Blue Haven Orchard

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Blue Haven Orchard sits at 12508 Long Creek Hwy in Long Creek, Oconee County, in the cluster of orchards the record describes as South Carolina’s main apple belt near the North Carolina border. Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are offered, and the orchard has its own on-site cider mill producing a pressed cider blend. Three apple varieties are named: Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, and Golden Supreme. The phone number on record is 864-647-2855.

Unlike Chattooga Belle Farm just down the road, no working orchard website was located for Blue Haven during this research. Instead, the record’s source_note says the location, phone number, approximate acreage (around 30 acres), and variety list were compiled from secondary sources — upcountrysc.com and scfyi.com — read on 2026-09-03. That distinction matters: everything here should be treated as reported-by-others rather than confirmed directly from the business.

A history longer than most orchards in this batch

The research notes describe Blue Haven as having grown apples since the early 1900s, which — if accurate — would make it one of the older operations in the Long Creek cluster, well predating most of the other orchards researched for this South Carolina batch. Roughly 30 acres of trees are mentioned, along with the orchard’s own pressed cider blend as a distinguishing feature. None of this comes from the orchard’s own materials, though, so it should be read as local reputation and secondary reporting rather than a fact the business itself has published.

A variety name that didn’t make the cut, on purpose

One detail worth flagging: one of the secondary sources listed a fourth apple variety as “Stamens.” That’s not a recognized apple cultivar name, and the record notes it was likely a transcription error — possibly meant to read “Stayman,” a real and fairly common variety in the region (it shows up, for instance, in the record for Windy Hill Orchard & Cidery in York). Rather than guess and print a name that might be wrong, the record left it out entirely. That’s a reasonable call, but it does mean the true variety list here could be one apple longer than what’s confirmed.

Pricing you shouldn’t rely on

A 2018 article turned up in research mentioned $7 for a half-peck and $30 for a bushel. The record deliberately did not carry that figure into price_from, since an eight-year-old number has no bearing on 2026 pricing and couldn’t be reverified against anything current. If pricing matters for planning a trip, the practical move is to call 864-647-2855 directly rather than assume anything close to that older figure still applies.

What’s still missing

Hours are unconfirmed — the record only notes “Daily during season” without specific opening or closing times. There’s no season_start or season_end date, and no current price_from figure. The coordinates on file are a Long Creek town-center fallback rather than a geocoded street address, so mapping directly to the property shouldn’t be assumed to be precise. In short, the where and what (apples, cider, three named varieties) are reasonably clear; the when and how much are not.

Bottom line

Blue Haven Orchard has the makings of a worthwhile stop — decades of history, its own pressed cider, and three named varieties covering the mid-to-late season — but this record is built on secondary sources rather than firsthand confirmation. Anyone planning a visit should call ahead (864-647-2855) to confirm current hours and pricing before making the drive, since neither could be verified for the 2026 season.