Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Mountaineer Country area of West Virginia in 2025, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for blueberries that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a state have blueberries orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

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Marion County

• Blueberry Ridge Farms - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, blueberries, porta-potties are available
  288 Tom Moran Lane, Fairmont, WV 26554. Phone: 304-368-8294. Open: See Facebook page for current days and hours. Directions: Take the I79 Prickett’s Fort Exit # 139 and follow the blue U-Pick-Em signs up to Bunner RidgePride Ridge. OR take 119-Grafton Road to White Day Creek Road and follow the blue U-pick-em signs. Put 98 Rustic Lane in your GPS. For a map to our farm, . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Venmo. OR take 119-Grafton Road to White Day Creek Road and follow the blue U-pick-em signs. Put 98 Rustic Lane in your GPS. For a map to our farm, No cards please. Season begins when berries are ready, so we cannot set a date until the week of. Typically it begins around the first week of July, but it is always weather dependent. This is why we use Facebook and our hotline - - to keep pickers updated on harvest status. chemical-free U-Pick Farm located at the top of Bunner Ridge in Fairmont, WV. We are the only organically grown U-pick blueberry farm in the area. 2025 price: $5 a pound.Pick into our containers for weight and transfer to your own containers after sale. No charge to use the container.If you’d like to purchase a container, they’re $2. (UPDATED: June 01, 2016) [ ] (UPDATED: July 17, 2025, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on July 10, 2009: "It was great! U-Pick-Em blueberries. Tent with tables and chairs Organic New--I think this is the first or sec..
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Monongalia County

• Stern's Berry Farm - blackberries, blueberries,
  340 Old Sawmill Road, Independence, WV 26374. Phone: (304) 376-9394. Open: July and August, typically 8 am to 12 pm and from 5 pm to 9 pm but check their Facebook page before you go. Directions: Route 119 halfway between Morgantown and Grafton. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Formerly called McConnell Berry Farm [ ] (UPDATED: July 17, 2025, JBS)
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Upshur County

• Floral Acres - Uses natural growing practices, Blueberries,
  RR 1 Box 26E, French Creek, WV 26218. Phone: 304-924-6462. Email: dinah@floralacres.com. Directions: See their website for directions. Payment: Cash, only. Our focus now at Floral Acres is our U-Pick blueberry operation. Because we have so many bushes, with lots of different varieties; the season is long. These blueberries are organic, as the only thing we do to them is fertilize the ground, and mow the grass. We furnish buckets for picking and ice water - but you might want to bring your own straw hat for those hot summer days. \\[ . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. . Our focus now at is our U-Pick blueberry operation. Because we have so many bushes, with lots of different varieties; the season is long. These blueberries are organic, as the only thing we do to them is fertilize the ground, and mow the grass. We furnish buckets for picking and ice water - but you might want to bring your own straw hat for those hot summer days. (UPDATED: July 17, 2025, JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on July 06, 2010: "The owner is very sweet and helpful, they have been in business for a while and know what they are doing. However, you are better off to show up earlier in the season rather than later. We came one year in mid August, and while we did manage to pick berries, there were much less than when we go in July. They raise all of their blueberries with organic practices. They used to do daylilies but are getting out of those and are more focused on blueberries. The farm is located less than a mile from the French..
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Blueberry

Blueberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Blueberries are one of the easiest fruit to prepare and serve. There's no peeling, pitting, coring or cutting. They have few natural pests, (other than birds), so pesticides are generally unnecessary! This year's crop is fantastic (see related news story), thanks both to the weather and to more farms planting more blueberry bushes due to increased consumer demand over the past few years as more studies proclaim the anti-oxidant and other health properties of blueberries.

Click here to find a local Blueberry Festival (usually held between April and July).

If you are looking for information about a similar berry, the saskatoon (also called the June berry or Serviceberry) see this page about saskatoons.

Picking tips:

Select plump, full blueberries with a light gray-blue color. A berry with any hint of red isn't fully ripened.

Ripening AFTER picking?

