Orchards near Flat Rock, NC

Flat Rock

Flat Rock

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.

Hendersonville

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.

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.

Hendersonville

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.

Hendersonville

A u-pick apple orchard in Hendersonville, North Carolina — the directory's Oregon label is an error, since the 28792 ZIP sits in Henderson County apple country. Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard opens for fall apple picking in the Blue Ridge foothills, a family-run operation in one of the Southeast's densest apple-growing regions.

Hendersonville

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.

Hendersonville

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.

Hendersonville

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.

Edneyville

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.

Edneyville

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.

Hendersonville

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.

Hendersonville

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.

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.

Greer

Fisher's Orchard grows South Carolina peaches and nectarines on Fisher Road in Greer, and rounds out the farm stand with strawberries and a run of vegetables: squash, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, potatoes, and onions. They also sell flowers and hanging baskets plus jams, jellies, cider, pickles, and local honey. The upstate peach season carries the stand through the summer.

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Taylors

MacGregor Orchard grows on Sassafras Drive in Taylors, on the northeast edge of Greenville in the South Carolina Upstate. The orchard setting suggests tree fruit such as apples or peaches, which do well on the Piedmont slopes below the Blue Ridge. Varieties and picking dates weren't available online.