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The apples are in. The leaves are starting to color the mountainsides of Rappahannock. With them come the annual Sperryville Apple Harvest Festival this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 5-6. And for the next six weeks those lucky enough to make it to Rappahannock can see the countryside at its most charming.
For many who make the jouniey from surrounding counties, Northern Virginia, Maryland or D.C., a day in the countryside during fall offers the chance to enjoy the fresh air, quaint villages and community atmosphere sometimes unfamiliar in their homeplace.
This weekend’s Sperryville Business Council-sponsored festival offers a multitude of adventures for anyone willing to spare the hours and browse, shop or just socialize.
For those not interested in buying, the afternoon in town charges no entrance fee, costs nothing to park and provides entertainment such as live folk music, basket weaving, apple butter boiling and the fall scenery.
Sperryville has long been a regular for Virginia’s tourists. Although U.S. 211’s position between Route 55 north and Route 33 down south has meant more in the past as an east-west route than it does today (now Interstate 66 is used), the opening to Shenandoah National Park borders Sperryville, so legions of visitors come every October and November to see the leaves turn in the park.
The area’s many apple orchards have naturally led many people out this way to pick their own fresh apples and purchase some freshly pressed apple cider.
This weekend the Sperryville Business Council sponsors the Apple Harvest Weekend, kicking off the fall season.
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