Orchards in South Dakota

Country Apple Orchard

Harrisburg, SD

Apple orchard five miles south of Sioux Falls with about 6,000 trees across 13 varieties, drawing local families through fall since 1984. Harvest runs mid-August into late October. Weekends bring pony and train rides for kids, and the orchard grows seven acres of pumpkins; caramel apples, pies, crisps, juice and honey fill the store. In late fall it switches to Christmas trees and a light show.

Grampa D's Orchard

Hayti, SD

Grampa D's Orchard presses its own apple cider on-site at a cider mill and grows apples, crabapples, table and wine grapes, and winter squash with minimal chemical and pesticide use. U-pick runs from August 20 through the first frost. Outside picking season the stand stays open year-round for apple juice and pre-picked apples, paid by honor-system money slot or Square. The orchard sits a few miles west of Hayti in northeastern South Dakota.

Homestead Orchard

Parker, SD

Homestead Orchard grows apples you pick up fresh on Fridays and weekends, with the variety on offer shifting week to week as different trees ripen. Beyond apples, the farm sells pumpkins, several kinds of squash, gourds, and displays more than 100 plots of chrysanthemums each fall. The store carries jam, honey, cider, syrup, and caramel, plus fresh apple doughnuts. Established in 2007, it sits about a half hour southwest of Sioux Falls near Parker.

Prairie Blush Orchards

Lake Norden, SD

U-pick apple orchard near Lake Norden with 18 varieties, including Honeycrisp, Haralson, Sweet 16 and Snowsweet, ready from after Labor Day through the late-October frost. The orchard grew out of an early-1900s homestead's old cattle pasture. Also on offer: fresh pies, gluten-free donuts, caramel apples, apple butter and jelly, plus pumpkins, squash and tomatoes.

Grampa D's Orchard

Hayti, SD

Prairie Blush Orchards

Lake Norden, SD