Orchards near Winchester, VA

Winchester

Marker Miller Orchards works 325 acres of apples and 15 acres of peaches on Cedar Creek Grade southwest of Winchester, plus harder-to-find Virginia fruit like damsons and apricots. The farm market stocks its own produce alongside a bakery known for apple cider donuts and pies, fudge, and hand-dipped ice cream. Pick-your-own runs for blackberries, raspberries, and cut flowers.

Stephens City

An apple orchard on Marlboro Road in Stephens City, in the Frederick County fruit belt south of Winchester. This corner of the northern Shenandoah Valley has grown apples commercially for generations, and Rinker is one of the long-standing family orchards in the area. Public details are thin online, so contact the farm directly to confirm what's for sale and whether pick-your-own is offered in a given season.

Markham

Hartland Orchard is a pick-your-own fruit farm on Hartland Lane in Markham, in the Blue Ridge foothills of Fauquier County near Sky Meadows State Park. Orchards here open for peaches in summer and apples into fall, with pumpkins and mountain views drawing visitors from the Northern Virginia and D.C. area.

Markham

Markham

Pick-your-own peaches from mid-July into August and apples from mid-August through early November, on a mountainside orchard up Poverty Hollow Lane in Markham. Cider and pumpkins arrive with the fall apple season. The orchard sits high in the Blue Ridge in Fauquier County with long views over the valley. Frost and weather can shift the crop from year to year, so check before you go.

High Places Orchards grows on Winesap Lane in the Linden area of Warren County, up in the Blue Ridge foothills near Front Royal (ZIP 22640). The road name nods to the winesap apple, and this elevated stretch of the Blue Ridge is long-standing apple country. Little else about the orchard is posted online; apple picking in these hills generally runs late summer through fall.

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Harpers Ferry

Ridgefield Farm and Orchard grows fruit on Kidwiler Road near Harpers Ferry, in Jefferson County's eastern panhandle. The orchard offers seasonal pick-your-own in the rolling farmland where the Shenandoah and Potomac rivers meet, a short drive from Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.

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Purcellville

Crooked Run Orchard sits on East Main Street in Purcellville, in Loudoun County's orchard-and-vineyard country west of DC. It's a pick-your-own orchard and produce farm, one of the older growing operations along this stretch of western Loudoun. Details online are sparse, so contact the orchard directly for what's ripe and current hours.