Farms Near Julian, CA

Julian

Planted by the Farmer family — the namesake of Julian's Farmers Road — this certified organic orchard grows about 1,000 apple and pear trees across 8 of its 28 acres. Open Friday through Sunday during apple season, visitors fill a bag for $25 (about 10-12 lbs), with a second bag at $15.

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Menghini Winery has poured wine in the apple-orchard hills above Julian since 1982, making it the second-oldest winery in San Diego County. Owners Mike and Toni Menghini pour a lineup that includes Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, Merlot, Syrah, Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay, Rosé, and their house Julian Gold blend. The tasting room is open Monday and Friday 11am-4pm, and weekends 11am-5pm; closed Tuesday through Thursday.

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O'Dell's grows pears under organic practices on Julian Orchards Drive, in the mountain district that made Julian famous for apples. Pears are a less common crop for the area's cool, roughly 4,000-foot elevation, which more typically favors apple varieties. No public schedule confirms current u-pick hours.

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Apples and Art Orchards grows apples on Julian Orchards Drive, in the mountain district that built Julian's reputation as San Diego County's apple town. The name points to an orchard pairing its fruit stand with an art or craft element, though no public listing confirms current hours or varieties.

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Volcan Valley Apple Farm grows apples on Julian Orchards Drive in Julian, the Cuyamaca Mountains town built around its fall apple harvest and pie shops. Specific varieties, u-pick hours, and cider offerings weren't confirmed online.

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Crosscut Farm and Orchard is on Farmer Road in Julian, California, in the apple-growing mountain country of San Diego County's Cuyamaca range, high enough in elevation for the cold-winter chill apple trees need.

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Old Peacefield Orchard is on Wynola Road in Julian, California, in San Diego County's mountain apple country. Julian built its identity around apple orchards and pie shops after its 1870s gold-rush boom gave way to agriculture.

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Apple Lane Orchard sits in Julian, the Cuyamaca Mountain town that built its identity on apples after gold-rush-era settlers planted the first orchards in the 1870s. Local growers here run u-pick weekends and sell fresh cider and pie through the fall harvest. No verified specifics on this orchard's current varieties or hours turned up online this session.

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Julian Mining Company runs gold-panning and gem-sluicing on a working claim outside Julian — $35 buys a paydirt bucket you keep the gold from, $20 and up gets you a gem bucket. The property also has ore-cart train rides, a remote-control boat pond, axe throwing, a pirate treasure dig, and apple picking, plus 4th-grade Gold Rush field trips it's run for 18 years. Open weekends, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Julian Farm & Orchard grows apples, pears, pumpkins, and berries on a Wynola property three miles from downtown Julian, with u-pick apple tours by reservation and fresh-pressed cider, cider slushies, and whole pies sold on site. The farm also runs an animal-sanctuary petting zoo, hayrides, a haybale maze, and axe throwing, with Harvest Fest through September and October and Daffodil Days each spring.

About three miles from Julian's Main Street, this market sets up indoors at Wynola Farms Marketplace on Highway 78, Sundays from 11am to 4pm, spring through fall. Local growers sell produce, honey, cheese, and fresh-cut flowers alongside jam, olive oil, salsa, hummus, and baked goods from area kitchens. Craft and soap vendors round out the stalls, and being indoors makes it one of the few mountain-area markets that isn't weather-dependent.

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Sentenac Ranch sits on 160 acres about two miles outside historic Julian, where visitors pick their own apples and pumpkins each fall. The ranch also runs Sentenac Cattle Company, a small cattle operation founded in 2010. Julian's mountain orchards typically run later into the season than the valley farms below San Diego. Call ahead before making the drive up the mountain.

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Calico Ranch is a working apple and pear orchard on Highway 78 in Julian, California, paired with the on-site Calico Cidery. U-pick picking has been closed in recent seasons because of drought, but the cidery still pours tastings and runs tours through the orchard. It's one of the working orchards behind Julian's reputation as Southern California's mountain apple-growing town.

Santa Ysabel

Carrisito Ranch is a fourth-generation family cattle ranch on Highway 79 in the Santa Ysabel Valley, selling beef on the hoof by the half or whole plus USDA-processed butcher boxes, ground beef, brisket, picanha, and snack sticks. The ranch also raises heritage-breed pork, lamb, goat, and free-range Thanksgiving turkeys, with monthly pickup days on the second Friday and Saturday and additional pickup at the Julian Cider Mill.

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Perennial Pastures Ranch delivers A2/A2 pastured Jersey raw milk, grass-fed and grass-finished bulk beef, ground beef, and eggs by weekly subscription across Orange, Los Angeles, and San Diego counties. The ranch holds top-tier Regenified certification for its land stewardship practices.

