Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Chester, NJ

Chester

Family-run farm market and pick-your-own operation in Chester with fields of apples, strawberries, raspberries, pumpkins, and vegetables. The market carries NJ-grown produce, dairy, baked goods, and seasonal plants, and a separate garden center on Route 24 sells orchids and annuals. Fall brings a large corn maze and fun park, and the on-site Rebel Sheep Winery pours tastings. Certified organic by the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

Chester

A large working farm on Route 24 in Chester, Morris County, with pick-your-own strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, peaches, apples, pumpkins, and flowers across the seasons. Fall brings a themed corn maze and sunflower trail, hayrides, and a hard cider garden, while the farm store carries homemade ice cream, baked goods, and dairy. Alstede runs seasonal activities nearly year-round and hosts farm tours, birthday parties, and events. It's one of the better-known agritourism farms in northern New Jersey.

Chester

Parks Farms is on Route 24 in Chester, Morris County, an area known for farm markets and orchards in north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.

Chester Township

Hacklebarney Farm Cider Mill presses its own apple cider and bakes fresh doughnuts and baked goods, sold alongside apples, hot dogs, and other treats at its stand on State Park Road in Chester Township, near Hacklebarney State Park. The farm opens for the fall season around Labor Day weekend and hosts school field trips, group tours, and private parties.

Mendham

Middle Valley Farms is on Pleasant Valley Road in Mendham, Morris County, in the farmland of north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact the farm for produce, seasonal offerings, and hours.

Peapack

An alpaca farm on Willow Avenue in Peapack, offering hands-on alpaca encounters, feeding, and guided farm tours by reservation. A farm store sells alpaca products including clothing and stuffed animals, and visits are booked through the farm's online system. Weekend hours run 10am to 4pm, with weekday visits by appointment. A family-friendly stop in the countryside of Somerset County's Peapack-Gladstone area.

Mendham

A cut-your-own Christmas tree farm on West Field Road in Mendham, Morris County, growing Fraser, Concolor, and Canaan firs plus Meyer spruce. Along with pre-cut and choose-and-cut trees, it sells wreaths and greens and runs a $3 Christmas train ride, bonfires, and hot chocolate on weekends. The farm opens in late November and takes cash or check only, with an ATM on-site.

Mendham/Randolph Township

Miller's Hill Farm is on Combs Avenue near the Mendham-Randolph line in Morris County, north-central New Jersey. It runs seasonal agritourism. Reach out directly for what they grow and their hours.

Long Valley

Valley Shepherd Creamery makes more than fifty artisan dairy products, cheese especially, on its farm at 50 Fairmount Road in Long Valley. The old-fashioned creamery blends European dairy practices with modern equipment and opens for farm tours, tastings, and special events, all within about an hour of New York City. Reach them at [email protected] or (908) 876-3200.

Randolph

Sun High Orchard is a pick-your-own apple orchard on Canfield Avenue in Randolph, Morris County. Apple picking runs through the fall harvest, and an orchard like this usually pairs it with a farm market selling cider and baked goods. Exact varieties, pricing, and daily hours shift by season and aren't fixed online.

Long Valley

Totten Family Farm, also called Heritage Valley, sits on Naughright Road in Long Valley, part of Washington Township in western Morris County's farm belt. Public detail is limited. Family farms in this rolling valley run to livestock, hay, and seasonal produce. Contact the farm directly to learn what it raises or grows and whether it sells to the public or hosts visitors.

Oldwick

Melick's Town Farm is New Jersey's largest apple and peach grower, run by the Melick family, who have farmed in the state since 1728. The Oldwick site houses a cider mill and farm market that presses fresh cider through the fall. The operation also runs locations in Califon and Bridgewater, with pick-your-own apples, peaches, and pumpkins in season plus a bakery.

Melick's Town Farm's Oldwick location is the flagship of New Jersey's largest apple and peach grower, a family operation running for generations in Tewksbury Township. The farm presses its own cider and produces Melick's hard cider, and the Oldwick market sells apples, peaches, pumpkins, baked goods, and cider doughnuts. Fall weekends bring pick-your-own and a busy market. Check the website for pressing dates, pick-your-own openings, and market hours across the season.

Harding Township

Wightman's Farms sits on Mount Kemble Avenue (Route 202) in Harding Township near Morristown, Morris County. The long-running operation is known for pick-your-own apples in fall, a farm market with produce and baked goods, and a garden center. Apple season and market hours shift year to year and aren't fixed online.

