Orchards near Ballston Spa, NY

Malta

Malta Ridge Orchard and Garden works land on Van Aernem Road in Malta, Saratoga County, between Saratoga Springs and the Capital Region. The name pairs an apple orchard with garden produce, suggesting fall apples plus summer vegetables and small fruit sold direct. This is a seasonal farm rather than a year-round market. Check with the orchard for picking dates and stand hours.

Clifton Park

Devoe's Rainbow Orchards keeps a farm market on U.S. Route 9 in Clifton Park, in Saratoga County north of Albany. Apples anchor the orchards across this stretch of the upper Hudson Valley, with fresh fruit, cider, and fall produce for sale in season. Contact the market for pick-your-own availability and what's ripe before you drive over.

Rexford

Lindsey's Idyllwood Orchard grows tree fruit on Sugar Hill Road in Rexford, Saratoga County, north of the Mohawk River. The listing points to apples, with picking and farm sales through the fall. The Capital Region's climate favors hardy varieties like McIntosh, Cortland, and Macoun. Confirm pick-your-own days and hours before visiting, as the apple season runs only a few weeks.

Rexford

Apples are what Riverview Orchards grows, on Riverview Road in Rexford within the town of Clifton Park. The farm store and pick-your-own run September through December, seven days a week, and the kitchen turns out pies. It sits along the Mohawk River northwest of Schenectady.

Clifton Park

Rexford

Bowman Orchards farms roughly 98 acres in Rexford, growing more than 60 apple varieties plus strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, cherries, peaches, and plums. Pick-your-own runs June through October on select days, and the farm store sells produce alongside a petting area, horseback riding, an apple cannon, and an ice cream window. A second stand, The Farmers Wagon, operates on Grooms Road in Clifton Park.

Rexford

Apples are the centerpiece here, with more than 65 acres and over 60 dwarf varieties grown off Sugar Hill Road in Rexford, near Clifton Park. The farm also raises strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, peaches, cherries, and plums, with u-pick open select days June through October. There's a farm store and a seasonal ice cream window, plus an off-site Farmers Wagon stand on Grooms Road in Clifton Park.

Altamont

Altamont Orchards on Dunnsville Road in Altamont, west of Albany, runs a large farm market with a bakery turning out apple cider donuts, pies, and breads, plus a gift shop and housewares. The farm grows apples and vegetables and offers pick-your-own strawberries in season. The property also includes Orchard Creek Golf Course and Allied Brewing Company, and ships farm goods nationwide near the holidays.

Altamont

A family-owned orchard and farm market at the base of the Helderberg escarpment in Altamont, running for more than 55 years. Apples anchor the operation, with pick-your-own strawberries in early summer and a bakery known for apple cider donuts, pies, and breads. The market also carries Northeast specialty foods, plants, and a gift shop, and ships fruit around the country from November to Christmas.

Mayfield

Lake View Orchards grows apples off Mountain Road in Mayfield, near the Great Sacandaga Lake in Fulton County at the southern edge of the Adirondacks. Cool-climate orchards here ripen through fall. Reach the orchard directly to confirm picking or sales and which varieties are ready.

Pick-your-own from more than 50 apple varieties each fall, on land the Bellinger family has farmed since 1804. The orchard itself dates to 1930 and was among the first pick-your-own operations in the area. Summer brings blueberries, cherries, and peaches. The fall market at 685 Argersinger Road in Fultonville sells fresh cider, homemade cider donuts, pies, jams, honey, and maple, with weekend hayrides, a five-acre corn maze, and a pumpkin patch.

Johnstown

Rogers Family Orchards works County Highway 131 outside Johnstown, in Fulton County at the southern edge of the Adirondack foothills. It grows tree fruit suited to the cooler upland climate here.

Fonda

Sand Flats Orchard grows apples on Martin Road in Fonda, in the Mohawk Valley of Montgomery County. It works the ridged farmland along the river, coming into its main season with the fall apple crop.