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10 Great Places to Pick Your Own Apples

Apple picking season is here, making it the perfect time of year to grab the family for a day of picking fun, and while you’re at it, visit some farm animals, take a hayride and more.

From Honey Crisp to Cortlands, MacIntosh, Macoun, Golden Delicious and more, pick-your-own apple farms in Massachusetts are open for the season. And remember, it’s not just about the picking, it’s a family fun day for sure with many farms offering hayrides, pick-your-own pumpkins and other fall festivities, plus treats like apple cider donuts, to really get you into the season. 

Here’s a look at 10 great places in the area to pick your own apples:

Parlee Farms – Parlee Farms’ apple orchards cover more than 15 acres and are open until Oct. 28 offering more than 20 varieties of apples for the picking. On weekend and fall holidays, your purchase of an apple bag includes a hayride to their apple orchard. While you’re there check out Annie’s Animal Barns, Farmer Mark’s Tractor Training Course and the hay play area. 95 Farwell Road, Tyngsboro

Belkin Family Lookout Farm – Belkin Family Lookout Farm is in full swing right now. While you’re there also enjoy farm animals, live children’s entertainment and face painting, along with pony, camel and hayrides. To see what’s currently available check out the What’s Picking page on their website or call their U-Pick hotline at 508-653-0653. 89 Pleasant St., Natick 

Brooksby Farm – Apple picking runs until Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Brooksby Farm in Peabody. Check the farm’s website for other fun, fall activities for the kiddos, and be sure to take a trip to their pumpkin yard to find your perfect pumpkin. 54 Felton St., Peabody 

Smolak Farms – Smolak Farms is open and welcoming you for its fall picking season. Head to Smolak each weekend through October for the Fall Children’s Festivals where children can enjoy wee wagons, cow trains, duck races, hay maze, face painting, bouncy house, super slide and spin art. While you’re there, don’t forget to stop by their pumpkin patch, too. 315 S. Bradford St., North Andover. 

Honey Pot Hill Orchards – Open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Honey Pot Hill Orchards has more than a dozen different varieties of apples to pick. While you’re there visit their friendly farm animals and get lost in their hedge maze. Hayrides are also available on weekends during the fall picking season. 16 Boon Road, Stowe

Russell Orchards – Russell Orchards in Ipswich is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through October offering While you’re there, be sure to visit their barnyard animals and for the adults, their winery. 143 Argilla Road, Ispwich.   

Connors Farm – Pick your own apples at Connors Farm in Danvers daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Oct. 31. While you’re there, check out their corn maze and so many other fun things including hayrides and a whole lot more. 30 Valley Road (Rte. 35), Danvers.

Applecrest Farm Orchards – Applecrest Farm Orchards in Hampton Falls, NH is worth the trip. Pick your own apples seven days a week from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. in their 220 sprawling acres of orchards with more than 40 distinct varieties. Each weekend they also host Fall Festivals with free music, pie eating contests, make your own scarecrow, petting zoo, face painting and more. 133 Exeter Road (Rte. 88), Hampton Falls, NH

Carlson Orchards – Located in Harvard, Carlson Orchards boasts 140 acres and produces 60,000 bushels of apples annually. Pick your own from 14 different varieties seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 115 Oak Hill Road, Harvard 

Shelburne Farm – Just 20 miles from Boston, Shelburne Farm in Stowe grows more than 80 different varieties of apples. The farm is open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and weekends 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. 106 W. Acton Road, Stowe

You can find even more locations throughout the state by visiting MassGrown’s farm locator and selecting pick-your-own by crop.

Happy picking!

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