Agritourism & Farm Experiences near Homer, NY

Marathon

White Gables Farm sits on Route 11 south of Marathon in Cortland County. It has grown sweet corn and strawberries using natural growing practices and hosted school tours on the farm. Recent u-pick directories list its operating status as uncertain, so call before visiting during berry or corn season.

Cortland

Halls' Hill Blueberry Farm offers pick-your-own blueberries on Tower Road in Cortland, in the Southern Tier hills between Syracuse and Ithaca. The bushes ripen through mid-to-late summer. The farm posts little online, so check locally for opening days and picking conditions before you drive up.

Preble

Cobblestone Valley Farm has been certified organic for more than 25 years and worked by the same family since 1886. It raises grass-fed beef, pastured pork, and poultry with no antibiotics, hormones, GMOs, or pesticides, along with eggs, cooking fats, and tallow-based apothecary goods. The on-farm store in Preble sells cuts by the pound and opens weekends, Saturday and Sunday from 11 to 2, with local pickup available. A seasonal email newsletter tracks what's in stock.

Groton

Turtle Dreams is a bed-and-breakfast on Lafayette Road in Groton, in the Finger Lakes hills of Tompkins County northeast of Ithaca. The listing marks it as a farm-stay agritourism stop. Its former web domain is now parked and for sale, so confirm availability and any farm offerings before booking.

Virgil

Hollenbeck's Cider Mill has pressed cider in Virgil since 1933, running a country store on Route 392 in Cortland County. Alongside fresh and boiled cider, the family bakes scratch donuts, pies, and other goods. The mill keeps a seasonal schedule, closing over summer and reopening in early fall for its cider run. It's a longtime Central New York autumn stop rather than a year-round shop.

Marathon

Cherry Knoll Farm sits on Hoxie Gorge Road in Marathon, in the hills of Cortland County near Hoxie Gorge State Forest. The Southern Tier's short season favors berries, apples, and fall crops on small farms across this area. No website or contact information surfaced online, so confirm what's available and when before making the drive.

Homer

Valley View Farm is on Ripley Hill Road in Homer, in Cortland County's dairy and hill-farm country in central New York. Homer sits in the Tioughnioga River valley, where hayfields and pasture climb the surrounding ridges. Listed as an agritourism stop with seasonal hours.

Town of Tully

Deer Run Farms lies along Route 11A near Tully, in the hill country of southern Onondaga County south of Syracuse. Dairy, maple, and produce are the mainstays of this area. What this farm sells isn't documented online, so contact it directly about products, hours, and farm visits.

Dryden

Underhill Farm sits on Lake Road in Dryden, in Tompkins County east of Ithaca. This is dairy-and-produce country in the Finger Lakes hills, where small farms open seasonally for crops and farm events. Details about Underhill's offerings and hours aren't posted online, so contact the farm directly to confirm before visiting.

Tully

Dutch Hill Maple has produced pure maple syrup in Tully since 1968, in the maple-heavy hills of southern Onondaga County. Beyond syrup in several grades, it sells maple cream, maple sugar, granulated sugar, and maple beverages, plus gift sets. The farm takes part in New York's Maple Weekend each spring, with sugarhouse visits and raffles. Order or ask about pickup at 315-481-6802 or [email protected].

Freeville

Brookside Berry Farm grows berries near Freeville, in Tompkins County just northeast of Ithaca. Freeville sits in the Fall Creek valley, dairy-and-produce country where small u-pick operations open for a few weeks each summer. Little about the farm is posted online, so picking availability is best confirmed by phone or a local farm-stand listing before visiting.

Apulia Station

Casey's U-Pick is a pick-your-own farm on Berry Road in Apulia Station, in the hills south of Syracuse. Berries are the usual summer draw for u-pick farms in this part of Onondaga County. Crop calendar and hours aren't posted online.

Marathon

S&J Farms sits on Zelsnack Road in Marathon, in Cortland County's rolling hills of central New York, and shares its grounds with Third Alarm Paintball. That mix points to an outdoor-recreation and agritourism destination rather than a straight produce stand. Details online are limited, so contact the farm directly to confirm activities, hours, and pricing.

Town of Tully

A farm on Matson Road in the town of Tully, in the hills south of Syracuse. This upland part of Onondaga County is dairy and maple country. Specific offerings aren't documented online.