Wharton

One of New Jersey's largest haunted attractions, located on West Dewey Avenue in Wharton, Morris County. The complex runs multiple walk-through haunted houses during the Halloween season plus horror-themed escape rooms open much of the year. It's an indoor scare experience rather than a working farm, drawing horror fans from across the state each October.

Califon

The Califon Orchards are Melick's pick-your-own site, spread across hillside blocks along County Road 513 in Hunterdon County. This is where visitors head in fall to pick apples straight off the tree and, earlier in summer, peaches, part of the same family farm that runs the Oldwick and Bridgewater markets. Rows open variety by variety as fruit ripens, so check Melick's website for what's ready to pick before driving out.

Bridgewater

Full Moon Farm sits on Washington Valley Road in Bridgewater, Somerset County. Its crops and offerings aren't clearly documented online. Farms along this stretch tend to grow vegetables, flowers, and seasonal pick-your-own. Contact the farm to confirm what it grows and when it's open.

Ripple Hill Farm is on Mountain Road in the Basking Ridge area of Bernards Township, Somerset County (ZIP 07920), north-central New Jersey. It's listed under agritourism. Contact directly for produce and seasonal hours.

Denville

Union Hill Farms sells its harvest through a roadside stand on Cooper Road in Denville and at farmers markets around Morris County. It bills itself as the oldest continuously run farm in the county, with roots back to 1793 and the current operation now marking 40 years. The stand carries seasonal Jersey produce.

Morristown

We have many opportunities at The Urban Farm and at our Early Street Community Garden. We are incredibly proud of the work that we do in educating our community and growing food sustainably. In 2021, The Urban Farm grew 30,000 pounds of produce and donated 11,000 pounds to local food pantries. We offer classes and volunteer opportunities for participants of all ages to learn about the benefits to growing your own food.

Andover

Sussex County Strawberry Farm runs pick-your-own strawberries each June on Route 206 in Andover, then shifts to summer produce and a fall pumpkin patch with a corn maze. The farm pulls families from across northern New Jersey during berry season. Its site is sussexcountystrawberryfarm.com.

Lebanon

Valley Brook Farm is on High Street in Lebanon Borough, Hunterdon County, in the rolling farm country of west-central New Jersey. It's listed for agritourism, but crops, products, and visitor hours aren't posted online.

Independence Township

Kash Farm is on Petersburg Road in Independence Township, Warren County, near the black-dirt vegetable country around Great Meadows. Specific crops and offerings aren't posted online. Reach the farm directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells on-site or at local markets.

Hackettstown

A seasonal Halloween attraction on Mt. Bethel Road in Hackettstown, running a haunted hayride and a walk-through haunted house through October in Warren County. Dates, ticket prices, and hours change each year, so confirm directly before making the drive.

Green Township

Bob Cahill Farm is on Pequest Road in Green Township, Sussex County, along the Pequest River valley. Its offerings aren't detailed online. Contact the farm directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells at the farm or nearby markets.

Bridgewater

Taida Orchids grows phalaenopsis and exotic orchids at a greenhouse on Foothill Road in Bridgewater, selling both wholesale and direct to the public. Beyond potted orchids in several sizes, they carry arrangements, succulents, and cut flowers. The store is open to walk-ins Monday through Saturday, unusual for a grower this size, so you can browse the greenhouse stock in person. Call ahead during holidays, when orchid demand spikes and stock moves fast.

Warren

Wagner Farm Arboretum is a nonprofit arboretum and community farm on Mountain Avenue in Warren, Somerset County. The grounds hold display gardens, rentable community garden plots and open green space, with hands-on horticulture and youth education programs. A seasonal farm stand sells produce grown on-site.

Newton

Independence Township

Godlewsky Farms and Greenhouses runs greenhouses along Route 46 in Independence Township, Warren County. Growers like this typically raise bedding plants, hanging baskets, and seasonal produce for direct retail sale. No website surfaced online to confirm the current offerings.

Mansfield Township

Treelicious Orchards spreads across 130 acres on Karrville Road in Port Murray (Mansfield Township), Warren County, with pick-your-own apples, peaches, berries, and pumpkins by season. The farm runs a CSA, hosts farm-to-table dinners and weddings, and sells at New York City greenmarkets. Its Just Made Bakery in nearby Hackettstown turns out pies, muffins, and cookies.

