Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Payson, UT

Payson

Stanton Cherries is a u-pick orchard of more than 400 Bing, Lambert, and Rainier cherry trees off I-15 exit 250 near Payson. The pick season normally runs mid-June through early July, Monday through Saturday, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. The farm supplies ladders for reaching the higher branches; bring your own bags or buckets for the cherries you take home.

Payson

Monte and Shauna Phelps started this u-pick orchard on 50 acres west of Payson in 1989, growing sweet cherries, apricots, raspberries, blackberries, peaches, grapes, and walnuts. The family still runs the stand today, now under the name Rocky Top Fruit Farm, selling homemade sourdough bread, jam, honey, dried fruit, and popsicles alongside the picking rows. GPS often sends visitors to the wrong spot; the farm's Facebook page posts correct directions before each picking season opens off 6200 West.

Payson

Mel and Janene Miller grow beets, cucumbers, garlic, green beans, and potatoes on their Payson farm, plus a u-pick side of raspberries, tomatoes, peaches, and pumpkins. Produce runs mid-July through October 31, with the stand open mornings Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and Saturday afternoons only. It's a working produce farm first; the pick-your-own is a bonus, not the main event.

Payson

This 32-acre orchard west of Payson grows tree-ripened cherries in June, peaches and raspberries in August, and apples from September through mid-October, with the berries and cherries raised organically and never sprayed. The stand also sells homemade jam, honey, dried fruit, and sourdough bread. Established in 2004 by the Phelps family, who'd farmed the ground since 1989, it opens for u-pick cherries as early as late May. Reach the farm at (801) 515-2048.

Santaquin

White Lake Farms is a small Utah County apiary selling raw, unfiltered honey and pure beeswax, along with bee packages and pollination services for other growers. It's a bee operation rather than a produce farm, so there's no u-pick or farm stand on site; the honey moves through their own online store and local markets.

Santaquin

This Santaquin orchard is one location in a family of farms that started in Orem in 1927. The U-pick runs peaches (Diamond Princess through O'Henry varieties), six apple varieties from Gala to Granny Smith, and Montmorency tart cherries, plus lilies, sunflowers, and zinnias. The property also hosts orchard photo sessions at $75 an hour and a wedding venue, Hidden Orchards, on the same ground.

Santaquin

Openshaw Acres traces back to Dr. Eli Openshaw, who planted fruit trees during the Great Depression so patients could work off medical bills on the farm. The family has kept farming the land since, and the Santaquin orchard has grown to 70 acres of cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots, and apples, with Honeycrisp a specialty pressed into cider and sold as slushies at farmers markets. Produce ships out to more than 10 locations around Utah.

Sidney Hayward keeps bees in Benjamin, south of Spanish Fork, and sells raw liquid honey, creamed honey, and a small line of honey-based lotions and lip balm. It's a one-beekeeper operation, no storefront, no wholesale accounts, just honey sold directly from the source. Orders go through Hayward directly, by phone or email.

Santaquin

Santaquin Canyon Orchard Company sits at the mouth of Santaquin Canyon, offering u-pick cherries and mulberries plus u-cut sunflowers and zinnias through the summer. This year's unusually warm winter triggered an early bloom, then a hard freeze wiped out the fruit crop, so the orchard posted as closed for the season; check its Facebook or Instagram before planning a trip. Reach the farm at (801) 472-7784, 45 East 900 South.

Santaquin

South Ridge Farms has been growing red tart cherries on this ground since 1984, alongside apples, peaches, pears, and fall pumpkins and squash. The Rowley family built a cider mill for fresh-pressed apple juice and a chocolate-panning line that coats their dried fruit and nuts. Their retail store, Rowley's Red Barn, opened in 1999 and still runs an old-fashioned ice cream parlor next to the produce stand and pick-your-own fields.

