Orchards near Brewster, NY

Brewster

North Salem

Croton Falls

Outhouse Orchards is a pick-your-own apple orchard in the Croton Falls area of northern Westchester County, close to the Putnam County line. Fall is the season here, when Hudson Valley orchards open their rows for apple picking. The farm's old website is no longer active, so call or check local listings for current hours.

Town of Beekman

Barton Orchards runs a large pick-your-own operation on Apple Tree Lane in Poughquag, with apples and pumpkins you harvest yourself plus a five-acre corn maze, petting zoo, hay rides, and gem mining. The farm bakes its own apple cider donuts and pours local beer and cider in an on-site tap room. A second stand, The Apple Core, sells produce year-round in nearby Poughkeepsie. Live music runs through the fall season.

Bethel

Milton

Prospect Hill Orchards runs pick-your-own cherries, peaches, plums, and apples on a Hudson Valley hillside in Milton, about 90 miles north of New York City. The farm fries apple cider donuts and sells baked goods at NYC Greenmarkets several days a week. Its 1817 Taproom pours hard cider and spirits distilled on site, and the property hosts events at Hilltop Farm.

Milton

Newburgh

Pick-your-own runs almost the whole season here, starting with strawberries and cherries in June and rolling through peaches, apricots, plums, apples, grapes, and rows of vegetables into October. Tractor-pulled wagons carry visitors out to the fields, and the farm market sells jams, local honey, syrups, and salsas. There's a farm bar pouring homemade wine and animals for kids to meet. Open daily 9am to 4pm from Memorial Day weekend through late October, off Colandrea Road in Newburgh.

Marlboro

Weed Orchards & Winery offers pick-your-own fruits, vegetables, and zinnias from July through October in Marlboro, on the west bank of the Hudson in Ulster County. Beyond picking, the farm runs a winery with flights and tastings, a cafe serving pizza and sandwiches, weekend live music, and a children's playground. The farm is dog-friendly and family-run.

Shelton

The Beardsley family has farmed this Shelton land since 1849 and has pressed cider commercially here since 1999. Pick-your-own apples run weekends in September and October, backed by pre-picked apples, peaches, plums, and nectarines, plus cider donuts, pies, and jams from the farm store, open daily 10 to 5:30 from August through Christmas. Weekend visitors after 11 a.m. can also buy unpasteurized cider by the jug for home fermenting.

Pomona

Concklin Orchards grows apples in Pomona, in Rockland County at the foot of the Ramapo Mountains. The Concklin name belongs to one of the county's oldest farming families, with roots in the area going back generations. The orchard runs a farm market on South Mountain Road.

Pomona