Produce Farms near Seneca Falls, NY

Seneca Falls

Seneca Falls

Shuster's grows pick-your-own strawberries on Route 89 in Seneca Falls, along the Cayuga Lake side of the Finger Lakes. The family operation, registered as P&K Shuster Farms, focuses on June-bearing strawberries picked by the quart during the few weeks they peak. Route 89 is a well-traveled lake road, making the patch an easy stop. Selection is strawberry-season only, so timing matters.

Auburn

Ruwet Berry Scary Acres works both ends of the season in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes' Cayuga County. Summer brings pick-your-own berries; fall turns the property into Scary Acres, a haunted attraction. Online details are limited, so confirm picking conditions and haunt dates before heading over. The farm sits near downtown Auburn, north of Owasco Lake.

Auburn

Strawberry Fields U-Pick lets you pick your own strawberries on East Genesee Street Road in Auburn, in the Finger Lakes. Strawberry picking here runs a short window, usually from mid-June into early July depending on the spring. Call ahead before driving out; berry fields open and close day to day with the weather and what's ripe. Cayuga County farmland surrounds the site.

Penn Yan

Seneca Breeze Berries grows berries on Earls Hill Road outside Penn Yan, in the Yates County countryside between Keuka and Seneca Lakes. The Finger Lakes berry season runs from June strawberries into late-summer raspberries and blueberries.

Ovid

Clifton Springs

ACMME Blueberries, part of Embers Rising Farm, opens organic blueberries for pick-your-own on La Rue Road in Clifton Springs, in the Finger Lakes' Ontario County. The berries ripen from July into August; bring reusable containers. The same farm sells Christmas trees once winter arrives, so it runs on two seasonal poles. Call (315) 462-9220 to confirm the patch is open and picking well.

Penn Yan

Hoover's U-Pick Blueberries opens its bushes for pick-your-own on Baldwin Road in Penn Yan, at the head of Keuka Lake in Yates County. Blueberry picking here runs through midsummer, from mid-July into August, when the Finger Lakes crop comes ripe. Bring your own containers for u-pick.

Cato

Stevers Berry Harvest Farm offers pick-your-own berries on White Cemetery Road in Cato, north of Auburn in Cayuga County. This flat, fertile country between Lake Ontario and the Finger Lakes grows strawberries and other summer berries. Exact picking days depend on the season and aren't posted online.

Cato

Penn Yan

Sugar Shack Blueberry Farm opens roughly 17,000 pesticide-free blueberry bushes for pick-your-own on East Swamp Road in Penn Yan, in the Finger Lakes. The farm also grows raspberries and taps its own maple syrup, and has run for about two decades. Picking generally happens Monday through Saturday during the mid-to-late summer blueberry season. Call 585-526-5442 to confirm ripeness and hours before driving out.

Cato

Baldwinsville

Hencles Berry Patch is a pick-your-own berry farm on Perry Road in Baldwinsville, northwest of Syracuse in Onondaga County. The patch focuses on seasonal berries, typically strawberries in June and other summer fruit as it ripens. Central New York's berry season runs short and weather-dependent. Call ahead or check locally for daily picking conditions, since patches open and close with the crop.

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.

Shortsville