Orchards in North Carolina

Apple Hill Orchard & Cider Mill

Apple Hill Orchard has grown apples at its Morganton site since 1955, with pick-your-own opening in early August. The farm runs a cider mill and a scratch bakery turning out donuts, pies, breads, and brittle, and sells peaches, honey, and cider from the market. It sits on Pleasant Hill Avenue in the Blue Ridge foothills of Burke County.

Bee Sweet Orchards (formerly Haight Orchards)

Reidsville, NC

Bee Sweet Orchards, formerly Haight Orchards, grows tree fruit on Pannel Road in Reidsville, Rockingham County, near the Virginia line. As an orchard it likely offers apples and other seasonal fruit from late summer into fall. The name change points to newer ownership; confirm current hours directly.

Billy Laughter Orchards

Hendersonville, NC

A Century Farm apple orchard near Hendersonville, worked by five or six generations of the Laughter family. The roadside market and pick-your-own rows focus on apples, from familiar varieties to newer releases, through the fall harvest. It sits in Henderson County's apple belt, the largest apple-growing region in North Carolina. Call ahead to confirm which varieties are ready.

Devil Dog Orchard

Reidsville, NC

Devil Dog Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on 57 acres along NC-150 near Reidsville, with apples ready from late August through September. Beyond picking, the farm keeps nature trails through hardwoods and pines, grows muscadines, hosts farm parties, and lets visitors try cider-making. It opened in 2013 on ground that was formerly A.B. Gilliam's orchard. The orchard closes outside apple season, so time a visit for late summer.

Haddock Orchard

Winterville, NC

Haddock Orchard, also known as Haddock's Fresh Market, grows peaches, grapes, strawberries, flowers, and vegetables on County Home Road south of Winterville in Pitt County. The stand is known for homemade fruit turnovers in flavors like blueberry, peach, and apple, plus fresh lemonade. Market hours run Saturday mornings, with weekday produce pickup by phone. It's a family farm operation near Greenville.

Hill's Orchard and Vineyard

Trinity, NC

Hill's Orchard and Vineyard combines fruit trees and grapevines in Trinity, in Randolph County's Piedmont between High Point and Asheboro. An orchard-and-vineyard operation like this typically offers tree fruit in summer and fall alongside grapes for the table or wine. No website is posted; confirm harvest timing and hours locally.

Hilltop Orchard

Mocksville, NC

Hilltop Orchard grows tree fruit on Ijames Church Road in Mocksville, the Davie County seat between Winston-Salem and Statesville. Piedmont orchards like this open for apples and peaches as each crop ripens through late summer and fall. Roadside sales and pick-your-own are common at farms this size.

Jeter Mountain Farm Orchard

Hendersonville, NC

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.

Just Us Orchard

Hendersonville, NC

Justus Orchard grows 21 apple varieties for pick-your-own and pre-picked sales, plus Asian pears, blackberries, and cut sunflowers and zinnias off Garren Road. The bakery turns out fried apple pies and cider donuts, and a weekend taproom pours on the farm. Families come for the jumping pillow, apple cannons, and cow-train rides. The season typically opens in early July and runs through fall in the Henderson County apple belt.

Justus Orchard – Blackberry Picking NC

Hendersonville, NC

Justus Orchard runs pick-your-own across 21 apple varieties, plus thornless Navaho blackberries in July and August and Asian pears in early September. The Garren Road farm sits in Hendersonville's Edneyville apple belt. Beyond the trees there's a bakery known for fried apple pies and cider donuts, a taproom pouring cider and craft beer, and a market stocking local honey and jams. Kids get cow-train rides and apple cannons.

Knob Creek Orchards

Lawndale, NC

Knob Creek Orchards has grown apples and peaches near Lawndale since 1958, and the family has since added strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, nectarines, Asian pears, and muscadines. The creamery churns roughly a dozen flavors of homemade ice cream. It sits on Fallston Road in Cleveland County, west of the Charlotte metro. Picking windows shift with each crop, so the orchard posts current availability by season.

Mack Jackson Orchard

Hendersonville, NC

An apple orchard on Sugarloaf Mountain Road in Hendersonville, at the center of Henderson County's apple country — the state grows most of its apples within a few miles of here. Little is published beyond directory listings, but the location and name point to a working orchard selling tree-ripe fruit through the late-summer and fall harvest. Call ahead to check picking and what's ready.

Martin Orchard and Vineyards

Knotts Island, NC

Martin Orchard and Vineyards works old orchard and vineyard land on Knotts Island, a remote pocket of Currituck County reachable by ferry or through Virginia. The maritime climate suits apples, peaches, and muscadine and bunch grapes, with u-pick fruit in season and wine made on site. Being on an island, its hours are seasonal, so confirming ahead is wise.

Mountain Fresh Orchards

Hendersonville, NC

Mountain Fresh Orchards is on Chimney Rock Road in Hendersonville, in Henderson County—the county that grows most of North Carolina's apples. Orchards here sell fall apples, cider, and u-pick during harvest season. Specific varieties, pricing, and picking hours for this farm aren't confirmed online, so contact it directly before visiting.

