Orchards near Peconic, NY

Town of Riverhead

Harbes grows super-sweet corn, tomatoes, peaches, watermelon and apples across its North Fork locations, and bakes apple cider donuts fresh daily. The Barnyard Adventure runs year-round with farm animals, bounce pillows, a trike track and a hedge maze, and a tasting room pours the farm's own wines and hard cider. Fall brings apple and pumpkin picking, corn mazes and hayrides. The farm also books birthday parties and school field trips.

North Sea

Seven Ponds Orchard is a small pick-your-own orchard on David Whites Lane in the North Sea section of Southampton, on Long Island's East End. Apples and other tree fruit are the draw during late-summer and fall harvest. As a compact Hamptons-area orchard it likely opens seasonally on weekends, so check ahead for picking dates and current fruit.

Village of Sag Harbor

The Milk Pail is a Halsey-family apple farm on the South Fork of Long Island, worked by the same family for generations. Fall brings pick-your-own apples in the Water Mill orchards, and the country store and fresh market sell apple cider, cider donuts, pies, and local produce. The listing address points to a Sag Harbor location, though the orchards and main store sit in nearby Water Mill. It ranks among the oldest continuously family-run farms on the East End.

Riverhead

Harbes Orchard on Sound Avenue in Riverhead opens for fall apple picking across 27 varieties, running early September into late October. The 9-acre pumpkin patch offers u-pick pumpkins and gourds, and there's a Robin Hood-themed corn maze plus cider donuts, apple crisp, and candy apples. It's the orchard arm of the Harbes family's North Fork farms, which also include a Mattituck barnyard and vineyard.

Guilford

Bishop's Orchards' flagship farm market and winery sits on Boston Post Road in Guilford, near Exit 57 off I-95, where a sixth-generation family runs a year-round bakery, prepared-foods kitchen, creamery, and winery alongside the produce stand. The farm also runs a CSA Farm Share program and keeps llamas, alpacas, and goats on the property for visitors.

Deep River

Scott's Connecticut Valley Orchards grows fruit in Deep River along the lower Connecticut River valley, a stretch of the shoreline known for its apple and stone-fruit orchards.

Guilford

Bishop's Orchards is a family-operated farm market and winery at 1355 Boston Post Road in Guilford, run under the name B.W. Bishop & Sons. Pick-your-own runs June through October, starting with strawberries and ending with pumpkins, alongside a year-round farm market, bakery, creamery, prepared foods, wine tastings and tours, and a CSA farm share program.

Bishop's Orchards has farmed the same land on Boston Post Road in Guilford for generations, and the retail market now sells its own cider, wine, baked pies, and pick-your-own fruit alongside a working creamery and winery tasting room. Pick-your-own runs from strawberries in June through pumpkins in October, and the farm also operates a CSA-style Farm Share program. Call the farm store at 203-453-2338 or the pick-your-own line at 203-458-PICK.

Wading River

Haynes Peach Orchard, once known as Davis Peach Farm, grows peaches on Hulse Landing Road in Wading River, on the North Fork of Long Island. Suffolk County's sandy soil and long season support peaches and other tree fruit, with picking in late summer. The new name reflects a change of hands at the same orchard.

Wading River

Hayden's Orchard grows tree fruit on Hulse Landing Road in Wading River, on the North Shore of Long Island in Suffolk County. This stretch of eastern Long Island is orchard and farmstand country, with apples, peaches, and pumpkins drawing pick-your-own crowds each fall. A seasonal operation.

Guilford

Bishop's Orchards cuts a 4-acre corn maze each fall on New England Road in Guilford, part of a sixth-generation family farm's fall festival lineup that also runs hayrides, pumpkin picking, and scarecrow-making. The on-site Cider Hut pours wine and hard cider alongside the maze, open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in season. Maze themes change annually with the harvest calendar.

North Branford

Rose Orchards picks strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries through summer before moving into peaches, apples, and pears each fall. The North Branford farm runs pick-your-own May through October and bakes its own cider donuts, alongside ice cream and a farm store on site.

North Branford