Open seven days a week

 Pick your own apples (Rome) will be available through Oct. 31. Each family is limited to a peck box or 2 -1/2 peck baskets of pick your own apples. 

Also picking pumpkins 

Corn maze open every day.

Jump pad, wagon rides, and apple cannon on Saturday and Sunday

 Hours: Monday – Thursday: 9:00 – 5:30

Friday and Saturday: 9:00 – 6:00

Sunday: 10:00 – 6:00

No reservation is needed and there is no admission fee. You only pay for what your buy or do.

The farm will close for the season at the end of business on Sunday, Oct. 31.

 

 

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Harvesting Family Memories for Generations

The Stepp Family has been inviting guests to pick their own apples on our 70-acre working farm and apple orchard in Hendersonville NC for nearly 50 years. We invite you and your family to visit the farm to experience fun, family-friendly farm activities in a beautiful country setting on the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains in western North Carolina near Asheville.   Pick your own apples and pumpkins or select from varieties of pre-picked apples.  Navigate our 5-acre corn maze or try hitting a target with the apple cannon.  Visit our Country Market for a delicious cup of apple cider or an apple cider slushy.  Enjoy apple cider donuts, fresh from our own bakery.  Bring a lunch to enjoy in picnic area beside the orchard.

5o Years of Pick Your Own Apples

Pick Your Own Apples – 21 Varieties

Farm Market, Apple House & Bakery

School & Adult Educational Tours

Fun Activities at Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard & Farm:

Enjoy Our Apple Cider Doughnuts

Pick Jack O’Lanterns & Baby Pumpkins!

Explore Our Corn Maze Adventure

Shoot the Apple Cannon! (Weekends Only)

 

Weekend Wagon Ride Through the Orchard

Have Lunch in Our Covered Picnic Area

Capture & Share Family Memories

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What Visitors Say . . .


"You drive right up to the tree. You are free to go anywhere. We were there last week, and the apples are everywhere. We picked Honey Crisp and they were GREAT!" Randall - Memphis TN   …

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Hello, My child was part of the group that came with the field trip from Clyde Elementary on 10/20. I was able to come along and was so impressed with the day that your staff put on for the children. …

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Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard & Farm News

Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021

By Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

Sunday, Oct. 17, we will have apples to pick (limiting to one peck per family).

The pumpkin patch will be open.
Wagon rides, jump pad, apple cannon, and corn maze will all be operatiing.
Mix and match several varieties of prepicked apples in the apple house.
Wear a sweater. It will be chilly. Perfect weather to visit the farm.
Open 10-6

Oct. 16-17, 2021

By Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

October 16-17 2021 

Cooler fall like weather is on the way.

At the farm we will be picking Rome apples on Saturday. At the end of the day we will reevaluate the availability of pick your own apples. Each family is limited to one peck box for pick your own apples.
At the farm you can:

  • Pick your own pumpkins from the patch
  • Choose from 8 varieties of prepicked apples, no limit.
  • Shoot the apple cannon, wander through the corn maze, jump on the jump pad, take a wagon ride around the farm.
  • Choose from delicious apple goodies
  • Experience wide open spaces and clean fresh air.

No reservation is needed and there is no admission charge.
Driving in the orchard only Monday – Friday.
Hours: Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-6
 

Weekend of Oct. 9-10, 2021

By Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

 Looks like fresh air and sunshine heading our way this weekend. Time for a fun farm experience.
You can:
  • Pick apples right from the trees.
  • Pick pumpkins from the patch.
  • Choose from several prepicked varieties of apples.
  • Get lost in the corn maze.
  • Ride a tractor pulled wagon ride through the farm.
  • Have a blast at the apple cannon.
  • Watch your children leap for joy on the jump pad.
  • Enjoy apple cider and pumpkin donuts and other treats.
  • Smell the aroma of kettle corn popping.
  • Think Christmas gifts from the farm: t-shirts, hand crafted soaps, honey, local spiced apple butter tea, apple butter, apple jelly, etc.
Open: Saturday 9-6, Sunday 10-6
Driving in the orchard Monday – Friday
No reservation needed