Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Sanford, NC

Sanford

Agritourism farm on San Lee Drive in Sanford, in Lee County near San-Lee Park in the central Piedmont. Public information is limited for this listing. Reach out to Harrington Farms directly to confirm crops, hours, and any farm-visit or pick-your-own options.

Sanford

Honey producer on Industrial Drive in Sanford, in Lee County in the central Piedmont. Small local apiaries here bottle wildflower and clover honey from Piedmont bloom. Public detail is limited, so contact Homespun Honey directly about honey availability and where to buy.

Sanford

Agritourism farm on Thomas Road in Sanford, in Lee County in the central Piedmont. Little is posted online about crops or visitor activities. Contact Gary Thomas Farms directly for details on what it grows and whether it opens to the public seasonally.

Sanford

A vineyard on Thomas Road in Sanford, in Lee County's central Piedmont. Muscadine grapes are native to this part of North Carolina and grow well here, ripening from late summer into fall when most area vineyards sell fruit or host visitors. There's no website or posted schedule I could find, so call ahead to check whether tastings or grape sales are running.

Sanford

Blueberry Hill U-Pick grows ten varieties of rabbit-eye and high-bush blueberries, including Premier, Powder Blue, and Bladen, on Steel Bridge Road in Sanford. The Lee County farm opens for pick-your-own blueberries and blackberries through summer and also sells local peaches. Summer hours run most days, but call first. Reach them at 919-718-5344, at bhberries.com, or on Instagram at @blueberryhillupick.

Sanford

Barry's Strawberry Farm sells pick-your-own strawberries off Cox Mill Road, about half a mile from US 421 south of Sanford, and calls them the sweetest berries in town. Depending on the season, you'll also find asparagus, cabbage, and onions. It's a family operation in Lee County that leans on its Facebook page for daily picking updates. Call 919-258-3606 before heading out to check the field.

Sanford

McNeill Farms is an agritourism farm in Sanford, the Lee County seat in North Carolina's central Sandhills. The listing carries no crop or event details, and there's no farm website online. Sanford-area farms commonly run fall pumpkin and produce operations; confirm current offerings and hours locally.

Sanford

Gross Farms is a seventh-generation North Carolina Century Farm in Sanford, known for a large fall corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, and hayrides around the working farm. A spring strawberry patch opens for u-pick in April, and a produce barn carries seasonal items. The farm also books birthday parties and group visits.

Sanford

Logan Farms sits on Logan Farm Lane outside Sanford in Lee County, central North Carolina. This part of the Piedmont mixes row crops with produce farms and roadside stands. The farm has little published detail, so reaching out directly is the best way to find out its crops and any pick-your-own or market sales.

Sanford

Douglas' Strawberry Patch is a family-run u-pick near Sanford selling strawberries, produce, and roasted corn, the same roasted corn they take to the NC State Fair each fall. Picking and pre-picked berries both work here in spring. The farm sits in Lee County off Highway 87. It keeps a Facebook page for posting when the berries are ready, which is the best way to catch opening day.

Moncure

A farm-based education program in Moncure, in southern Chatham County. The 'Farm School' name points to hands-on agriculture classes or children's programming rather than a produce stand. Specifics aren't well documented online, so reach out directly to ask about enrollment, workshops, or visits.

Carthage

Olde Carthage Farm is an agritourism farm in Carthage, the Moore County seat in North Carolina's Sandhills near Pinehurst and Southern Pines. The listing doesn't include crop or event details, and the farm has no website posted. Contact locally to confirm what's growing and when it's open.

Cameron

Blueberries of Cameron grows pesticide-free blueberries for pick-your-own along US Highway 1 in Moore County. The field is usually open several weekdays plus Saturday mornings from 7am to noon during the season, which runs roughly mid-May through July in the North Carolina Sandhills. Call ahead to confirm the field is open before driving out.

Cameron

Carthage

Pick-your-own strawberries, sweet corn, and a broad vegetable list — beans, cabbage, potatoes, squash, and tomatoes — from a barn stand on Bryant Road in Carthage, the Moore County seat. The mix means a long picking season, from spring strawberries through summer corn and fall vegetables. Sandhills soil and sun make this good produce ground. No phone or site is posted, so stop by during season to see what's on the tables.