Ramona

Family-owned pumpkin patch on Highway 78 in the San Diego County backcountry, running for about 30 years. Free admission gets you into the corn maze, petting zoo, and corn cannon, and the ranch switches over to selling Christmas trees in December.

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Santa Ysabel

Fort Cross Old Timey Adventures sits on Highway 78 in Santa Ysabel, in the oak-studded backcountry of San Diego County's Cuyamaca foothills, historic stagecoach and ranching country between Julian and the coast. The name points to a Western-themed agritourism operation. No further confirmed details on activities, hours, or admission.

Connelly Farms has grown vegetables and fruit on a former turkey ranch in Ramona since 1985, run by a mother-and-son team, Ann and Ryan Connelly. What started as direct sales to neighbors grew into supplying 32 fine-dining restaurants and San Diego farmers markets; the farm sells produce bags and micro-farm harvests Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 456 Telford Lane.

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Being raised on the ranch, Luie, eldest of five and founder of the Happy-Hens thinks back to some of his earliest memories working with his dad on the ranch at about 4 years old, pulling a small red wagon with a pile of flats inside, collecting freshly laid eggs Along side Pop. He was about 8 years old when his grandfather, Opa, taught him how too plow. It was at that moment, with the smell of the dew fallen dirt, in the crisp morning air, that he decided he wanted to be a farmer. That decision

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Eben-Haezer Egg Ranch in Ramona has been family owned and operated since 1957, supplying San Diego kitchens with farm-fresh eggs for generations. The ranch's eggs are sold at the Happy Hens general store (weekdays, with a drive-thru) and at the Poway Farmers Market on Saturdays, with wholesale available by contact.

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Three Sons Farm in Ramona raises pasture-raised chickens and eggs, grass-fed and grass-finished beef, and heritage pork — all animals raised on the farm itself, never bought in for resale. The farm delivers to most of San Diego County on Fridays with a $40 minimum, offers on-farm pickup by appointment, and sells at the Cardiff and Leucadia farmers markets.

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Ramona sits in San Diego County's inland backcountry, citrus and avocado country dotted with small wineries. This certified market sets up on Main Street in the center of town, where growers from the surrounding ranches sell direct to shoppers making the drive out from the coast.

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A seasonal fall pumpkin patch in the Ramona area of San Diego County's wine-country backcountry, roughly 30 minutes northeast of downtown San Diego. Like most patches in the region, expect pick-your-own pumpkins and family activities concentrated in the weeks around October. Current operator and hours weren't confirmable online this round.

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Harbour Farm & Vineyard is on Highway 67 in Ramona, inside the Ramona Valley AVA, a designated wine-grape appellation in San Diego County's inland backcountry. No further confirmed details on what Harbour Farm grows, bottles, or sells directly.

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Farmhouse Getaways rents out two agritourism properties in Ramona: the four-acre Red Barn Ranch, with a pool, on-site market, game barn, and farm animals, and the eight-acre Mountain Retreat, with hiking trails and a private hot tub. Both operate as eco-focused vacation stays for individuals, families, and events like weddings and reunions.

El Cajon

Summer's Past Farms grows fields of lavender and herbs in the foothills of Flinn Springs, east of El Cajon, alongside a nursery, gift shop, and espresso bar. The family farm runs soap-making workshops and seasonal events, including Lavender Day, an antique and craft fair, and a fall pumpkin patch. It's open Thursday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with free admission.

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Shadow Creek Ranch is on Mussey Grade Road in Ramona, in San Diego County's inland backcountry. The Ramona Valley grows citrus, avocados, and a growing share of wine grapes under the Ramona Valley AVA, and horse and cattle ranches still work the hillier ground around town.

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Lakeside

Oma's Pumpkin Patch runs each fall on the grounds of Van Ommering Dairy in Lakeside, a working dairy in San Diego County's East County backcountry. Dairies opening a side patch alongside milking operations each October is a longstanding pattern out this way. No verified specifics on this year's crop, hours, or activities turned up online this session — worth a call before the drive.

Rancho Guejito has run cattle on its roughly 23,000-acre Escondido property since 1845, making it one of California's last intact Mexican land grant ranchos still in operation. The ranch sells 100% grass-fed, hormone- and antibiotic-free beef in boxed assortments for local pickup or delivery around San Diego County.

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Valley Center

Bates Nut Farm has sold roasted nuts, fudge and gourmet treats from its Valley Center property for over a century, stocking pistachios, pecans, cashews, peanuts and sunflower seeds roasted on site. The 100-acre farm also keeps mini-donkeys, goats, sheep, llamas and peacocks that visitors can hand-feed for 75 cents a bag. Admission is free; reach the farm at 760-749-3333 or [email protected].