Port Murray

Orchard View Lavender Farm grows lavender in Port Murray, Warren County, and turns it into handmade soaps, bath and body products, essential oils, culinary lavender, and sachets sold on-site and online. The farm also hosts weddings and private events among the rows. The shop and order pickup run by appointment only, not as walk-in retail, so book a time first. Peak bloom for visiting the field is roughly June into July.

Hillview Farms is on Meyersville Road in the Gillette section of Long Hill Township, Morris County. It's a produce farm in a pocket of preserved farmland near the Great Swamp. Contact directly for what's in season and current hours.

Hillsborough Township

A family farm and market on South Branch Road in Hillsborough, selling its own beef, pork, lamb, goat, eggs, and seasonal poultry. Through the year it runs farm events like Touch-A-Tractor days and outdoor line dancing. In fall it becomes Scare Farm, its Halloween attraction with a haunted hayride, corn maze, and haunted barn after dark. The farm store keeps weekday daytime hours and shorter weekend hours.

Hillsborough Township

Sunhaven Farms is a farm in Hillsborough Township, a large agricultural township in Somerset County crossed by the Millstone River. It's listed for agritourism, but its crops, activities, and visitor hours aren't detailed in public listings.

Great Meadows

Agrestic Acres is a 12-acre pasture-based farm just off Shades of Death Road in Great Meadows, Warren County, raising pigs and poultry for meat and eggs on an all-natural, sustainable system. It sells pork by the whole, half, or quarter share, plus raw honey and vegetables, and runs a CSA, working alongside other local organic farms as a collective. Order through their online store, GrowingDirt. No phone is listed, so reach them via the site or social media.

Lebanon

Valley Crest Farm works land on Allerton Road in Lebanon, Hunterdon County, in the hills near Round Valley Reservoir. The farm is recorded as agritourism; its specific crops and any visitor offerings aren't detailed in public listings.

Neshanic Station

Sun Meadow Farm is on Old York Road in Neshanic Station, part of Hillsborough in Somerset County. The area is a mix of small produce farms and horse farms along the South Branch of the Raritan River. Little is published about the operation, so reach out directly for details on crops or farm products.

Hillsborough Township

Doyle's Unami Farm works land along Mill Lane in Hillsborough, Somerset County, and opens to the public mainly in fall. The season centers on a corn maze, pick-your-own pumpkins, and hayrides out to the fields, with a stand selling the farm's own produce. It's a working family farm that turns its acreage over to agritourism once the harvest comes in.

Newton

Rockywood Farm is based in Newton, the Sussex County seat, in northwestern New Jersey's highlands. It runs as a small agritourism farm. Reach out directly for what they grow and their seasonal hours.

Flemington

Burjan's Pumpkin Festival is a seasonal fall event at a farm on Old York Road in Flemington, Hunterdon County. The pumpkin patch and autumn activities run through October. Beyond the location and the festival name, little about the operation appears online.

Newton

Windy Brow Farms has grown fruit near Newton in Sussex County since 1946, with more than 45 apple varieties and 15 peach varieties plus cherries, plums, and apricots. Pick-your-own apples run September into October. The farm store sells fresh fruit, artisan breads, pies, and its own ice cream, and a wood-fired kitchen serves pizza on seasonal nights.

Newton

Lentini Farms grows Jersey Fresh tomatoes and sweet corn picked daily, plus apples, peppers, squash, and pumpkins, selling through several farm stands including its Route 94 location in Newton, Sussex County. Fall brings a 10-acre corn maze, hayrides, and a pumpkin patch. Contact is [email protected] or (973) 579-2424.

Newton

Giordano's Tree Farm is listed at 350 Route 94 in Newton, Sussex County, the same address as Timber Valley Tree Farm, so the two names point to one Christmas tree operation on Route 94 rather than separate farms. Expect fresh-cut and cut-your-own trees in the December season at this Sussex County location. Because the listings overlap, confirm the current name, phone, and cutting hours before visiting so you reach the right people.

Newton

Timber Valley Tree Farm sells fresh-cut Christmas trees at 350 Route 94 in Newton, Sussex County, with a gift shop that stays open year-round Friday through Sunday, 11am to 4pm. Self-serve campfire wood is available anytime. The Christmas season is the main event, but the year-round shop sets it apart from seasonal-only tree lots. Call ahead in late fall to check tree availability and cutting hours.