Sanford

Steve and Cindy's Blueberry Patch grows blueberries on Roberts Road in Sanford, Lee County. Blueberry season in this part of the state runs June into July, when u-pick rows open. Contact the owners for ripening updates and picking hours before visiting.

Cameron

Pilson Strawberry Farm is a fourth-generation family operation near Cameron that sells strawberries, vegetables, eggs, and sourdough bread. Beyond the strawberry season, it offers CSA shares with weekly harvests and on-farm pickup, plus online ordering for retail and wholesale. The farm is a member of the North Carolina Strawberry Association. It sits on Cranes Creek Road in the Sandhills.

Lakeview

Pick-your-own strawberries on Airport Road in Lakeview, in the Moore County Sandhills between Southern Pines and Carthage. Spring is the whole season here: most Sandhills growers open the fields in April and pick into June, selling both ready-picked flats and by-the-pound U-pick. A hard frost or a hot week can shift the picking window, so call ahead once the season starts.

Lillington

Anderson Creek Hunting Preserve spans 1,500 acres near Lillington, in Harnett County, split into eight habitat blocks for upland bird hunting. Hunts are self-guided with birds you buy, no membership or grounds fee required. The family also breeds German Shorthaired Pointers and Brittany Spaniels as gun dogs and pets. It sits on Farrar Dairy Road in the Sandhills between Fayetteville and Sanford.

Pittsboro

Fitch Creations developed and runs Fearrington Village, a former dairy farm south of Pittsboro now built around the Relais & Châteaux Fearrington House Inn, Restaurant, and Spa. The pastures are grazed by the farm's signature Belted Galloway cattle—black-and-white 'Oreo cows'—alongside goats, and the grounds hold gardens, shops, and the Belted Goat café. It's at 2000 Fearrington Village Center.

Carthage

McLeod's Table Farm is on McLeods Corner near Carthage in Moore County, part of the North Carolina Sandhills near the Pinehurst area. Small farms here grow vegetables, flowers, and pasture-raised meats for local tables and markets. The farm shares little online, so contacting it directly is the best way to learn its offerings and any sales days.

Lillington

Farmer's Strawberries & Produce grows pick-your-own strawberries plus beans, cabbage, onions, potatoes, squash, and tomatoes on Holder Road near Lillington in Harnett County. Strawberry season in the central part of the state usually runs April into June, with the vegetables filling in through summer. The farm is listed in the USDA Local Food Directories.

Siler City

A working goat dairy and inn on Mt Vernon Hickory Mountain Road near Siler City, milking a herd of about 100 Alpine and Saanen goats. The dairy makes farmstead chevre and goat-milk gelato and sells its own goat-milk soap, and the inn serves farm breakfasts built around the cheese. Overnight rooms, a log cabin, and open-barn days bring guests onto the 300-acre farm.

Fuquay Varina

The Maze at Hector's Creek runs a fall corn maze on Old Mill Road in Fuquay-Varina, in southern Wake County. Cut into a working field, mazes like this open on weekends through the harvest season alongside pumpkins and hayrides. Hector's Creek is a longtime rural community name in this part of the county.

Bennett

Bluebird Hill Farm is on Clarence Phillips Road in Bennett, in western Chatham County's rolling farmland southwest of Siler City. It's an agritourism farm in the rural central Piedmont. Crops and visitor offerings aren't posted online.

Pittsboro

A horse stable on Emerson Cook Road in Pittsboro, in Chatham County southwest of the Triangle. Operations of this kind typically offer boarding, riding lessons, and training, though specific services aren't documented online. Reach out directly to ask about lessons, boarding openings, or trail access.

Apex

Jean's Berry Patch is a seasonal u-pick berry stand on NC Highway 751 in Apex, in fast-growing western Wake County. Strawberries lead the spring season, the peak window for the Triangle's pick-your-own farms. Picking days depend on the weather and the crop, so hours are worth confirming before a visit.

CARTHAGE

Crystal Pines Alpaca Farm raises alpacas on Holly Ridge Road near Carthage, the Moore County seat in the Sandhills. Alpaca farms in the area usually offer farm visits and fiber products from their herds. Specific visiting hours aren't posted online.