First, it is key to know that once picked, blueberries will NOT become any sweeter, nor will the flavor improve. The only change that occurs is the color. They will APPEAR to ripen, but it is only a color change, from white to green to rose to red to pale blue to fully blue. So, white and green colored blueberries will not "ripen" after they are picked; while blueberries that have already turned purple, red or blue-ish usually DO change color after they are picked (if they are kept at room temperature to "ripen").

As the blueberries ripen ON THE BUSH, the flavor goes from tastless to bitter to tasteless tart to tart blueberry flavor to sweet blueberry flavor.

Grocery stores sell blueberries that are tart, not sweet because they had them picked unripe by machine so they are very firm and can handled being bumped around in shipping. They may look good, but are not as tasty as those picked when actually ripe.

So, the key is, PICK ONLY RIPE BERRIES!

How to pick blueberries

Since blueberries hang on the bushes in bunches a but like grapes do, the easiest and fastest way to pick them is hold your bucket under them in one hand and with your other hand, cup a ripe bunch and gently rub them with your fingers. The ripe berries will drop into your bucket, while the unripe ones will remain attached to the bush.

When the bushes are at peak, I can easily pick 2 gallons per hour (if I'm not being distracted by the kids and the sun isn't too hot!). A newbie might do 1 gallon per hour.and at the beginning or end of the season it takes more time as the berries are not as plentiful nor concentrated in clusters.

Tips for storing blueberries after harvesting:

• Once picked, don't place the berries, still warm from the sun, in a closed bag or container. Leave the container open so moisture doesn't form in the container.
• Don't wash berries until just before using, to prevent berries from becoming mushy.
• Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. Store your fresh blueberries in the refrigerator as soon as you get them home, without washing them, in a covered bowl or storage container. If refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
• Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep the skins from toughening. Place berries one layer deep. Freeze, then pour the frozen berries into freezer containers. Because unwashed blueberries freeze individually, they can be easily poured from containers in desired amounts. Remember both frozen and fresh berries should be rinsed and drained just before serving. Just before using, wash the berries in cold water.

Blueberry Measurements and Conversions

Keep in mind that blueberries vary considerably in density and moisture content, so these ranges are approximates.

• 1 gallon of blueberries weighs about 7.5 lbs or (4 liters of blueberries is about 3.5 kg)

• 1 pint of fresh blueberries weights about 3/4 of a pound. (1 liter of blueberries is about 700 grams)

• 1 pound of fresh blueberries is usually between about 2 and 3 cups of berries.

• It takes about 4 cups (about of blueberries to make a blueberry pie (see this fantastic and easy blueberry pie recipe)

• A normal batch of blueberry preserves, jam or jelly requires 5 pints of berries.

• Blueberries do come in a variety of sizes from small (190-250 berries per cup) to extra large (<90 berries per cup).

Blueberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Blueberries

Recipes

• The world's best Blueberry pie, recipe and directions and illustrated!
• Blueberry buckle coffee cake: illustrated directions for this great crumb-topping blueberry coffee cake
• Other easy directions to make blueberry desserts: cobblers, etc.

Canning, freezing and other blueberry recipes:

• How to Freeze Blueberries
• How to Can Blueberries
• How to Make Homemade Blueberry Jam
• How to make blueberry jelly
• How to make and can blueberry syrup (it works for strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, too)
• blueberry pie filling to use later,
• blueberry butter

Baking tips

If you have trouble with blueberries settling to the bottom of muffins and blueberry breads, try one or more of these tips:

• Coat them with flour before adding to the batter. Just gently shake the blueberries in a bag (plastic or paper) with 1/2 cup of flour, then dump them mix in a sieve to remove excess flour.
• It may just be that your batter is too thin. try making the batter a little thicker!
• Fill the muffin cups or baking pan up to 1/4 full with batter (which hasn't had blueberries added to it yet); then stir the blueberries into the remaining batter, and continue to fill the muffin cups or bread pan. The blueberries will start off higher in the mix!

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
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• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
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• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
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