Orchards near Litchfield, NH

Londonderry

Elwood Orchards, a family-owned orchard on Elwood Road in Londonderry, has closed permanently, according to its own website. The listing here reflects the former pick-your-own farm in southern New Hampshire's Merrimack Valley. Other Londonderry orchards nearby still run seasonal apple picking for anyone in the area.

Merrimack

Currier Orchards offers pick-your-own apples in Merrimack, growing McIntosh, Cortland, Honeycrisp, Macoun, Gala, and more. The farm presses unpasteurized cider and runs a stand with jam, jelly, syrup, donuts, and baked goods, plus peaches, squash, and pumpkins as they ripen. Merrimack sits in southern New Hampshire between Nashua and Manchester, an easy drive for pick-your-own crowds.

Chester

Pick-your-own apples run across a dozen varieties at this Chester orchard on Harantis Lake Road, alongside more than a dozen kinds of peaches and nectarines. The farm stand sells fresh vegetables, pumpkins, jellies and jams, frozen foods, syrup mixes, plus candles and soaps, with picnic areas set among the trees. Hazelton posts what's in season and current picking hours to its Facebook page, the best place to check before driving out.

Groton

Autumn Hills Orchard has been family-run since 1945, and the orchard now carries more than 25 apple varieties alongside peaches, pears, plums, and newer raspberry and blueberry plantings. It's a fruit farm first — no corn maze or petting zoo — open Wednesday through Sunday, 10am to 4pm. The orchard posts picking updates on Instagram and Facebook through the season.

Milford

McLeod Orchards has grown apples in Milford for about 80 years, selling pick-your-own fruit off North River Road each fall. The farm also runs a Harvest Subscription, a CSA that packs fresh fruit and vegetables through the season. Apples come off the tree and go straight to the stand.

Milford

McLeod's Orchards on North River Road in Milford grows apples for pick-your-own and runs a farm stand, plus a harvest CSA subscription of fresh fruit and vegetables. The stand and PYO close once apple season wraps for the year, so the farm's Facebook and Instagram carry current openings. It sits in the Souhegan River valley of southern New Hampshire.

Groton

Storybook Orchard is a fruit orchard in Groton, Massachusetts, part of a stretch of orchard country along the Nashua River that includes several long-established apple growers nearby. Specific details on its crops and hours are thin online — the operation's Instagram, @storybookorchard, is the more current source for what's picked and available week to week.

Westford

Westford

Lyndeborough

Holt Brothers Orchards grows apples on Center Road in Lyndeborough, a hill town in the Souhegan Valley of southern New Hampshire. Local apple picking generally runs from early September into October. No active website turned up, so check locally for the varieties Holt Brothers grows and its picking hours.

New Boston

Mapadot Orchard is a small orchard on Valley View Lane in New Boston, in the hills of southern New Hampshire's Hillsborough County. Its fruit varieties and pick-your-own schedule aren't posted online; contact the orchard directly for what's ripe and when to visit.

Harvard

Doe Orchards farms 60 acres in Harvard growing apples, blueberries, vegetables, sunflowers, and Christmas trees, with pick-your-own and a farm stand as the main draw — no admission charge, no extra fees for wandering the rows. Current summer hours run Tuesday through Saturday, 9am to 4pm, with raspberries and blueberries ready for picking as of this season.

Lyndeborough

Paradise Farm in Lyndeborough is a quintessential New England hilltop farm that Adrienne and Wayne have shaped since 2002 — apple, pear, and peach orchards for PYO, berry rows, Christmas trees, and pastures with Scottish Highland cattle, goats, sheep, pigs, and chickens. The farm sells USDA-certified 100% Highlander grass-fed beef, all-natural chicken, heritage turkeys, duck eggs, goat milk products, and honey — call to visit the store anytime, year-round.

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Greenville

Washburn's Windy Hill Orchard opens for pick-your-own apples each September and October, with more than 700 trees on Mason Road in Greenville. The farm also cuts a five-acre corn maze, grows a pumpkin patch, and fries apple cider donuts it bills as the best in New Hampshire. Free weekend hayrides, farm animals, and a gift shop stocking local maple syrup and honey round out the fall season.

