Cherry Creek Orchards

Our take

The short version

Cherry Creek Orchards, in Pontotoc in North Mississippi’s hill country, is a diversified small orchard where peaches are clearly the headline crop. Apples show up on the property’s crop list too — described as available “July through October” — but they’re one of many secondary fruits here, alongside blackberries, grapes, muscadines, melons, nectarines, plums, and pumpkins.

Why this matters for planning a visit

The regular operating hours tell you a lot about the farm’s real priorities: Monday through Friday, 7am to 6pm, but only “during peach season.” Outside that window, the farm operates by appointment only. That scheduling structure is a strong signal that peaches, not apples, drive the farm’s regular public hours. If you show up hoping for apples specifically outside of peach season, you may find the farm technically open only by prior arrangement rather than on a walk-in basis — worth calling ahead (662-489-7783) to set up a visit if that’s your situation.

A genuinely rare Mississippi apple listing

Here’s useful context for understanding why this record exists at all: per the research notes, Cherry Creek Orchards is one of only two credible u-pick apple sources identified anywhere in Mississippi after a thorough search. That scarcity isn’t an accident of research — it reflects a real agricultural constraint. Mississippi’s climate generally doesn’t accumulate enough winter chill hours for most standard apple varieties to thrive, which is why apples remain a minor crop in the state even at farms, like this one, that do grow some. If you’re specifically interested in u-pick apples within Mississippi, this is one of your few realistic options — but go in understanding that “few options” also means “not a well-established apple destination” in the way you might find in a cooler climate.

An aging listing worth double-checking

It’s worth flagging plainly: the PickYourOwn.org listing used for this record was last updated May 2, 2025 — over a year before this record was compiled. The orchard’s own Facebook page, meanwhile, returned no readable content during this research pass, meaning there’s no current-season confirmation from the farm itself anywhere in this record. Combined with the by-appointment scheduling outside peach season, this is a listing where a phone call is genuinely necessary rather than optional, both to confirm the farm is still operating as described and to check whether apples are currently available.

Farm honey, a small additional draw

Among the tags associated with this listing is farm honey — a specific, checkable product beyond the fruit itself. If you’re the kind of visitor who likes picking up local honey alongside seasonal produce, that’s a small additional reason to make the stop worthwhile even if the apple crop itself turns out to be limited on the day you visit.

What’s missing

No apple varieties are named. No pricing is stated for apples, peaches, or any other crop. No 2026-specific season dates exist anywhere in this record — only the general “July through October” description carried over from a listing that’s more than a year old at the time of this review.

Getting there

Cherry Creek Orchards is at 4660 Highway 345 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc County, in North Mississippi’s hill country. Coordinates on file are specific to this address per the source used.

Bottom line

A genuinely rare Mississippi apple listing worth knowing about, but one where peaches are the real draw, hours outside peach season are by appointment only, and the underlying directory information is over a year old. Call 662-489-7783 to confirm current apple availability and hours before making the trip.