Old Orchard Creek

Lansing, NC

Old Orchard Creek grows blueberries for pick-your-own at $10 a gallon from late June through early August, high in the Blue Ridge near Lansing in Ashe County. The farm also rents cottages year-round, hosts weddings, and opens its trails for hiking and star-gazing. An old apple orchard shares the property, and pre-picked berries can be reserved in advance.

Old Stage Orchards

Coats, NC

Old Stage Orchards grows peaches, pears, plums, and Asian pears for pick-your-own near Coats in Harnett County. Payment is cash only, and the orchard asks visitors to call before coming out. Plums and Asian pears fill the late-summer window, with peaches ripening earlier in the season. The farm also sells in commercial quantities.

Perkins Orchard

Durham, NC

Perkins Orchard is the largest and oldest produce market in Durham, North Carolina — 56 seasons and counting — selling thousands of pounds of produce a week from over 300 mostly North Carolina farms plus the family's original fruit orchard. Open seven days a week, it's a one-stop shop for local eggs, cheese, meats, honey, greens, flowers, fruits, vegetables, pumpkins, and Christmas trees, with seating areas to unwind.

Perry Lowe Orchards – Apple Picking North Carolina

Moravian Falls, NC

Perry Lowe Orchards grows more than 30 apple varieties, plus peaches, pears, and pumpkins, on NC-16 in Moravian Falls in the Brushy Mountains. Weekend u-pick apple picking runs through September and October. The Apple House store, open July through April, presses fresh, sparkling, and hard cider on-site and sells cider donuts, fried apple pies, and fritters. The store runs Monday through Saturday and is closed Sunday; u-pick reopens Labor Day weekend.

Riverview Orchard

Arden, NC

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.

Sky Top Orchard

Flat Rock, NC

Sky Top Orchard covers Pinnacle Mountain near Flat Rock with u-pick apples in dozens of varieties, plus peaches and seasonal cherries. The mountaintop farm is best known for its apple cider donuts and rounds out visits with hayrides, an apple cannon, gem mining, a bamboo forest, and hand-tossed pizza. It sits above Hendersonville in Henderson County, one of the Southeast's main apple regions.

Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

Hendersonville, NC

Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard is a pick-your-own apple farm on Stepp Orchard Drive in Hendersonville, in Henderson County, North Carolina's top apple-growing region. U-pick apples run from late summer into fall, when the county's orchards ripen their crop. It sits along the local apple orchard road that draws leaf-season visitors each autumn.

Sweet Retreat Orchard

Hillsborough, NC

Sweet Retreat is a 10-acre pick-your-own orchard near Hillsborough that grows without synthetic chemicals in the Eno River watershed. U-pick runs across a long season: blueberries in June and July, figs from July into October, then jujubes and persimmons into the fall, plus mulberries. The farm serves the Chapel Hill, Durham, and Raleigh area. Reach them by email or phone, or watch their Facebook page for u-pick dates.

Tall Pine Apple Orchard

An apple orchard in the Hendersonville area of Henderson County, North Carolina's largest apple-growing region. The 28792 ZIP puts it among the mountain orchards east of town, where varieties like Rome, Gala, and Red Delicious ripen from late summer through fall. No website or listing turned up online, so hours and pick-your-own availability are best confirmed directly with the orchard.

The Apple House Owenby Orchards

Edneyville, NC

The Apple House is Owenby Orchards' farm market in Edneyville, at the center of Henderson County, which grows most of North Carolina's apples. Expect fresh-picked apples through the fall harvest along with cider and local farm goods. Edneyville lines the orchard ridges just east of Hendersonville.

The Earl Orchards

Candor, NC

The Earl Orchards grows fruit in Candor, the center of North Carolina's Sandhills peach country in Montgomery County. Local listings show farm pickup and on-farm sales, and the surrounding NC 211 corridor is known for summer peaches and other tree fruit. Specific varieties and hours aren't posted online, so contact the orchard directly for what's ripe.

The Historic Orchards at Alta Pass

Spruce Pine, NC

The Orchard at Altapass is a nonprofit heritage orchard at milepost 328.3 on the Blue Ridge Parkway near Spruce Pine, some of its apple trees nearly a century old. Visitors pick heirloom apples in season, ride the hay wagon, hear live Appalachian music, and eat at the Apple Core Grill. A general store sells fudge and hot apple treats. The orchard works to preserve Blue Ridge history and its land.

Wilkie's Orchard

Edneyville, NC

Wilkie's Orchard is in Edneyville, Henderson County, the center of North Carolina's apple country in the mountains east of Hendersonville. Orchards here grow dozens of apple varieties, with the main harvest running late summer into fall. The listing gives only a PO box, so contact the orchard to arrange a visit.

Apple Orchard Farm

Stanley, NC

Devil Dog Orchard

Justus Orchard

Hendersonville, NC

Millstone Creek Orchards

Ramseur, NC

Skytop Orchard

Flat Rock, NC