Apple Acres Farm

Houghton, MI

Apple Acres Farm is an off-grid, solar-powered regenerative family farm on 14 acres near downtown Houghton in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, begun in 2020 on a heritage apple orchard sloping into century-old forest. Guests book farm stays in a 500-square-foot studio loft, join wild mushroom foraging, goat happy hour, and natural beekeeping tours, and take home small-batch maple syrup, wildflower honey, duck and chicken eggs, and herbal tinctures.

Big Red Orchard

Washington, MI

Big Red Orchard in Washington, Michigan — established 1878 — is one of the oldest cider mills and u-pick orchards in the state. The seasonal farm market opens each September alongside u-pick apples, while the year-round Legacy Bar pours wine and drafts with trivia nights and happy hours, and the new Crimson Hills Event Center hosts private events.

Blake's Orchard & Cider Mill

Armada, MI

Blake's Orchard & Cider Mill in Armada anchors a family of farms, cideries, restaurants, and event destinations celebrating 80 years across Metro Detroit. The original orchard offers u-pick fruit and veggies, a cider mill open daily, and an award-winning tasting room voted Best Cidery by HOUR Detroit, plus Funland attractions, lavender, pickle, and sunflower festivals, weddings, and farm shares.

Brookwood Fruit Farm

Almont, MI

Brookwood Fruit Farm in Almont, Michigan has been a quiet place for families for over 100 years, offering u-pick apples, pears, tart cherries, peaches, and more in season. The family farm prides itself on a memorable, peaceful picking experience, with a newsletter announcing when each variety ripens.

Hanulcik Farm Market & Orchard

Ionia, MI

Hanulcik Farm Market & Orchard in Ionia has been a family tradition of growing since 1936, with strawberries, peaches, raspberries, sunflowers, nectarines, pears, blackberries, and over 20 apple varieties ripening June through October — most available as pick-your-own. The market store stacks farm fruit alongside Michigan favorites: Yeomans honey, Farm Country cheese curds, Amish Country dairy, Lost Fawn wines (including a strawberry-rhubarb made exclusively with Hanulcik berries), Hudsonville ice cream, and more.

Hy's Cider Mill

Bruce Township, MI

Hy's Cider Mill in Bruce Township is a family-owned apple orchard with over 80 years of history and three generations of cider making. Open fall weekends from early September through early November, visitors take wagon rides to u-pick apples, browse the mill store, and enjoy fresh cider, donuts, and caramel apples at the outdoor picnic areas.

Long Family Orchard, Farm & Cider Mill

Commerce Charter Twp, MI

The Long family has farmed in Commerce Township for 150 years — since 1876 — selling Michigan produce picked fresh daily as each crop comes in: asparagus in spring, sweet corn and garden vegetables in summer, then apples, pumpkins, fresh cider, and seasonal donuts in fall. The fall season adds a corn maze, hayrides, and a petting farm, with a crop hotline announcing what's ripe.

Meckley’s Flavor Fruit Farm

Cement City, MI

Meckley's Flavor Fruit Farm in Cement City, started by Ray and Louise Meckley in 1956, is celebrating over 60 years — an orchard and cider mill with a bakery whose fresh dawn-made donuts, pies, and breads draw travelers from far and wide. The farm has hand-crafted artisan ciders for over 50 years, now poured in its tap room, brewery, and cidery, with u-pick raspberries and apples, fall festivals, and rentable "barndo-mini-um" cabins.

Obstbaum Orchards

Northville, MI

Obstbaum Orchards is a family apple orchard and cider mill in Salem, Michigan, serving the area for more than 40 years with fall-weekend u-pick apples, fresh-pressed cider, warm donuts, hayrides, and estate wines. Year-round, the farm ships its Montmorency tart cherry juice concentrate — no additives or preservatives — with free U.S. delivery.

Spicer Orchards Farm Market, Cider Mill, Fudge, Bakery

Fenton, MI

Spicer Orchards in Fenton, Michigan is a full-season u-pick destination: strawberries, cherries, blueberries, raspberries, lavender, sunflowers, peaches, and apples each in their turn, tracked by a ripening calendar and crop hotline. The farm market adds a cider mill, bakery, fudge shop, and winery, while a 5K race series, corn maze, playground, and harvest festival keep families coming back.

Stony Creek Orchard & Cider

Bruce Township, MI

Stony Creek Orchard & Cider Mill in Romeo has been family owned and operated by the Ross family since 1939 — a quaint old farm of white barns, antique tractors, and 300-foot pines with no admission fee. Fall weekends bring u-pick apples and red and black raspberries, hot donuts straight from the Donut House, cider pressed on the farm's own mill, handmade frozen pies, moonlight hayrides, and school outings.

Tonella Farms

Tonella Farms is Ryan Leary's small family farm in Skandia, Michigan, established in March 2017 and inspired by his great-grandparents' hobby farm — growing mushrooms, berries, grapes, and asparagus while establishing a mixed fruit orchard. Rotational grazing, permaculture, and hoophouses shape the operation, and a private guest suite with its own bathroom and living room rents to visitors.

Wasem Fruit Farm

Milan, MI

Wasem Fruit Farm is a family-owned orchard between Ypsilanti and Milan in Washtenaw County, Michigan, known for pick-your-own apples, pumpkins, and tart cherries, homemade unpasteurized cider, and fresh donuts made daily each autumn. The farm also grows currants, gooseberries, plums, pears, and fall raspberries, sold in season at the Ann Arbor Farmers' Market — and dogs on leashes are welcome.

Westview Orchards & Winery

Washington, MI

Westview Orchards & Winery in Washington, Michigan has been operated by the same family since 1813 — over 200 years of growing fruit. Guests u-pick raspberries, saskatoons, apples, and sunflowers, browse the daily farm market and bakery famous for cinnamon donuts and cider, and sip in the weekend Winery Loft; an on-site MSU-connected weather station helps the farm stay a step ahead of Mother Nature.