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.

 

 

Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

Farm-Orchard Tour-Kindergarten

The tour schedule for the 2021 season is full.

 Pack up your kindergarten students and come on over to Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard for a HANDS-ON FARM EXPERIENCE and EDUCATIONAL ORCHARD-FARM TOUR. Your kindergartners will participate in an interactive educational farm lesson led by a farm tour guide;  ride on a tractor pulled wagon; learn about parts of an apple; explore a corn maze; take a guided walk through the pumpkin patch;  drink a cup of local fresh apple cider; and taste a fresh apple. Take a self-guided tour of the Nature Trail.  Email at ncapples@steppapples.com 

  • Weekday Tours – 9:30 a.m. and 11:00 a.m.
  • Tour lasts approximately 1 1/2 hours.
  • Teacher and Assistant – No Charge.
  • Picnic Area Available

Let us do the teaching for you as you trade your classroom for the farm . Your kindergartners will be excited about visiting our apple orchard while acquiring hands on learning that correlates with NC Essential Standards.

 Essential Standards

Healthful Living:   KNPA1.2                 KNPA2

Science:    K.P.2       K.P.2.1

Preschool Tour |  1st Grade Tour | 2nd Grade Tour

All School Tours include:

  • WAGON RIDE – Tractor pulled wagon ride with tour guide;
  • INTERACTIVE EDUCATION FARM LESSON
  • CORN MAZE – One-half Acre Educational Corn Maze – Children answer questions about farm to maneuver their way through the maze
  • TOUR THE PUMPKIN PATCH – -Take a guided tour through the pumpkin patch.
  • FRESH APPLE CIDER – Sample a cup of local fresh apple cider
  • FARM TOUR GUIDE – All activities led by a farm tour guide
  • Apple Cider Donuts – Optional: Reserve donuts for your group: $6.00/half-dozen.