Marathon

Twin Tower Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Route 221 in Marathon, in the hills of southern Cortland County. The berries ripen from mid-July into August, the upstate pick-your-own season. It's a seasonal berry farm, so picking and sales follow the summer crop rather than year-round hours.

Cincinnatus

D Upton Enterprises operates on Taylor Valley Road in Cincinnatus, a rural community in the hills of Cortland County. The listing files it under agritourism, but no public website or details were found to confirm what the farm offers. Contact the operation directly for current information.

Town of LaFayette

Beak & Skiff has grown apples in LaFayette, south of Syracuse, for more than a century, and its Apple Hill site is a fall pick-your-own destination. The farm's 1911 Established brand turns that fruit into hard cider, spirits, and wine, backed by a distillery, tasting room and tavern, café and bakery, general store, and an adventure park on the grounds. School field trips and live music run through the season.

Town of LaFayette

O'Neill's Orchard grows apples on the Cherry Valley Turnpike (Route 20) in LaFayette, the apple town just south of Syracuse that hosts the LaFayette Apple Festival each fall. The ridge-and-valley ground here is prime orchard country. The farm keeps a website, but it wasn't reachable to confirm varieties, pick-your-own, or hours directly.

Lafayette

McLusky Orchards grows apples along Route 20 in LaFayette, Onondaga County's apple country south of Syracuse. LaFayette's ridges are known for orchards and an annual Apple Festival, and this farm sits in that belt. Expect fall apples and cider sold in season. Confirm hours and whether picking is offered before visiting, since the harvest is a short autumn window.

Town of LaFayette

Hiwire Honeybees keeps bees along the Cherry Valley Turnpike in LaFayette, south of Syracuse in Onondaga County. The operation produces local honey and works its hives. Reach out directly to find where the honey sells and whether they offer bees or beekeeping help.

Borodino

Schoolhouse Farms sits on Rose Hill Road in Borodino, a hamlet above the west side of Skaneateles Lake in Onondaga County's Finger Lakes country. No active website or listing was found, so its crops and any farm-stand offerings couldn't be confirmed online.

Richford

Vern Negus farms at 659 Payne Marsh Road in Richford, a Tioga County town in the Southern Tier hills. The same address also runs a pick-your-own berry patch, listed separately as Negus U-Pick Berries. Hilltop hay and pasture ground surrounds the place.

Richford

Negus U-Pick Berries offers pick-your-own on Payne Marsh Road in Richford, part of the Negus family's Tioga County farm. Summer is berry season in the Southern Tier, with strawberries in June giving way to raspberries and blueberries into July. Bring containers and check daily picking conditions.

Town of Spafford

Burdock's Berries grows u-pick berries on West Lake Road above Skaneateles Lake in the town of Spafford, at the northern edge of the Finger Lakes. Hillside farms along this road grow strawberries, raspberries, and blueberries through the summer. Picking availability shifts with the weather and isn't posted online.

Locke

A farm in Locke, set in the hills of southern Cayuga County between Owasco and Skaneateles lakes. Little about its crops or hours is posted online.

Town of LaFayette

Black Coyote Vineyard grows grapes on Lafayette Road in the town of LaFayette, in the hills south of Syracuse in Onondaga County. It's a small central-New York vineyard in a region better known for apples than wine. Details on tastings or sales aren't widely posted online.

Fabius

Springside Farm is a family-run agritourism farm on Route 91 in Fabius, about 12 miles south of Syracuse. Fall brings a corn maze and pumpkins; summer offers pick-your-own blueberries and Sunday blueberry-pancake breakfasts in July and August. The farm also grows Christmas trees and wreaths and hosts barn weddings. Reach it at 315-683-5860 or [email protected]; it posts as @springsidefarmllc.

Syracuse

Navarino Orchard grows a wide range of apples plus strawberries, raspberries, and tomatoes on Cherry Valley Turnpike (Route 20) southwest of Syracuse, with U-pick through the season. The on-site bakery makes pies, breads, and cookies, and an apple-season fritter stand serves fritter sundaes. The Barn restaurant and a daily country store round it out, and the farm hosts weddings. Two decades in, it leans on earth-friendly growing and local sourcing.

