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Carving toolsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Pilot Mountain. Another 13 are within 25 miles. From Winston-Salem, NC, Pilot Mountain lies roughly 28 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). Weather moves harvests by a week or two, so check with the farm before you go.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Pilot Mountain and you get 14 U-pick farms in 12 towns, including 5 with blueberries, 3 with strawberries, 2 with cherries, 2 with peaches and 2 orchards with apples. For 7 of them we have a website or Facebook page, which is the best place to check what's ripe.
Pilot Mountain's own U-pick farm is Fresh Berries U-Pick\/We Pick, with vegetables. It posts updates online and sits on 500 Jessup Grove Church Road. When it has nothing ripe, the table below points to the nearest alternatives.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | Blueberry Hill Farm (Tobaccoville) Tobaccoville | 17 mi | 5 |
| Strawberries | Country Road Strawberries Pinnacle | 9 mi | 3 |
| Cherries | Levering Orchard Cana | 15 mi | 2 |
| Peaches | Levering Orchard Cana | 15 mi | 2 |
| Apples | Levering Orchard Cana | 15 mi | 2 |
| Grapes | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 17 mi | 2 |
| Pumpkins | Blue Ridge Pumpkins LLC Fancy Gap | 20 mi | 2 |
| Blackberries | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 17 mi | 1 |
| Raspberries | Windy Hill Orchards Cana | 17 mi | 1 |
Farm counts in brackets cover 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in North Carolina; each farm sets its own dates.
The median last frost near Pilot Mountain is April 19; the first fall frost arrives 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 Pilot Mountain, 9 miles away. The actual dates in Pilot Mountain can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
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Carving toolsWe know of one farm in Pilot Mountain: Fresh Berries U-Pick\/We Pick. Within 25 miles there are 13 more.
The farms here list vegetables most often. Each farm posts its own picking days, and they change from year to year.
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 Pilot Mountain, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Blueberry Hill Farm (Tobaccoville) in Tobaccoville, about 17 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 5 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in North Carolina is June to July.
Country Road Strawberries in Pinnacle, about 9 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 3 farms with strawberries in total. The usual season in North Carolina is April to June.
Levering Orchard in Cana, about 15 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.
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