Apex

Agritourism farm at 970 Martha's Chapel Road in Apex, set in the wooded country near Jordan Lake in fast-growing western Wake County. Little detail is published online for this listing, so visitors should confirm crops, hours, and any pick-your-own or event openings with the farm directly before making the drive.

Spring Lake

West Produce grows fruits and vegetables for direct sale in Spring Lake, just north of Fort Bragg in Cumberland County. The stand sells strawberries in spring and shifts to summer vegetables as the season turns, with pickup at the farm. Call ahead during strawberry season to check what's ready.

Apex

A pick-your-own farm on Holland Road in Apex, open since 1996, with three acres of strawberries and a smaller blueberry patch. The stand adds homemade jams, local honey, shiitake mushrooms, garden vegetables, cut flowers, and homemade ice cream through the season. A cash-only roadside stand runs on the honor system when the pickers aren't staffed. Spring strawberries are the main draw for Wake County families.

Apex

A choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm on Marthas Chapel Road, right beside Jordan Lake southwest of Apex. Piedmont growers like this one field-grow Leyland cypress, Carolina sapphire, and white pine, and usually stock pre-cut Fraser firs trucked down from the North Carolina mountains. The season runs the weekends after Thanksgiving into mid-December. Bring a saw or borrow one at the barn.

Chapel Hill

Faircloth Farm opens for pick-your-own blueberries from mid-July into August, on Gilmore Road south of Chapel Hill in Chatham County. The family also raises an unusual mix of poultry, silkies, frizzles, Ameraucanas, marans, and naked-neck chickens, plus rabbits, peacocks, and Pekin ducks. Blueberries are the reason to visit in summer. It's reachable off Highway 15-501, and the family posts updates on Facebook.

Apex

Mrs. Ruth's Farm is on Green Level Road in Apex, along the fast-growing western edge of Wake County. Small produce farms in this part of the Triangle sell strawberries, vegetables, and flowers in season, often by the roadside or pick-your-own. Details are thin online, so it's best to confirm what's available before a visit.

Fuquay-Varina

Vaughan's Farm opens its strawberry fields for pick-your-own each spring on Wilbon Road, on the line between Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs. The operation ties to Vaughan Farms, a longtime growing family in southern Wake County. Berries typically ripen from April into June, weather depending. Phone ahead to confirm the fields are open before you drive out.

Holly Springs

Hughes Honey manages apiary locations around Holly Springs, in southern Wake County, with a home base on Oakhall Drive. Local beekeepers here produce raw honey whose flavor shifts with each season's bloom. Honey like this usually sells by the jar direct from the beekeeper and at nearby markets.

Spring Lake

A family farm on Lillington Highway in Spring Lake, in the Cumberland and Harnett County area north of Fayetteville. Current offerings aren't documented online. Farms in this stretch commonly grow produce, pumpkins, or run seasonal agritourism; contact Spence Family Farms directly to confirm what's available and when.

Chapel Hill

Oakley Farm sits on its namesake road southeast of Chapel Hill, in Orange County. The land here is Piedmont farm country on the edge of a fast-growing college town, where small farms sell produce, hay, or host seasonal events. There's little about the operation online, so reach out directly to confirm what it offers and whether visitors are welcome.

West End

Fairway Farm grows blueberries on Wood River Road in West End, in the Sandhills near Pinehurst, and opens the rows for pick-your-own. The family also makes value-added products from the fruit, jams, jellies, blueberry syrup, and a fresh blueberry salsa that's won awards. The farm was established in 2015. Summer is blueberry season; reach them by email or Facebook to check on picking before you drive out.

Apex

Green Level Gourd Farm grows gourds on Green Level Road West in Apex, along the fast-growing western edge of Wake County. Hard-shell and ornamental gourds like these get cured for crafts, birdhouses, and fall displays. The Green Level community keeps a rural footprint even as Apex and Cary expand around it.

Robbins

Sherri's Berries and Bushes grows berries and plants on Flint Hill Church Road in Robbins, Moore County. Small berry farms here open in late spring and summer as strawberries and then blueberries ripen. Call ahead for picking conditions and what's ready that week.

Siler City

Nicks Creek Produce operates on the Siler City–Snow Camp Road in Siler City, Chatham County. As a produce stand it likely sells seasonal Piedmont fruits and vegetables. No website or hours were verifiable online.