Skaneateles

Lockwood Lavender Farm grows lavender on West Lake Road along Skaneateles Lake, in the Finger Lakes. Farms like this usually open the rows in mid-to-late summer when the lavender blooms, selling bundles, dried buds, and lavender goods. A reachable website wasn't found, so hours and current offerings should be confirmed directly.

Lafayette

Town of Genoa

Grisamore Farms has grown fruit here since 1927 and is now in its fifth generation. Pick-your-own runs all season — blueberries, raspberries, red and black currants, then apples starting late August, plus u-cut flowers. The farm store carries peaches, figs, and summer vegetables, and fall brings cider, pumpkin picking, and wagon rides. Find it on Goose Street near Locke in the Finger Lakes.

Groton

Moore Family Farm works land on Auburn Road in Groton, Tompkins County, at the edge of the Finger Lakes. It reads as a diversified family farm typical of the region, where growers mix produce, hay, and livestock across rolling ground. Exact crops and any farm-stand hours aren't listed online. Contact the farm to check what's for sale in season.

Berkshire

Marietta

Tim's Pumpkin Patch runs a pick-your-own pumpkin field on Rose Hill Road in Marietta, southwest of Syracuse. Weekends add wagon rides and apple cannons, and the on-site bakery and gift store sell baked goods. Tim's Brew Barn pours drinks for the adults. The farm opens daily 9am to 6pm through September and October, and it books school field trips.

Fabius

Whitetail Tree Farm grows Christmas trees on Pompey Center Road in Fabius, in the hills of southern Onondaga County. Choose-and-cut farms across this ridge country open the weekend after Thanksgiving and sell firs, spruces, and pines until stock runs out. No verified website exists for the Fabius farm, so call ahead for varieties and cutting hours.

Groton

Baker's Acres is a greenhouse and display-garden nursery on Auburn Road in North Lansing, north of Ithaca in the Finger Lakes. It's known for a deep selection of perennials, herbs, and unusual plants grown on-site, with landscaped demonstration gardens visitors can walk. The nursery draws Central New York gardeners each spring and holds seasonal events through the growing year.

Berkshire

Sweetrees Maple Products makes syrup on Glen Road in Berkshire, in the hills of Tioga County in New York's Southern Tier. The season runs in late winter, when sap flows and sugarmakers boil it down into syrup, cream, and candy. Little is published about this producer, so get in touch during the spring run to see what's for sale and whether they sell straight from the farm.

Jamesville

Rocking Horse Farm sits on Apulia Road in Jamesville, in the hills of Onondaga County south of Syracuse. It's a small farm in a rural, horse-and-hayfield part of central New York; specific crops or activities aren't detailed online.

Lansing

Curious Alpaca is a small alpaca farm on Conlon Road in Lansing, in the hills east of Cayuga Lake near Ithaca. Farms this size in the Finger Lakes usually raise alpacas for fleece and sell yarn and finished goods, often opening by appointment. No active website surfaced for this listing, so reach out directly to arrange a visit.

Town of LaFayette

Killius Farms produces honey on Barker Hill Road in the town of LaFayette, Onondaga County, in the apple-growing hills south of Syracuse. Beekeepers here often sell raw honey and related products directly or through nearby stands and shops. Details on Killius specifically are limited, so contact them to confirm what they offer and how to buy.

Jamesville

Adams Acres grows organic apples on Sevier Road in Jamesville, southeast of Syracuse in Onondaga County. It's a small orchard working without conventional chemicals, selling fruit through the fall harvest in the hills of central New York. Apple picking and farm-direct sales fit the area's orchard tradition.

Ithaca

Six Mile Creek Vineyard sits on Slaterville Road just outside Ithaca, in the Finger Lakes. It has made wine for over thirty years and now also distills spirits, including vodka and gin, in an in-house copper pot still using its own wine. Its 2016 Cabernet Franc won the 2019 New York Governor's Cup. Reach the tasting room at 607-272-9463.

Syracuse

Cedarvale Maple Syrup Co. produces maple syrup in the Cedarvale valley southwest of Syracuse, on Pleasant Valley Road in the town of Onondaga. This pocket of hills south of the city is long-standing maple country, with sap runs from late winter into early spring. Specific products and visiting hours aren't confirmed online, so reach the producer directly before stopping by.

