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🍎🍏Your Go to Guide for Apple picking near Essex County NJ!🍎🍏

By Jessica Kline, Publisher and Editor Macaroni Kid Clifton-Montclair September 5, 2024

Harvest dates listed may vary depending on weather conditions and the geographic location of the farm. Call ahead to avoid disappointment. In NJ, apple-picking season runs beginning of September - the end of October. Hello, Fall!



Alstede Farms
Check Facebook for updates
908-879-7189
Chester

  • Publisher note: Curious about what type of apples (and other fruits/veggies) are ripe to pick? Check here.

Demarest Farm
Check Facebook for updates

201-666-0472
Hillsdale

  • Publisher note: Free hayrides, petting zoos, playgrounds, and more.

Long Meadow Farm
Check Facebook for updates
908-459-5351
Hope

Orts Farm
Check Facebook for updates (they close on occasion until things are ripe)
908-876-3351
Long Valley

  • Publisher note: PYO pumpkins, corn maze, hay rides, apple cannon and pony rides too!

Riamede Farm
Check Facebook for updates
908-879-7762
Chester

  • Publisher note: Curious what type of apples are ripe to pick? Check here.

Sun High Orchards
Check Facebook for updates
973-584-4734
Randolph

Wightman's Farms
Check Facebook for updates
973-425-9819
Morristown

Not sure what to do with all of those apples? Check out how to make apple pie in a paper bag here or applesauce here!


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