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Sky Top Orchard is open daily from 9-6!
All Sky Top attractions (tractor ride, bee train, apple cannon, gem mine) are open 7 days a week.
 

Sky Top is, once again, honored to be nominated for the best apple orchard in the country in 2024 by USA Today. Show your support by voting daily!
 

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ABOUT THE FARM

WELCOME!

Sky Top Orchard has been a family-owned & operated farm since 1967 when father and son duo Everette and David Butler planted the first trees on Mt. McAlpine, in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. For almost 60 years, Apple Dave and his wife Lindsey grew Sky Top from a small roadside tent into what it is today.

 

Built with love, sweat, and a lot of hard work, Sky Top has grown to include our hayride and bee train, the apple cannon, and of course, our famous apple cider donuts. But throughout the years, one thing stays the same: tradition. At Sky Top, we believe family and creating long-lasting memories is the most important part. We look forward to being a place for you to bring your families for years to come.

 

Thank you for visiting.

Explore Sky Top

U-Pick

Pick your own apples, cherries, peaches, Asian pears, and grapes.

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Eat

  • Hot "made-while-you- watch" apple cider donuts.

  • Tasty apple goods, hot apple cider, caramel apples, fudge apples, and more!

  • Kettle corn

  • Fresh apple cider, straight from the press 

  • Stock up on honeys, jams & jellies.

Play

  • Enjoy a tractor-pulled ride through the orchard

  • Go gem mining (new in 2022!)

  • Shoot our apple cannon over a lake

  • Ride in the Bee Train

  • Visit our barnyard goats, sheep, chickens, peacocks, turkeys, guineas, ducks, and geese

  • Walk the nature trail through a bamboo "forest" 

  • Play on our playground

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What's New in '24?

Sky Top is always looking to improve our guest experience!
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