Orchards near Amherst, MA

Hadley

Kielbasa Orchards grows apples along Bay Road in Hadley, with a second production orchard across the town line in Amherst. The farm runs pick-your-own picking plus a roadside stand and sells wholesale fruit to area markets.

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Easthampton

New Salem

Southampton

Southampton

Round Hill Orchard grows fruit on Douglas Road in Southampton, on the edge of the Berkshire foothills. No current website, hours, or variety list turned up online — call before making the drive.

Monson

Echo Hill Orchards in Monson grows apples, peaches, pears, and pumpkins for pick-your-own visitors, then turns a good share of that fruit into wine on site — more than a dozen varieties, all made from fruit grown on the property. The tasting room also pours flights of spirits and sangria built around their Macoun apples. Cider donuts show up once the fall picking season gets going.

Shelburne

Kenburn Orchards has farmed the same land along the Mohawk Trail in Shelburne for close to a century. The family operation combines pick-your-own blueberries in late summer with a choose-and-cut Christmas tree lot in December, plus a small bed and breakfast on the property. This listing's state field says Alabama; the farm is actually in Franklin County, Massachusetts.

Shelburne

Shelburne Falls

Shelburne Falls

Apex Orchards has grown fruit on this Shelburne Falls hillside since 1946, on land farmed since 1828, and the variety list runs past apples into peaches, nectarines, apricots, pears, Asian pears, quince, blueberries, and table grapes. Pick-your-own apples run mid-September through October, with a 50-mile view from the orchard rows. The farm store stays open daily August through December, and fresh donuts show up on weekends only.

Shelburne

Mohawk Orchards has run as a pick-your-own operation on the Mohawk Trail in Shelburne Falls since 1984. It's a small operation — a couple of people work the orchard — so hours can shift with the harvest and weather. Call ahead before driving out. The orchard sits along Colrain Road, not far from Kenburn Orchards, a separate farm that visitors sometimes confuse it with.

Shelburne

Kenburn Orchards grows pick-your-own blueberries along the Mohawk Trail and cuts its own choose-and-cut Christmas trees each winter. The Shelburne property also runs a small bed and breakfast alongside the orchard. Late-season blueberry picking typically runs Saturday and Sunday, 9am to 5pm, weather permitting.

Colrain

Pine Hill Orchards farms more than 80 acres in the hills above Colrain, growing apples, peaches, plums, and blueberries alongside fall pumpkins. The farm store stays open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., pressing its own cider and baking pies and bread on site. A deli counter slices Boar's Head meats and cheeses to order for grinders and sandwiches. It's a working farm first — the food service grew up around what they already grow.

West Brookfield

Keith Arsenault has run this 14-acre pick-your-own orchard on a hilltop above the Pioneer Valley since 1985. Ragged Hill grows more than 30 apple varieties — Honeycrisp, Cortland, Gravenstein, and newer crosses like Ever Crisp — alongside pears, peaches, nectarines, and pick-your-own raspberries. The farm presses its own cider and bakes on weekends. Apple season runs into October, with the orchard open seven days a week.

Enfield

Easy Pickin's Orchard runs a farm stand on Bailey Road in Enfield, part of the area's cluster of pick-your-own orchards along the Massachusetts border. It's a smaller, low-key operation compared to some of its Enfield neighbors.

Brimfield

Cook's Farm Orchards is a pick-your-own stop in Brimfield growing apples, blueberries, peaches, and plums, with weekend wagon rides out to the trees. The stand also sells homemade baked goods, cider, syrup, and honey, and fall brings a pumpkin patch and hay maze. Open seasonally, 10am-5pm.

Ashfield

Ashfield

Bear Swamp Orchard grew from 5 to about 60 apple varieties on 6 certified-organic acres in Ashfield after opening in 2006. It made apple brandy and hard ciders with wild-yeast fermentation only, no sulfites or filtering, and ran U-pick apples each fall alongside vinegar, jams, and maple syrup. The orchard has since closed; owners announced the closure on Instagram, thanking customers for their support.

Somers

Irish Bend Farm Orchard is a pick-your-own fruit orchard on Pioneer Heights Road in Somers, part of the area's cluster of small u-pick farms.

Warren

Breezelands Orchards has stayed in the Tuttle family since 1896, five generations working the same 100 acres of Central Massachusetts apple trees. The farm stand sells cider, pies, local honey, cheese, and maple syrup alongside award-winning cider donuts, and pick-your-own apples run from Labor Day weekend through Columbus Day. Tractor rides and picnic areas round out the fall visit. Open daily, 10am to 5pm.

Sturbridge

Hyland Orchard & Brewery runs pick-your-own apples each fall alongside a Pavilion Bar pouring its own draft beer, hard cider, and wine. The Fiskdale property doubles as a wedding and event venue from mid-April through mid-October and also books corporate outings and private celebrations. The orchard typically opens for picking in late September and runs through late October.

North Brookfield

Brookfield Orchards has stayed family-owned and operated since 1918, and fall apple picking remains the draw at this North Brookfield farm. The snack bar's apple dumplings — served warm with vanilla ice cream and cheddar cheese — have their own following, and the country store carries the rest of a classic New England farm stand's stock. It's a seasonal operation built around one thing done well.

Granville

Granville sits in the Berkshire foothills and was once known for its cheese-making, and Roberts' Hillside Orchards on South Lane Road grows tree fruit on the sloped ground its name describes. Specific varieties and picking season aren't posted publicly.