Orchards near Kingston, NY

High Falls

Mr Apples grows apples using low-spray methods on Orchard Street in High Falls, an Ulster County hamlet in the Rondout Valley. The name points to reduced pesticide use. No active website was found, so seasonal hours and the varieties available aren't posted online.

Stone Ridge

Stone Ridge Orchard grows apples along Route 213 in the Rondout Valley of Ulster County, one of the Hudson Valley's older fruit-growing areas. The orchard is known for pick-your-own apples across many varieties, including heirloom and cider types, with the season running late summer through fall. Picking, a farm stand, and pressing fruit for cider all center on the autumn harvest.

Town of Red Hook

Montgomery Place Orchards grows apples in Red Hook, in the Hudson Valley's Dutchess County. The farm sells from a wayside stand that dates back to the 1935 Dutchess County Fair and still serves as its market building today. Chefs and Hudson Valley locals know the orchard for its wide range of apple varieties and other tree fruit. Check the farm's website for current market hours and what's ripe.

Highland

Village of Red Hook

Oriole Orchards is a pick-your-own orchard in the Village of Red Hook, in the apple country of Dutchess County. Depending on the season you can pick apples, peaches, pears, and sour cherries. The Hudson Valley's cool nights and long autumns suit tree fruit, and sour cherries in particular are a short early-summer window worth timing. Reach the farm at (845) 758-9355.

Jenkins-Lueken Orchards has grown fruit on Route 299 in New Paltz for more than 50 years, spanning over 200 acres of apples, pears, peaches, and cherries about 70 miles north of New York City. Pick-your-own runs through apples, pumpkins, strawberries, and several berries in season. The farm presses its own cider, keeps bees for honey, and runs a bakery on the premises. It's open year-round.

Tivoli

All the way back in 1916, G. Gordon Mead purchased a diversified 100 acre farm in Tivoli, which included some dairy, chickens, and hogs, with a variety of grain and fruit crops. Soon he began shipping apples in barrels to NYC down the Hudson River by boat. At that time, the farm was known as White Clay Creek Orchards - named after the creek that meandered through the property. It wasn't until the late 1980's that the name was changed to what it is today, Mead Orchards. ​ When Gordon's son, Sid,

Tivoli

Mead Orchards is the Hudson Valley's original family-friendly pick-your-own farm, growing incredible fruit in Tivoli for over 100 years — 50+ apple varieties plus spray-free blueberries, cherries, peaches, raspberries, tomatoes, and pumpkins with a corn maze in fall. Wander 100+ acres of spectacular views, shop the seasonal farmstand for cider, apple butter, and applesauce, and enjoy free parking and entry.

Accord

Westwind Orchard is an organic apple orchard and cidery in Accord, in the Rondout Valley of Ulster County. Alongside its hard cider, the farm runs a wood-fired pizza kitchen and sells provisions, apparel, and gift boxes. It's become a weekend draw in the Catskills foothills for Hudson Valley day-trippers. Hours are seasonal, so check before going — the pizza and tasting windows are limited to the warmer months.

Milton

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.

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.

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.

Claverack

Philip Orchards is a pick-your-own apple and pear orchard on Route 9H in Claverack, in the Hudson Valley's Columbia County. This stretch of the valley is long-standing apple country, with picking through the fall. Check ahead for open days and available varieties.

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.