The Spring Fling Festival at Charlottesville’s Carter Mountain Orchard is fun for the whole family!   Carter Mountain will reopen for the season this Friday, April 16, 2010 and it kicks off the season with it’s delicious Spring Fling Festival on Saturday April 17, and Sunday April 18.  The Orchard is open mid-April through November, but their schedule changes seasonally.

If you’ve never been to Carter Mountain, you are missing breathtaking views, delicious apple cider donuts, fresh, juicy fruit, and a great place to just idle a Charlottesville afternoon away!  Carter Mountain Orchard has free admission and is open seasonally with different fruit available for picking for the majority of the year.  From the apple festival to tree-ripened and white flesh peaches, to nectarines, pumpkins for halloween, and fresh garden vegetables, the Orchard is plentiful nearly year-round.

If you ar thinking about visiting Carter Mountain Orchard, check out their website first- it has daily updates about the different sections of the orchard that are open each day, as well as which fruit is prime for picking.  The upcoming Spring Fling Festival is a fun two-day event, filled with hayrides, crafts, delicious food, and a souvenir shop full of lots of homemade goodies to bring back for friends and family.

Located off of Route 53, near Michie Tavern, PVCC, and Monticello, Carter Mountian’s Spring Fling Festival is one of two major seasonal events at Carter Mountain; one in the Spring and on in the Fall;

Carter Mountain Orchard Spring Fling Festival:

April 17, April 18 from 10AM – 5PM

Carter Mountain Orchard Apple Harvest Festival:

October 2, October 3, October 9, October 10 from 9AM – 6PM

Whether or not it’s an official festival, Carter Mountain is a great place to take a quiet stroll, to bring the kids for an afternoon of fun, or to bring your spouse for a picnic lunch. It has breath-taking views all around and is a great, low-cost opportunity to enjoy the outdoors.  The Orchard is typically very busy at the beginning of each picking season, especially during the months when it is only open on the weekends, but during the weeks at mid-day it is peaceful and quiet.

Map to Carter Mountain Orchard

1435 Carters Mountain Trail Charlottesville Virginia 22902

[mappress]