A Rabun County agritourism farm in the northeast Georgia mountains, leaning more toward family attractions — indoor gem mining, a corn maze, train rides — than a quiet orchard visit, with 700-plus locally made products in its country store.
Hillside Orchard Farms sits in Lakemont, Rabun County, in the northeast Georgia mountains — a genuinely different region from the Ellijay/Gilmer County and Blue Ridge/Fannin County clusters that dominate this dataset’s existing Georgia entries. That regional gap is the clearest reason to include it. But the honest framing for visitors is that this is more of a family attraction destination than a pure apple-picking stop: goat feeding, an indoor gem mine, a corn maze, train and hayrides, and a playground round out the property.
The site notes that the u-pick apple orchard itself was introduced in 2015 — a relatively recent addition, which suggests the broader farm and its family-attraction offerings likely predate the orchard component. That’s useful context: Hillside built its reputation on a wider set of activities first, with apple picking layered in later rather than being the founding purpose of the property.
The confirmed activities list — goat feeding, gem mining, corn maze, train rides, hayride, playground — reads like a family fun park more than a traditional orchard. If your ideal apple-picking trip is a quiet walk through the rows, this may not be it. But if you’re bringing kids who want more to do than just pick fruit, that same lineup becomes a real asset.
One specific, checkable detail from the research notes: the country store carries more than 700 locally made products. That’s a genuinely large retail operation for a farm this size, and it suggests Hillside has built out a substantial gift-and-goods side of the business alongside its orchard and attractions.
Hours run Monday through Saturday, 10am to 5pm, with shorter Sunday hours, 1pm to 5pm. No apple varieties or specific 2026 season dates are listed in the record, though the site’s footer copyright does show a 2026 date, which at least confirms the site itself is current as of the check.
No apple variety names, no pick-your-own pricing, and no explicit 2026 season start or end date are published. Given how detailed the activities list is by comparison, that’s a real gap for anyone specifically planning around apple availability rather than the broader attraction lineup.
The address is 18 Sorghum Mill Drive, Lakemont, GA 30552. The listed coordinates are a Lakemont town-center fallback rather than a geocode of the exact address, so treat the map pin as approximate.
Hillside Orchard Farms fills a real Rabun County gap in Georgia’s apple-picking options, but it’s worth setting expectations as a family-attraction destination first and an orchard second. Call 706-782-2776 for current apple varieties and season status before planning a trip around picking specifically.
Not stated with confirmed 2026 dates. Hours are Monday-Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday afternoons 1pm-5pm.
You want a quiet, picking-focused visit rather than a family attraction park — the activities list here leans heavily toward entertainment.
Rabun County, in the northeast Georgia mountains — distinct from the Ellijay/Gilmer County and Blue Ridge/Fannin County clusters that dominate the state's other orchard entries.
The site notes the u-pick apple orchard was introduced in 2015, meaning it's a relatively newer addition to a farm that likely predates that.
Not listed in the record.
Goat feeding, gem mining, a corn maze, train rides, a hayride, and a playground, per the record.
More than 700 locally made products, per the research notes.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Sat, plus Sun afternoons. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
18 Sorghum Mill Drive, Lakemont, GA 30552, in Rabun County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Northeast Georgia Mountains.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
hillsideorchard.com
Checked September 2026.