Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Franklin, NC

Franklin

Franklin

Franklin

Franklin

Franklin

Otto

Cullowhee

Rabun Gap

12 Spies Vineyards ran a tasting room in Rabun Gap, Georgia for 14 years before closing it for good. The vines are still tended, and existing wine inventory is available through pickup in Georgia or shipping to addresses within the state — order by emailing the winery directly rather than visiting in person.

Rabun Gap

Fifth- and sixth-generation farmers Ricky and Clint James run this produce market on Highway 441, a family operation going on more than 40 years. It's open daily, including Sundays and holidays, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., May through October, with pick-your-own fruit alongside a full stand of fresh, locally grown vegetables. It's one of the longer-running farm markets in the northeast Georgia mountains.

Glenville

Rabun Gap

Georgia's oldest operating bed and breakfast, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on York House Road. Twelve individually decorated rooms come with pillow-top mattresses, private baths, and a full breakfast, with 12 Spies Vineyards and Farm within easy reach for a wine stop. It has run continuously long enough to earn a reputation among North Georgia mountain travelers as the region's original inn.

Rabun Gap

A working gristmill turned bed-and-breakfast on Taylors Chapel Road, where breakfast is served on a screened porch overlooking the property's waterfall. Innkeepers Mike and Linda build the morning meal around organic, locally sourced Rabun County ingredients and offer massage therapy, gourmet gift baskets, and catered dinners with advance notice. The mill leans into sustainable practices — recycling, green cleaning products, and carbon offsets for guests.

Clayton

Goats On The Roof is a roadside attraction on Hwy 441 South in Clayton, Georgia, where goats climb ramps to a rooftop pen above a shop of local crafts and sweets. It's part of a small chain found in several Southern tourist towns; specific hours and admission for the Clayton location weren't confirmed.

Mountain City

Herbalist Patricia Kyritsi Howell founded this herbal education program in 1994 to teach the medicinal plants native to the Southern Appalachians, once called the apothecary of the nation for how much grows wild here. Classes historically ran as daylong and weekend seminars, field studies, and hands-on workshops out of the Clayton area. The school has downsized in recent years to occasional classes rather than a full course calendar.

Cullowhee

Whittier

Whittier

Clayton

Beechwood Inn is a bed-and-breakfast on Beechwood Dr in Clayton, in the Georgia mountain wine country around the Tiger and Rabun County vineyards. Their site was unreachable during research, so current room counts and rates aren't confirmed.

Bryson City

Whittier

Sapphire

Tiger

Tiger Mountain Orchards, on Bethel Road in Tiger, Georgia, was a pick-your-own operation for blackberries, grapes, and raspberries in Rabun County. Mapquest currently lists the business as closed, and no active phone, website, or hours could be confirmed — check before planning a visit.

Tiger

Stonewall Creek Vineyards is a small, family-run winery in Tiger, Georgia, pouring wine by the glass, bottle, or flight from an indoor tasting room or covered outdoor patio. The vineyard is dog-friendly — the resident greeter is Max, an eight-year-old Australian Shepherd mix — and serves charcuterie boards alongside the wine list. It holds a 4.5-star rating on Yelp across 59 reviews.

Hillside Orchard Farms has made small-batch jams, syrups, and preserves from its own fruit for more than 30 years in Rabun County, along Old Highway 441. The retail market, in nearby Lakemont, is open Monday and Thursday through Saturday 9 AM to 5 PM and Sunday 1 to 5 PM, with u-pick apples and blackberries, a corn maze, hayrides, and a gem mine on site.

Hiawassee

Sanford and Liz Green planted Hightower Creek east of Hiawassee on Highway 76 around 2011, in the Blue Ridge foothills of the Upper Hiwassee Highlands. The tasting room deck looks over the vineyard and a pond, pouring both wine and mead. Live music plays Saturday afternoons from 2 to 5, and a rental cottage on the property lets visitors stay the night instead of driving the mountain roads home.

Waynesville

Tamassee

Waynesville

Hiawassee

Blueberry Patch runs u-pick blueberries on Highway 76 East in Hiawassee, with buckets provided and berries charged by the pound. Season hours run Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. It's one of several u-pick stops in the Georgia mountains near Lake Chatuge.

Walhalla

Hayesville

Andrews