Skaneateles

Skaneateles Sugar Shack taps sugar maples on Benson Road outside Skaneateles, at the north end of the Finger Lakes. The sap runs in late winter, and the shack boils it down to syrup during the region's short maple season.

Manlius

Tre-G Farms sits on US Route 20 in Manlius, in eastern Onondaga County outside Syracuse. It's a local farm along the old Cherry Valley Turnpike corridor; the specific crops and any stand or pick-your-own aren't detailed online.

Newark Valley

Stoughton Farm runs ten greenhouses of annuals, perennials, vegetable packs, and hanging baskets on Route 38 in Newark Valley, in the Southern Tier. The farm market carries fresh produce through the season, plus cheeses, locally raised beef, and the farm's own donuts on weekends. A fall corn maze rounds out the year. Open daily 9am to 5pm in spring.

Candor

Small Graces at Forget Me Not Farm is on Lathrop Road in Candor, a small Tioga County town in the Southern Tier hills. The name suggests a small, personal operation, possibly flowers or a homestead-scale farm. Seasonal hours vary.

Cazenovia

Critz Farms combines a hard-cider brewery and taproom with pick-your-own apples, blueberries, and pumpkins on Rippleton Road south of Cazenovia. Fall brings a corn maze, wagon rides, and cut-your-own Christmas trees; the on-site sugar house taps maple in late winter. The taproom pours small-batch ciders and beers made from the farm's own fruit, with live music on weekends. Reach them at 315-662-3355.

Candor

Ringneck Preserve operates on Olkowski Road in Candor, a Tioga County town in New York's Southern Tier. The name points to ring-necked pheasant, and preserves like this usually offer guided upland bird hunting in season. No active website was found to confirm hunts, pricing, or booking.

Ithaca

Indian Creek Farm on Trumansburg Road, three minutes from downtown Ithaca, runs pick-your-own fields for apples, raspberries, peaches, flowers, herbs, and vegetables through the season. The farmstand sells produce plus the orchard's own cider and cider donuts, and the farm hosts flower-arranging classes. It opens in June with strawberries and works through the Finger Lakes growing season into November.

Ithaca

Kestrel Perch Berries is a small berry farm at the EcoVillage community on Rachel Carson Way in Ithaca, in Tompkins County. It grows berries on a modest scale within one of Ithaca's cooperative farm plots. Little contact information is posted online, so reach out through EcoVillage or a local farm listing to confirm picking or sales.

South Otselic

Village of Manlius

A country store on Fayette Street in the village of Manlius, an eastern suburb of Syracuse. It's listed under farm agritourism, though details on what it stocks aren't documented online.

Whitney Point

Frosty Mountain Blueberry Farm grows blueberries on Bull Creek Road near Whitney Point, in Broome County north of Binghamton. Hill patches like this usually open for pick-your-own from mid- to late July as the fruit ripens. Since small farms set days by the weather, call ahead before visiting.

Glen Aubrey

Nielsen's Hill Haven Farm sits on Swan Hill Road in Glen Aubrey, in the hills of Broome County north of Binghamton. No website or listing detail was found online, so its products and hours are best confirmed directly with the farm.

South Otselic

Windyridge Farm is on Stage Road in South Otselic, a small Chenango County village in central New York's dairy hills. The surrounding uplands are maple, hay, and family-farm country worked on steep, wind-swept ground.

Lansing

Morrow Creek Farm sits on Algerine Road in Lansing, on the east side of Cayuga Lake in Tompkins County just north of Ithaca. The farm lists no website or current details online, so its crops and any visitor activities couldn't be confirmed.

Newark Valley

Berry Good Acres is a pick-your-own berry farm on Upper Fairfield Road in Newark Valley, in Tioga County's Southern Tier hills north of Owego. Its crop calendar isn't posted online. Berry farms in this area open for strawberries in June and move through raspberries and blueberries as summer goes on.

King Ferry

Sheils Farm works Route 34B in King Ferry, on the east side of Cayuga Lake in the Finger Lakes. This is Cayuga County farm country, where lake-tempered ground supports produce and orchard crops between the vineyards.

Candor

Side Hill Acres is a dairy goat farm on Spencer Road in Candor, a Tioga County town in the Southern Tier. Farms like this milk dairy goats for cheese and sell registered breeding stock. No active website was found, so product availability and farm visits couldn't be confirmed online.