near the Georgia line, the farm sells direct to local customers.

Franklin

A farm on River Road in Franklin, along the Little Tennessee River in Macon County. This mountain valley grows produce and hay, and River Road follows fertile bottomland south of town. Public information for this listing is sparse.

Asheville

ASAP is the Asheville nonprofit behind Appalachian Grown, the certification that labels food grown or raised within about 100 miles of the mountains. The group connects Western North Carolina farms with local buyers, runs the ASAP Farmers Market in Asheville, publishes the annual Local Food Guide, and organizes the yearly Farm Tour and Business of Farming Conference. It's a gateway to the region's farms rather than a farm itself.

J. W. Mitchell Farms is a small agritourism operation on Bradley Creek Road. The listing carries little detail and its location data looks incomplete, so the specific crops and season aren't confirmed here. Reaching the farm directly is the surest way to learn what it grows and when it opens to visitors.

Hendersonville

Obermiller's Farm sits in Hendersonville, the center of Henderson County's apple and mountain-produce country in Western North Carolina. The listing marks it as an agritourism stop. Specific crops and visiting hours aren't published online; the surrounding area is known for apples, berries, and fall harvest activities.

Hendersonville

A 400-acre pick-your-own orchard in the Blue Ridge foothills near Hendersonville, farmed since 1967 and opened to the public in 2020. Visitors pick apples, peaches, blueberries, raspberries, elderberries, and grapes across the season, with pumpkins and cut flowers in fall. On site you'll find a farm store, a cider press, and a food truck. It sits along Jeter Mountain Road southwest of town.