Best Places To Go Apple Picking In Eastern Massachusetts

The best parts of apple picking is finding your favorite orchards, seeing what the farm specialties are each year and making the trip a traditional fall family outing everyone looks forward to. Apple picking is one of the most easily reached nature experiences outside of Boston. New England loves their farmer's markets, corn mazes and hay riding! We've put together an even broader list of apple laden farms for you this year. If you don't see a farm listed here close to home, take a look at the links of Boston's Best Apple Picking provided.

Highland Farm Orchard
635 Highland St.
Holliston, MA 01746
(508) 429-8370
highlandfarmorchard.net

Yes, it's all about the apples, but take a gander at the list of vegetable crops also at Highland Farm Orchard, wink wink. The farm itself is a 150-acre plot and 40 acres of picking trees for quite the assortment of fresh fruit in each season. Plus, the dwarf-sized trees to make it look easy! You'll have eleven varieties of apples to chose from, so rest up and bring your apple picking gloves! Highland Farm Orchard will be open daily up until the end of November.

Carver Hill Orchard
101 Brookside Ave.
Stow, MA 01775
(978) 897-6117
www.carverhillorchard.com

Carver Hill Orchard has fields of fruits and vegetables for the avid harvesters. It's no joke, the art of plucking ripe-off-the-vine apples while breathing in the sights, sounds and fresh air is as addictive as video games to many Bostonians! The country store is always an adventure after harvesting your apples, so stop in for warm cider donuts or jams, jellies and fudge to bring home. Carver Hill Orchard invites its patrons to call ahead for the best picking conditions, and the website is also updated regularly for that purpose.

Cider Hill Farms
45 Fern Ave.
Amesbury, MA 01913
(978) 388-5525
www.ciderhillcom

Cider Hill Farms have their apples ready every day of the week! Its apples, varied crops, cider and honey bees all waiting and happy you're coming! Each year, a new surprise arrives at the animal barn on the farm. If you've got little ones of your own, stopping in to see the farm animals is a must before lugging your apples to the car. The farm store with its ample supply of goodies also keeps an observation area of their honey bees, and a very proud Queen bee keeps the crops from suffering on Cider Hill Farm.

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Rogers Spring Hill 
1269 Boston Rd.
Bradford, MA 01835
(978) 372-4780
rogersspringhill.com

Rogers Spring Hill keeps its gates open to the public every day of the week. The locals keep each other up to date on the children's activities, workshops and festivals by word of mouth. One of the most popular places for fresh flowers among the locals is in the garden center. The largest fall season crops at Rogers Spring Hill are its apples and pumpkins — both are ripe and ready through the month of October. The harvest farm tour includes a tractor-drawn hay wagon riding out into the orchards giving children the opportunity to fill their bags with apples.

Mann Orchards
27 Pleasant Valley St.
Methuen, MA 01844
(978) 683-0361
www,mannorchards.com

Mann Orchards began growing apples in the 1800s and still takes pride in them today, with one of the biggest varieties of apples on the East Coast. From Red Delicious to Gala, Mc Intosh to Ginger Gold, the list is available to drool over on the site. Be sure to check which are best for baking and where your favorite munching apples are located. Mann Orchards opens the lots for Cruise Nights in the month of October for classic car lovers and have recruited the local Boy Scouts to serve hamburgers, hot dogs and homemade ice cream. Come harvesting on Cruise Nights and you've got a guaranteed family outing!

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