Birchwood Orchard is an apple orchard on Old Turnpike Road (Route 124) in Mason, a hill town in New Hampshire's southwest corner. Orchards up this way open picking around Labor Day and run through October. A farm website appears to be under construction but isn't live yet, so check locally for the varieties on offer and current picking hours.

Harvard

Carlson Orchards has grown apples on this Harvard property since 1936, and the family operation now runs a hard cider taproom alongside its farm stand, pouring the full current lineup of Carlson-made ciders. It's a working orchard first, with the taproom giving visitors a reason to stick around after the apple bags are packed. The farm store stays open through the harvest season, with cider and fresh fruit sold daily.

Harvard

Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio in Harvard is one of New England's few certified organic pick-your-own orchards — saved and reshaped by sculptor Linda Hoffman, who pairs apples and PYO blueberries and raspberries with an annual outdoor sculpture exhibit, poetry, and Zen meditation events. The self-serve farmstand carries fruit jams, honey, herbal tea, and calendula oil under the philosophy "Feed the Soil, Heal the Earth."

Lunenburg

Lunenburg

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North Andover

Smolak Farms in North Andover is a working farm that has combined agriculture, education, and entertainment for 50 years under Michael Smolak's stewardship. Pick your own apples, blueberries, and peaches, browse the well-stocked farm stand and on-site bakery, bring kids to the playground and animal viewing area, or book the farm's signature Whim farm-to-table dinners, weddings, and the annual Blueberry Festival.

Stow

Known locally as Derby Ridge Farm, this fifth-generation Stow orchard grows more than 30 varieties of apples plus peaches and pears across 75-plus acres, and presses its own unpasteurized cider. Pumpkins and Christmas trees fill out the fall and winter seasons, with honey and jam stocked at the farm stand.

Stow

Carver Hill Orchard grows blueberries, peaches, and apples on Brookside Avenue in Stow, with cider donuts drawing as much of a following as the fruit itself. It's open Tuesday through Sunday during the summer season, 9am to 5pm, with picking hours shifting as each crop comes ready. Call ahead for what's currently ripe before making the drive.

Concord

Carter Hill Orchard grows apples, peaches, plums, blueberries, and pumpkins on the hills west of Concord, with pick-your-own apples and blueberries in season. The farm presses its own cider and boils maple syrup, and its bakery turns out cider donuts, whoopie pies, and pies. A country store sells farm-grown vegetables. The orchard is a longtime Concord fall destination.

Lancaster

Apple Lane Orchard grows heritage apples, including Cortland, McIntosh, and Gravenstein trees planted since the Flint family founded the orchard in the early 1800s. Current owner Dayna Gant, who took over in 2000, runs it as a pick-your-own orchard alongside a Dutch sport horse operation on the same hilltop property in rural Lancaster.

Stow

Honeypot Hill Orchard is on Sudbury Road in Stow, in the apple country that runs through Bolton and Harvard along Route 117. The orchard's own website returned no content, and no independent listing confirms current hours or varieties.

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South Lancaster

The Siver family has run George Hill Orchards since 1974, growing blueberries, peaches, nectarines, apples, and pumpkins for pick-your-own across central Massachusetts. School groups come for the Apple Tree Theater and the Tree-mendous Maze; everyone else comes for the fruit. The farm stays open Sunday and Wednesday through Friday, with self-serve hours extending into the evening, and closes entirely on Saturdays.

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West Newbury

Long Hill Orchards sits on Route 113 in West Newbury, in the same Merrimack Valley apple country as nearby Maple Crest Farm. Its old web domain no longer resolves, and no listing confirms current varieties or hours.

West Newbury

Hancock

A family-run orchard on Duncan Road in Hancock, growing apples for pick-your-own and a seasonal farm stand. McIntosh and Cortland are the mainstays. The orchard sits off routes 202 and 123, reachable by Forest Road or Norway Hill Road. Contact details are thin online, but the pick-your-own listings confirm it's still going.

Amesbury

Cider Hill Farm in Amesbury, Massachusetts welcomes all to create and share memories — exploring the orchards, picking peaches and apples, cutting flowers, and eating the farm's famous apple cider donuts fresh from the farm store.