![]() 11783 Waterman Road, Waterman 81 Jonamac Orchard Free admission 1/4-peck bag $9 1-peck bag $30. Come for the barnyard pictures and stay for freshly pressed cider, fried-on-site apple cider doughnuts, caramel apples and a free children’s play area with a petting zoo and straw maze. This no-frills orchard just south of DeKalb features a barn from the 1880s converted into an apple barn complete with a crafting loft. “We strive to keep our orchard simple and more like an old-fashioned farm without all the commercial bells and whistles,” says Kathy Bock, owner of Honey Hill Orchard. (Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune) Honey Hill Orchard Īpples almost ready for picking at Heinz Orchard in Green Oaks in 2014. Check the website for hours and varieties available. Unfortunately, the lack of rain this year has limited the size of the apples and the dates and times the orchard will be open. ![]() Owner Anthony DeMoon says his orchard is the last of its kind - the lone you-pick orchard in Lake County. W632 Hafs Road, Genoa City, Wisconsin 26. Pick up items to prepare some of the orchard’s favorite recipes, which can be downloaded from its website. Its market features 50 varieties of apples, but its specialty is Honeycrisp. Just seven miles east of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Hafs Road Orchard strives to give visitors an old-fashioned experience. 42W813 Reinking Road, Pingree Grove 84 Hafs Road Orchard $17 per person (age 3 and older) weekdays $20 weekends $12 seniors. Just a tidy 50-mile jaunt northwest of Chicago, the orchard is open daily from 9 a.m. To help mitigate COVID-19 concerns, manager Emily Zoellick said they’ve set up several hand-washing stations and increased their staff to reduce lines and wait times. Goebbert’s has everything under the fall sun: An expansive apple orchard, pumpkin picking, a straw maze, a giant pumpkin slide and a haunted house just in time for spooky season. County Line Road, Hobart, Indiana 21 Īdvertisement Goebbert’s Pumpkin Patch and Apple Orchard $2 per person (includes you-pick bag) apples $1.79 per pound. Plus, the affordable pay-for-what-you-pick apple prices are hard to beat. 31, from picking sunflowers and pumpkins to getting lost in a corn maze. The Indiana farm is bursting with things to do until Oct. ![]() This year’s theme at County Line Orchard beckons visitors: “The barn doors are open.” To drive the point home, it asked local artists to paint barn doors with depictions of fall, and then put them on display throughout the property. If all that walking makes you thirsty, then Stone says AeppelTreow Winery & Distillery is next to his property. Up to 60 different apple varieties are available by the bag in Brightonwoods’ store. Bill Stone, the orchard’s owner/operator, grows more than 200 different varieties of apples, including many heirloom and modern types. You can’t pick apples off the trees at this Wisconsin orchard, but you can walk through the rows upon rows of them - and the more than 20 acres of woods that are adjacent to the orchard. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune) Brightonwoods Orchard Sylvania Ave., Sturtevant, Wisconsin 26 Ĭlaire Barten, left, 20, and Isabelle Florido, 19, pick apples in the orchard at Apple Holler, Oct. Minimum purchase of 1/4 peck bag for $20 per person. Elyse Flannery, one of several managers running the orchard, also pointed to their craft beer and hard cider biergarten, new this year - as is their apple cider slushie. The latter season lasts until late October or early November, depending on supply. Originally a dairy farm in the early 1900s, Apple Holler has evolved into a Wisconsin fall must-stop with hayrides, a quaint farm bakery, a lush forest of 150-year-old oak trees, and fields of pick-your-own peaches, pears and apples. 43133 Green Bay Road, Zion 84 Anderson Farm Orchard on Facebook. If that sounds like something you’d like to try, then call to preorder and bring cash or checks - no debit or credit cards are accepted. Owner Joan Anderson notes some customers buy the non-pasteurized brew to make apple wine at home. ![]() Almost to the Illinois-Wisconsin state line, this orchard makes its own fresh cider from a variety of apples each week.
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