Frank Konyn Dairy milks roughly 880 cows in the San Pasqual Valley Agricultural Preserve outside Escondido, billed as the last remaining dairy in San Diego County. The operation also runs San Pasqual Valley Soils, selling compost and mulch, and gives away dairy manure for a nominal loading charge.

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Jared's Real Food is a small farm serving East County San Diego through a Saturday farm stand drive-thru in Lakeside, where customers are handed a menu and served through the car window. The weekly list runs from salad mix, tomatoes, and sweet Italian peppers to partner products like pasture-raised chickens, organic free-range eggs, local raw honey, sourdough, and mushrooms, and a year-round CSA variety box delivers across East County.

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Hilliker’s Ranch Fresh Eggs has been family owned and operated since 1942. Located in Lakeside, Hilliker’s produces cage-free, vegetarian eggs that are sold along with other goods at their storefront. Hilliker’s also sells to stores and restaurants around San Diego County. The ranch has 3 cage-free, state-of-the-art aviaries, each housing around 10,000 hens each. These barns are designed with their comfort and safety in mind. At the ranch, we well eggs, milk, cheese, jam, and honey. We also sell

Quixote Farm operates in California. Specific crops, location, and hours weren't confirmed for this listing.

Pauma Valley

Fairfield Farms, established in 2003 by Carol and Bill Steed, grows organic blueberries and avocados in Pauma Valley's one-of-a-kind microclimate north of San Diego. The family-run farm runs on-site solar power, its own reservoir, and on-site packing, with blueberries available April through June and avocados February through August in retail stores.

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Wholesome Heritage Farms Pumpkin Patch operates on San Pasqual Road in the San Pasqual Valley, a working agricultural valley east of San Diego known for its dairies and seasonal farm stands. As the name suggests, it's a fall pumpkin-patch operation. No hours, admission, or contact details are posted online yet.

Roadrunner Organics, doing business as Hernandez Family Produce, grows produce in California and sells direct to farmers markets rather than through large retail chains.

Aguanga

Genesis Farms grew beets, carrots, peppers, herbs, and flowers on Dove Drive in Aguanga using natural growing practices, with farm animals on-site. Directory listings mark the operation as permanently closed as of 2025.

Valley Center

Nopalito Farm & Hopyard is a regenerative farm on 15 acres of chaparral foothills in Valley Center, on historic land of the Luiseño Payómkawichum people, stewarded by the Brownwood family since 2015. The certified organic orchards, flower fields, and botanicals share the land with wildlife habitat and cabins bookable through Hipcamp for overnight farm stays.

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Years before the Stehly Family began farming in Valley Center, the roots of Stehly Farms stretch back to the agriculture days of Orange County, CA. Nicholas J Stehly founded the original farm in the 1920′s, and was later acquired by Jerome Stehly Sr. where he continued farming. As the population in Orange County grew, farm land got thinner and the Stehly Family felt the pressure and knew it was time to get back to open land. In 1964, Jerome Sr. moved the farm to where it sits now in Valley Cente

Escondido

Fran's Original Farm Stand operates on Summit Drive in Escondido, part of inland San Diego County's citrus and avocado belt. No working website, social page, or product list turned up in research, so specifics beyond the name and address could not be confirmed.

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Santee

Santee's certified market has run every Wednesday since 2009 at Mast and Carlton Hills, with hours that shift by season — 3 to 7 p.m. March through October, 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. the rest of the year. Beyond the usual produce stands, the vendor list runs toward specialty goods: honey, cured olives, dates, bread, and a spice stand, plus prepared food. WIC, EBT, and both major card types are accepted at the gate.

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Rancho Bernardo Pumpkin Farm, part of San Diego's Pumpkin Station and Pinery group operating since 1999. This is one of the group's farm sites, on Highland Valley Road, with sunflower fields, a corn maze, tractor rides, and a petting zoo.

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Bernardo Winery hosts this certified market every Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in its lower parking lot at 13330 Paseo Del Verano Norte in San Diego. Vendors line up alongside the vineyard grounds selling fresh produce, pantry provisions, cut flowers, and food from local artisans. The winery's shops and tasting room stay open the same morning.

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Fluegge Egg Ranch has produced eggs in North San Diego County for 70 years, founded in 1956 by Walter and Lucy Fluegge and now spanning four generations of the family. The ranch supplies Southern California stores and restaurants and runs a farm stand at the corner of its Valley Center property on North Lake Wohlford Road, open Tuesday through Sunday with cartons, flats, and checks straight from the farm.