Long Island farms for apple picking in 2025
You don't have to go very far to pick the fresh apples that will make up this year's abundant autumn harvest at Long Island locations. Just in time for fall, hundreds of orchard acres are ripe for the picking and offer a variety of apples including: Granny Smith, Macoun, Red and Yellow Delicious, Honeycrisp, Rome and more. Bring a bag or two and fill to your heart's content.
Hank's Pumpkintown
240 Montauk Hwy., Water Mill; 631-726-4667, hankspumpkintown.com
- Hours 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends and holidays Sept. 6 through Oct. 31.
- Varieties McIntosh, Macoun, Jonagold, Honeycrisp, Empire, Gala, Fuji, Cameo, Mutsu, Suncrisp, Cortland and SnowSweet. Local apple cider and hard cider are also for sale.
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Price $35 for a 1-peck bag.
Harbes Farms Jamesport
1223 Main Rd., Jamesport; 631-494-4796, harbesfamilyfarm.com
Go apple picking and stop at the farm stand for homemade pies at Harbes Family Farm in Jamesport. Credit: Randee Daddona
- Hours 9 a.m.-6 p.m. weekends and holidaysthrough Oct. 26.
- Varieties Honeycrisp only.
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Price Starts at $24 per person to enter the farm; includes a 3-pound bag of apples.
Harbes Orchard
5698 Sound Ave., Riverhead; 631-683-8388, harbesorchard.com
Audrey Erazo, 10 months, and her mother, Jessly, of Huntington, on the Apple Express at Harbes Orchard. Credit: Elizabeth Sagarin
- Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturdays-Sundays and holidays through Nov. 2.
- Varieties Honeycrisp, Jonagold, Fuji, Cameo, Aztec Rose Fuji, Suncrisp, Enterprise, Maslin Pink Lady, Gala and Shizuka (golden, large, similar to Mutsu) and more.
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Price Starting $19 weekdays; starting $26 weekends and holidays to enter the farm includes a 3-pound bag of apples.
Hayden's Orchard
561 Hulse Landing Rd., Wading River; 631-886-1280
- Hours 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays Aug. 30 through Oct. 31.
- Varieties Cortland, McIntosh, Fuji, Honeycrisp and Gala.
- Price $3 per pound.
Lewin Farms
Fresh Pond Avenue, Calverton; 631-929-4327, lewinfarm.com
Gracie DiPalo, 17, of Manorville, finds a good apple at Lewin Farms. Credit: Morgan Campbell
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Hours 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily except Tuesdays, through end of October.
- Varieties Gala, Cortland, Empire, Granny Smith, Yellow Delicious, Red Delicious, Honeycrisp, Rome, Macoun, Mutsu and Fuji.
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Price $2.25 per pound, no minimum purchase required. Bags are provided.
Milk Pail
50 Horsemill Lane, Water Mill; 631-537-2565, milk-pail.com
Jason and Melissa Kilgariff, of East Hampton, enjoy apple picking at Milk Pail in Water Mill in October 2023. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.
- Hours 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Fridays-Sundays and holidaysthrough October.
- Varieties McIntosh, Jonamac, Gala, Honeycrisp, Empire, Jonagold, Mutsu, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap, Idared, Fuji, Braeburn, Granny Smith, Gold Rush, Pink Lady and more. Farm stand sells fresh-pressed apple cider and apple cider doughnuts.
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Price Starting at cash price of $54 for a large bag (20 pounds).
Seven Ponds Orchard
65 Seven Ponds Rd., Water Mill; 631-726-8015
Lorenzo Thornhill, and his father, Alonzo Thornhill, of Toronto, Canada, pick apples at Seven Ponds Orchard in Water Mill. Credit: Gordon M. Grant
- Hours 9 a.m.-6 p.m. daily through November.
- Varieties Ginger Gold, Gala, Honeycrisp, Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Cameo, Fuji, Granny Smith, Ambrosia, Royal Red Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Zestar, Crimson Crisp, Snow Sweet and Jonagold. Apple cider, apple cider doughnuts and roasted corn also for sale.
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Price Starting at $19.99 for a half-peck bag.
Wickham's Fruit Farm
28700 Rte. 25, Cutchogue; 631-734-6441, wickhamsfruitfarm.com
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Hours 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays for u-pick with wagon ride when crop permitsthrough Columbus Day.
- Varieties Ginger Gold, Gala, Cortland, Mutsu, Fuji, Jonagold, Razor, Winesap, Cameo, Empire, Snap Dragon, Ruby Frost, Ambrosia and Pink Lady. Farm stand sells fresh-pressed apple cider, apple cider doughnuts and fresh-baked pies.
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Price Starting at $60 for a half-bushel bag.
Windy Acres Farm
3810 Middle Country Rd., Calverton; 631-727-4554
Juan Cabrera, 21, and his sister, Yesenia, fill a basket to the brim with apples at Windy Acres Farm. Credit: Elizabeth Sagarin
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Hours 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. weekends through Oct. 31.
- Varieties McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Mutsu and Granny Smith. Farm stand sells local apple cider.
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Price Starting at $18 ages 2 and older; includes quarter-peck bag.
Woodside Orchards
729 Main Rd. (Route 25), Aquebogue; 631-722-5770, woodsideorchards.com
Cider doughnuts made in the tasting room at Woodside Orchards in Aquebogue . Credit: Randee Daddona
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Hours 11:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays-Tuesdays and Thursdays-Fridays Sept. 22 through October; last u-pick entry at 5 p.m. Closed Wednesdays. On weekends, no picking on the weekends at this location, but tasting room is open.
- Varieties Mutsu, Ida Red, Gala and Red Delicious. Cider doughnuts and hard cider tastings, too. Farm stand sells fresh-pressed apple cider, pies, apple breads, candy and caramel apples through November.
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Price $20 for 11- to 12-pound bag; one bag minimum for groups of six or smaller.
Woodside Orchards
116 Manor Lane, Jamesport; 631-722-5770, woodsideorchards.com
- Hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends and holidays Sept. 20 through October while supplies last; last u-pick entry at 4:30 p.m. Farm stand sells fresh-pressed cider, cider doughnuts, pies, apple breads, candy and caramel apples and hard cider tastings.
- Varieties Two varieties of the 28 grown available for picking every weekend might include Empire, Rome, Cortland, Jonamac or Jonagold.
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Price $20 for 11- to 12-pound bag; one bag minimum for groups of six or smaller.
