Orchards near North Andover, MA

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.

West Newbury

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.

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.

Ipswich

Russell Orchards on Argilla Road in Ipswich runs a working orchard, farm stand, bakery, and winery under one roof. Pick-your-own rotates through the season — blackberries, blueberries, raspberries, and currants in summer, apples and cherry tomatoes by late August — while the Donut Hut sells cider donuts alongside wine flights and frozen sangria on weekends. There's a barnyard for kids and a full tasting room for everyone else.

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.

Westford

Westford

Harvard

Westward Orchards in Harvard runs a farm stand and pick-your-own operation through the whole season — strawberries and blueberries opening things up in June, apples and a pumpkin patch carrying through October. The farm also runs a CSA share program for customers who want produce delivered on a schedule rather than picked by hand. Vegetables round out the stand between fruit seasons.

Hampton Falls

Applecrest Farm Orchards in Hampton Falls is New Hampshire's largest apple orchard and one of America's oldest, farmed by the same family for four generations. Pick your own apples, blueberries, and more; browse the daily farm market with its own cold-storage apples, meats, cheeses, and local produce; and follow the smell of scratch-made pies, cider donuts, and the seasonal creamery.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Stow

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

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."