Chapel Hill

A small farm on Old Lystra Road south of Chapel Hill, in the Orange County countryside near Jordan Lake. Little is documented online about its current offerings. Chapel Hill-area growers commonly sell produce, flowers, or eggs through the Carrboro and Chapel Hill farmers markets; contact the farm to confirm what it grows and how to buy.

Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill

Shenandoe Farm is an agritourism operation on Old Greensboro Road southwest of Chapel Hill, in Orange County. Little about it is published online. The area is Piedmont farm and horse country on the edge of a fast-growing college town. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it hosts visitors.

Apex

Neighbor Boy Farm and Country Store operates in Apex, on the western edge of Wake County near Research Triangle Park. The listing pairs farm activities with an on-site retail store for local goods. Current crops and hours aren't published online, so call ahead or stop in to see what's in season before making the drive.

Angier

The Trustman family has run this pick-your-own berry farm on NC-210 in Angier since the late 1980s, specializing in thornless blackberries alongside blueberries and raspberries. Picking runs from early June into early August, open Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings. They also sell blueberry plants from spring through fall for growers starting their own bushes.

Old Mill Farm sits along NC Highway 751 south of Durham, in the rolling Piedmont near Jordan Lake. This stretch of 751 runs past small farms and horse land between Durham and Chapel Hill. Information about the farm's crops, events, or hours isn't posted online, so contact them directly to learn what they offer and whether they're open to the public.

Cary

Phillips Farms is a family agritourism farm on the west side of Cary in Wake County, minutes from Raleigh. Its website bills the place as family fun for everyone, in line with the pick-your-own and seasonal-visit farms common along the Triangle's edge. Check the site for current crops, events, and open days.

Morrisville

Phillips Strawberries runs a spring strawberry operation on Good Hope Church Road in Morrisville, on the western edge of the Research Triangle between Cary and the airport. North Carolina berries usually ripen from late April into June, when growers open their rows to pickers. Picking conditions shift day to day during the short season.

Willow Springs

A farm near Willow Springs on Kennebec Road, in the southern Wake County countryside toward Fuquay-Varina. Small farms in this stretch grow produce and berries and keep livestock for area markets. Public details for this listing are limited.

Cary

Agritourism farm on Morrisville-Carpenter Road in Cary, tucked into the Cary-Morrisville edge of Wake County near Research Triangle Park. Online detail is limited for this listing. Contact the farm directly to confirm what it grows and whether it opens for seasonal produce or visits.

Ramseur

Kildee Farm is on Kildee Church Road near Ramseur in Randolph County, in the central North Carolina Piedmont. This is small-farm country between Asheboro and the Uwharrie region, where growers raise seasonal produce and livestock. Details on this farm are thin online, so contacting it directly is the best way to learn its offerings.

Coats

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.

Willow Spring

Tate's Apiaries sells honey from its own hives on Turner Fish Road in Willow Spring, and the family farm has branched into goji berries and elderberries you can pick yourself, plus elderberry and goji syrup. Seasonal produce runs to strawberries, cantaloupe, watermelon, tomatoes, and potatoes. They keep chemical and pesticide use to a minimum and offer school tours. Call ahead, since hours and u-pick run on the season.

Coats

Rabbit Ridge Nursery grows and sells plants in Coats, in Harnett County south of Raleigh. As a nursery it's the kind of place to source trees, shrubs, and bedding plants close to home. Call ahead for current stock and hours.

Willow Spring

Angier

Porter Farms & Nursery grows u-pick strawberries in spring, fresh produce through summer, and pumpkins and mums in fall, with homemade ice cream on site. The operation, near Angier southeast of Raleigh, picks its produce fresh each morning and also sells pumpkins and mums at the State Farmers Market.

Willow Springs

Porter Farms and Nursery grows u-pick strawberries in spring, then rolls into blackberries, summer vegetables, and fall pumpkins and mums. The family operation sells at its stand near Ten-Ten Road and Highway 42 in southern Wake County and at the State Farmers Market in Raleigh. Homemade ice cream runs from spring through fall. Pick-your-own and the ice cream draw families from the Fuquay-Varina and Garner side of the county.