Newton

An equestrian stable at Waterwheel Farm on Fredon-Marksboro Road outside Newton, in Sussex County horse country. Operations like this typically offer horse boarding, riding lessons, and training in indoor and outdoor rings rather than crops or a farm stand. There's no active website, so contact the stable directly to ask about boarding availability, lesson programs, and whether they take new riders.

Boonton Township

Brookhollow's Barnyard is a family farm on Rockaway Valley Road in Boonton Township built around animal encounters. Goat yoga, donkey cuddles, a pony club and train and tractor rides fill the day, with a sunflower patch and a holiday light show by season. General admission runs $7.50, and it operates May through early November, closed Mondays. No pets allowed on the grounds.

Chatham

Crabtree Honey is a small-scale beekeeping operation in Chatham, Morris County, working from a residential address on Burgess Street. Raw local honey from nearby hives is the whole trade. There's no storefront or website; buyers reach the beekeeper directly.

Somerset

A small beekeeping operation on Welshs Lane in Somerset, Somerset County. Local apiaries like this produce raw honey and beeswax products from their hives. Contact directly to find out what's for sale and how to buy.

Scotch Plains

Parker Gardens is a family-run garden center on Terrill Road in Scotch Plains, Union County. It sells annuals, perennials, trees, and shrubs, along with soil, mulch, and pottery. The stand shifts with the seasons — spring vegetable starts and hanging baskets, mums and pumpkins in fall, poinsettias and cut Christmas trees in December.

Hillsborough

Hillsboro Farm sits on Hillsborough Road in Hillsborough Township, Somerset County — a stretch of central New Jersey still worked for row crops and produce. Public information about the farm is limited. Contact it directly to learn what it grows and whether it sells to the public.

Flemington

Schaefer Farms runs a daily farm stand at 1051 County Route 523 in Flemington, Hunterdon County, stocking its own eggs plus milk, butter, cheese, local honey, jams, and ice cream. The farm raises beef, pork, chicken, duck, and quail for its meat freezer, sells laying pullets in more than 30 breeds and Nutrena feed, and grows annuals and perennials. It also offers class trips and hayrides.

Belvidere

Choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm in Belvidere that has run for more than 40 years. Beyond the trees, they sell raw honey and beeswax products from their own hives. The farm opens Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., during the Christmas season.

Belvidere

Woodsedge Tree Farm is a choose-and-cut Christmas tree farm at 118 Beechwood Road in Belvidere, Warren County, that has also produced raw honey and beeswax for more than 40 years. During tree season it opens Thursday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Reach them at [email protected] or (908) 763-9920.

Boonton

Gooserock Farm keeps about 100 honeybee colonies across four apiaries in northern New Jersey and sells raw, minimally filtered local honey plus beeswax creams, soaps, lip balms, and candles. The beekeeper teaches classes locally, and the farm has won prizes for its honey and cosmetics at regional competitions. It is based near Boonton and Montville; find it on Facebook.

Lafayette Township

Lucey's Berry Farm grows berries on Beaver Run Road in Lafayette Township, Sussex County. Small berry farms in this part of northwest New Jersey typically offer summer pick-your-own or pre-picked strawberries and raspberries. Call ahead to check which berries are ripe and whether the field is open.

Stillwater

Burke Family Farm is on Stillwater Road in Stillwater Township, Sussex County, in the rural Kittatinny valley of northwestern New Jersey. It's listed for agritourism; the farm's crops, products, and visitor hours aren't detailed online.

Montville

Conklin Farm runs a pick-your-own operation and farm stand on River Road in Montville, Morris County. Seasonal PYO here usually means strawberries in June and other fruit and vegetables through summer and fall, sold alongside a stand of local produce. Fields open and close with the harvest, so check current picking conditions before heading out.

Lafayette Township

Ideal Farm and Garden Centre is a garden center on Lafayette Road in Lafayette Township, Sussex County. Little is published online beyond its location. Centers like this generally stock nursery plants, bedding flowers, vegetable starts, soil and mulch, and seasonal items such as mums and pumpkins in fall. Call ahead to confirm hours and current stock.

Hope

Longmeadow Farm is on Blairstown Road in Hope, Warren County, a historic farming township in northwestern New Jersey. No website or public listing details were found online, so the farm's products and hours aren't confirmed.

Washington

Von Thun Farms' Washington location on Route 57 West in Warren County runs pick-your-own blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries in summer, then a sunflower trail, hayrides, corn maze, and pumpkins in fall. The farm market sells homegrown Jersey fruit and vegetables, and there's a CSA plus family nights, flower workshops, and school tours through the season.