Orchards in New Hampshire

Alyson's Orchard

Walpole, NH

Alyson's Orchard spreads across 350 acres above the Connecticut River in Walpole, growing apples plus pick-your-own blueberries and raspberries. The property doubles as an event venue, hosting weddings and reunions in a post-and-beam hall with lodging in a restored 1860s farmhouse and a rustic lodge. Guests can swim and fish the pond, and the farm sells mulch and handmade wooden picnic tables.

Applecrest Farm Orchards

Hampton Falls, NH

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.

Appleview Orchard

Pittsfield, NH

Appleview Orchard on Upper City Road in Pittsfield grows apples for pick-your-own and scoops Richardson's Farm ice cream in homemade waffle cones. The farm sells fresh-pressed cider, baked goods and apple crisp in season, plus local treats and gifts in its country gift shop. It looks out over the hills of the Suncook Valley.

Birchwood Orchard

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.

Cardigan Mountain Orchard

Alexandria, NH

Cardigan Mountain Orchard sits on Mount Cardigan Road in Alexandria, at the edge of New Hampshire's Newfound Lake region below the peak it's named for. Its former website is no longer active, so current apple varieties, pick-your-own status, and hours can't be verified online. Call ahead before driving out to confirm the orchard is still open to visitors.

Carter Hill Orchard

Concord, NH

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.

Currier Orchards

Merrimack, NH

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.

Elwood Orchards

Londonderry, NH

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.

Hackleboro Orchards

Canterbury, NH

Hackleboro Orchards is an apple orchard on Orchard Road in Canterbury, north of Concord. Orchards in this part of New Hampshire open for the fall harvest, roughly September into October, selling apples and often cider straight from the farm.

Hackleboro Orchards

Canterbury, NH

Hackleboro Orchards is a longtime apple orchard on Orchard Road in Canterbury, north of Concord. New Hampshire apple season opens around Labor Day and runs through October, when hill orchards like this one open their rows for picking. The farm's former website is no longer active, so check locally or by phone for varieties and picking hours.

Hatches Orchard -

Center Conway, NH

Pick-your-own apples and pumpkins on Brownfield Road, family-run since 1972 and billed as the only U-pick orchard in the Conway area. The orchard uses low-spray growing and opens weekends and holidays from Labor Day through Columbus Day, 10am to 4pm. Leashed dogs are welcome and parking sits on site. It's a short drive from the Maine border in the Mount Washington Valley.

Hazelton Orchards

Chester, NH

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.

Holt Brothers Orchards

Lyndeborough, NH

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.

Mapadot Orchard

New Boston, NH

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.

McLeod Bros. Orchards

Milford, NH

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.

McLeod Bros. Orchards

Milford, NH

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.

Mount Pleasant Orchard

Grafton, NH

Mount Pleasant Orchard grows apples on Sargent Hill Road in Grafton, a hill town between the Lakes Region and the Upper Valley. Orchards at this elevation ripen a little later, with picking usually opening in September. No active website for the farm turned up, so check locally for varieties and picking hours.

Norway Hill Orchard -

Hancock, NH

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.

Paradise Farm NH

Lyndeborough, NH

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.

Patch Orchards

Lebanon, NH

Patch Orchards has grown apples at 40 Patch Road in Lebanon since 1775, with Honeycrisp, Fuji, Gala and other varieties for pick-your-own each fall. The farmstand also sells cider, maple syrup, pumpkins, sweet corn, honey and maple soft serve, plus a tasting room and a corn maze. Patch apples reach regional grocers including the Co-op, Shaw's, Price Chopper and Hannaford. The farm sits in the Upper Valley near the Vermont line.

Poverty Lane Orchards

Lebanon, NH

Poverty Lane Orchards and its Farnum Hill Ciders label have grown apples in Lebanon since 1965, run by Louisa Spencer and Stephen Wood. The orchard specializes in old-world cider varieties rather than dessert apples, and the cidery sells hard cider and growler fills. Some heirloom cider trees crop only every other year, so what's available shifts season to season.

Smith Orchard

Belmont, NH

Smith Orchard grows apples in Belmont, in New Hampshire's Lakes Region. Orchards here open for the fall harvest, roughly September into October, selling apples and often cider from the farm.

Washburn’s Windy Hill Orchard

Greenville, NH

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.

Windy Ridge Orchard and Christmas Tree Farm

North Haverhill, NH

Windy Ridge Orchard in North Haverhill grows apples and blueberries for pick-your-own and runs a cider house cafe, a gift shop and cut-your-own Christmas trees. The farm sits in the Connecticut River valley of the North Country and takes cash or check only. Call ahead for picking conditions and cafe hours.

Alyson's Orchard

Walpole, NH

Gould Hill Orchards

Hopkinton, NH

Hatches Orchard

Center Conway, NH

Old Orchard farm, LLC

Madbury, NH

Patch Orchards

Lebanon, NH