COVID Guidelines

 Now open for the 2020 Season

 Open 7 days a week

 Now Picking: Golden Delicious, Cameo,

Blushing Gold, Fuji 

Pumpkin patch is now open.

 Hours: Monday – Saturday, 9 – 6

Sunday 10 – 6

Driving in the orchard Monday-Friday  

No admission charge

Open rain or shine, some weekend activities may be temporarily closed due to rain. 

Professional photographers (those who are being compensated for their photos) please call the farm to reserve a spot.

 

Stepp's Hillcrest Orchard

Farm-Orchard Tour-2nd Graders

 Pack up your second grade students and come on over to Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard for a HANDS-ON FARM EXPERIENCE and EDUCATIONAL ORCHARD-FARM TOUR.  Your second graders will participate in an interactive educational farm lesson on the life cycle of insects specific to those found in the apple orchard; ride on a tractor pulled wagon;  explore a corn maze; take a guided tour of the pumpkin patch; pick apples; drink a cup of local fresh apple cider. Take a self-guided tour of the 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

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

Essential Standards

Science:    2L.1        2L1.1       2L.1.2

Preschool Tour | Kindergarten Tour | 1st Grade Tour

All School Tours include:

  • WAGON RIDE – Tractor pulled wagon ride with tour guide;
  • APPLES – 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 farm to maneuver their way through the maze
  • TOUR THE PUMPKIN PATCH – Walk through the pumpkin patch with a guide.
  • 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.