OPEN 7 Days Through October – Mon-Thurs 8 – 5:30 – Fri & Sat 8 – 6 – Sun 10 – 6

Open Columbus Day, Oct. 14, 8 – 5:30

Picking: Red and Golden Delicious, Blushing Gold, Fuji, Rome, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady  

 Also Picking Pumpkins in the Patch

Corn Maze Every Day –  Apple Cannon and Wagon Rides Weekends Only

Driving in Orchard Mon – Fri Only

Personal Photography Permitted 

 Professional Photographers Please Call 828-685-9083 for Info

Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

Farm-Orchard Tour-Preschoolers

The 2019 tour calendar is full. If you would like to be put on a waiting list please email ncapples@steppapples.com with school name, age/grade, and number. 

Pack up your preschoolers and come on over to Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard for a HANDS-ON FARM EXPERIENCE and EDUCATIONAL ORCHARD-FARM TOUR. Your preschoolers will participate in an interactive educational farm lesson led by a farm tour guide; ride on a tractor pulled wagon; engage in sorting apples by color and size; learn about parts of an apple; explore a corn maze , visit a pumpkin patch; pick apples, drink a cup of local fresh apple cider; and taste a fresh apple. Take a self-guided tour of our nature trail.

  • 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

Kindergarten Tour | 1st Grade Tour | 2nd Grade Tour

All School Tours include:

    • WAGON RIDE – Tractor pulled wagon ride with tour guide;
    • APPLES TO PICK – Stop to pick 1/4 peck bag of apples from trees in the orchard.
    • INTERACTIVE EDUCATION FARM LESSON
    • CORN MAZE – One-half Acre Educational Corn Maze – Children answer questions about the farm to maneuver their way through the maze
    • TOUR OF OUR PUMPKIN PATCH – Walk with the guide 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: $5.50/half-dozen.