Spanish Fork

Sweet 'n Juicy grows u-pick raspberries and blackberries that are entirely chemical- and pesticide-free, plus u-pick herbs like mint, basil, and thyme and bouquets of flowers, all on a Spanish Fork field flanked by mountains. Picking containers are free to borrow. The farm opens Tuesdays and Saturdays, 8 a.m. until sold out or dusk, from August 1 through the first fall frost. Cash and Venmo only. Email [email protected] or call (801) 400-0212.

Mapleton

McBride Briar Patch is a u-pick berry farm 15 minutes south of Provo, with strawberries ready in June, currants in July, and raspberries and blackberries from early August through September. The farm keeps limited hours, open only Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., closed the rest of the week. Reach the farm at (801) 367-0755, 1849 South 2100 West, Mapleton, before making the drive.

Provo

McCoard's has grown and sold plants in Provo since the 1970s, and its fall corn maze splits into three routes by difficulty — a 0.3-mile kids' loop, a 1.4-mile "adventurous" route, and a 3.3-mile "insane" maze, all on one admission. The property also runs a pumpkin patch, zombie paintball, and a cow train. 384 South 3110 West; (801) 373-1262.

Mona

Young Living's herb farm in Mona operates as the Whispering Springs property, covering roughly 1,700 acres and billed as the largest herb and lavender distillery operation in the world. Visitors can tour the working distillery, walk the lavender fields, take wagon rides, and visit a small animal farm, with an annual Lavender Days festival each summer drawing crowds for a lavender-themed 5K. The visitor center is open year-round; call 801-418-8900.

Orem

Vineyard Garden Center operated at 435 S Geneva Rd in Orem for 53 years before closing at the end of 2015. Shade Home and Garden now runs a nursery out of the same building.

Orem

3 Bee Queens sells raw, unprocessed honey straight from their Utah County hives, along with beekeeping equipment and queen bees when they're available. It's a small operation, no tasting room, no gift shop, built around the honey itself and the gear other local beekeepers need to keep their own hives going. They're based in Orem.

Pleasant Grove

Hee Haw Farms operates Oliver's Place, a farm store in Pleasant Grove stocking raw milk from Springbrook Dairy, farm-fresh eggs, cheese curds, local honey, sourdough, bacon, and steaks — real groceries, not just gift-shop extras. The century-old farm runs a petting zoo, hayrides, a zipline, and a pick-your-own pumpkin patch each fall, plus a Spring Fling with baby animals and egg hunts. Oliver's Place is open Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; call (801) 368-0255.

Pleasant Grove

One Seed Gardens appears to be a small garden operation at a residential address in Pleasant Grove. No website, farm stand listing, or public record turned up anything further; it may operate quietly through a CSA or neighbor network rather than public sales.

Pleasant Grove

No independent listing, website, or news mention turned up for Pleasant Grove Guernseys. The name suggests a small Guernsey dairy operation in Pleasant Grove, but nothing beyond the directory entry could be confirmed.

Lehi

Knight Family Honey, run by Lee and April Knight, sells 100% raw honey along with package bees and queens each spring through a partnership with Olivarez Honey Bees. Their stock includes Saskatraz bees bred and DNA-tested to be free of the Africanized gene, a detail that matters to backyard beekeepers wary of aggressive hives. Package bees typically sell out well before pickup day.

Lehi

Cornbelly's is the fall festival at Thanksgiving Point in Lehi, built around a corn maze that anchors more than 60 seasonal attractions. Guests work through hayrides, pig races, pumpkin bowling, a Kidsville play area, and U-pick pumpkins, then move into after-dark haunted scenes at Insanity Point. Food stalls sell caramel apples, kettle corn, and fresh-pressed cider. The festival runs late September through early November, with a second Cornbelly's location in Spanish Fork.

Lehi

The MAiZE at Thanksgiving Point is the flagship maze of the company that started the whole idea in 1996; designer Brett Herbst and his team have since cut more than 5,500 corn mazes for family farms across the U.S., Canada, and Europe. The Lehi maze can be walked correctly in about 15 minutes, though most visitors wander for closer to 45. It shares the grounds with Cornbelly's pumpkin patch, sunflower field, and Kidsville.