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Apple gadgetsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Mount Airy. Another 11 are within 25 miles. From Winston-Salem, NC, Mount Airy lies roughly 39 miles to the northwest.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: strawberries from mid April.
Based on the typical seasons for North Carolina, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 19). A warm spring or a wet fall can shift picking by a week or more, so call ahead.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Mount Airy and you get 12 U-pick farms in 10 towns, including 2 with strawberries, 2 with blueberries, 2 with cherries, 2 with peaches and 2 orchards with apples. 6 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
The one farm inside Mount Airy is Miss AngelsU-Pick Farm, with vegetables. It posts updates online and sits on 252 Heart Lane. When it has nothing ripe, the table below points to the nearest alternatives.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberries | Snow's Strawberries Dobson | 7 mi | 2 |
| Blueberries | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 16 mi | 2 |
| Cherries | Levering Orchard Cana | 14 mi | 2 |
| Peaches | Levering Orchard Cana | 14 mi | 2 |
| Apples | Levering Orchard Cana | 14 mi | 2 |
| Blackberries | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 16 mi | 1 |
| Raspberries | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 16 mi | 1 |
| Grapes | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 16 mi | 1 |
| Pumpkins | Blue Ridge Pumpkins LLC Fancy Gap | 12 mi | 1 |
| Corn maze | Alpha and Omega Corn Maze Hamptonville | 23 mi | 1 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in North Carolina; each farm sets its own dates.
In a typical year Mount Airy sees its last frost around April 19 and the first one of fall around October 23. That leaves about 186 frost-free days for the farms.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Mount Airy, 6 miles away. The actual dates in Mount Airy can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
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The old-school gadget that turns a bag of picked apples into pie filling in minutes.
Apple gadgetsWe know of one farm in Mount Airy: Miss AngelsU-Pick Farm. Within 25 miles there are 11 more.
The farms here list vegetables most often. Crops ripen at different times each year, so it pays to check ahead.
Around April 19 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 23. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Mount Airy, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Snow's Strawberries in Dobson, about 7 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 2 farms with strawberries in total. The usual season in North Carolina is April to June.
Windy Hill Orchards in Cana, about 16 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 2 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in North Carolina is June to July.
Levering Orchard in Cana, about 14 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 2 farms with cherries in total. The usual season in North Carolina is May to June.
Did a farm close, or is one missing? Let us know, we update the list regularly.