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Mapping Apple-Picking Orchards Not Too Far from Boston

By Tom Acitelli
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By Tom Acitelli
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'Tis suddenly fall and one fall activity that just screams New England is apple-picking. But where to do it in our go-go urban area? Simple: Outside of said urban area. Herewith is a map of several orchard options within a short car or train ride from Boston proper and even shorter from some of the surrounding cities (all are in eastern Mass.). Check the websites for the costs of plucking your own fruit; and rest assured that at least two of these options are wineries as well.


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Honey Pot Hill Orchards

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Blueberries as well as apples ripe for picking; and their store carries a variety of fruits and ciders.

144 Sudbury Road, Stow, MA 01775
(978) 562-5666
(978) 562-5666

Russell Orchards

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This one's a winery, too! It's past time for picking the orchard's berries; but apples are ripe for the plucking. And it's a winery!

143 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA 01938

Brooksby Farm

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Apple-picking has just started here, though it's too late for berries (except maybe raspberries).

38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA 01960

Shelburne Farm

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Apples as well as peaches (rare!) and pears are up for grabs right now. Pumpkins will be available starting next week.

106 West Acton Road, Stow, MA 01775

Smolak Farms

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The orchard includes a brand-new corn maze. Plums, apples and raspberries ripe for picking right now.

315 South Bradford Street, North Andover, MA 01845
(978) 682-6332
(978) 682-6332

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Sholan Farms

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It's apples, apple, apples here. And then, on every second Friday of the month, there's what the orchard calls a "Twilight Hike."

1125 Pleasant Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Tougas Family Farm

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You might still be able to get blueberries, peaches and nectarines here; but definitely apples.

234 Ball Street, Northborough, MA 01532
(508) 393-6406
(508) 393-6406

Nashoba Valley Winery

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Another winery-orchard hybrid, with tons more to do besides the hooch. Apple-picking just commenced.

100 Wattaquadock Hill Road, Bolton, MA 01740

Belkin Family Lookout Farm

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There are currently 10 apple varieties ripe of the picking at this farm, one of the oldest continuously tilled ones in the nation.

89 Pleasant Street, Natick, MA 01760

Doe Orchards

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Apple-picking is in full swing at this farm (peach-picking, too). And! They'll be cutting Christmas trees starting the Friday after Thanksgiving.

327 Ayer Road, Harvard, MA 01451

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Honey Pot Hill Orchards

144 Sudbury Road, Stow, MA 01775

Blueberries as well as apples ripe for picking; and their store carries a variety of fruits and ciders.

144 Sudbury Road, Stow, MA 01775
(978) 562-5666
(978) 562-5666

Russell Orchards

143 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA 01938

This one's a winery, too! It's past time for picking the orchard's berries; but apples are ripe for the plucking. And it's a winery!

143 Argilla Road, Ipswich, MA 01938

Brooksby Farm

38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA 01960

Apple-picking has just started here, though it's too late for berries (except maybe raspberries).

38 Felton Street, Peabody, MA 01960

Shelburne Farm

106 West Acton Road, Stow, MA 01775

Apples as well as peaches (rare!) and pears are up for grabs right now. Pumpkins will be available starting next week.

106 West Acton Road, Stow, MA 01775

Smolak Farms

315 South Bradford Street, North Andover, MA 01845

The orchard includes a brand-new corn maze. Plums, apples and raspberries ripe for picking right now.

315 South Bradford Street, North Andover, MA 01845
(978) 682-6332
(978) 682-6332

Sholan Farms

1125 Pleasant Street, Leominster, MA 01453

It's apples, apple, apples here. And then, on every second Friday of the month, there's what the orchard calls a "Twilight Hike."

1125 Pleasant Street, Leominster, MA 01453

Tougas Family Farm

234 Ball Street, Northborough, MA 01532

You might still be able to get blueberries, peaches and nectarines here; but definitely apples.

234 Ball Street, Northborough, MA 01532
(508) 393-6406
(508) 393-6406

Nashoba Valley Winery

100 Wattaquadock Hill Road, Bolton, MA 01740

Another winery-orchard hybrid, with tons more to do besides the hooch. Apple-picking just commenced.

100 Wattaquadock Hill Road, Bolton, MA 01740

Belkin Family Lookout Farm

89 Pleasant Street, Natick, MA 01760

There are currently 10 apple varieties ripe of the picking at this farm, one of the oldest continuously tilled ones in the nation.

89 Pleasant Street, Natick, MA 01760

Doe Orchards

327 Ayer Road, Harvard, MA 01451

Apple-picking is in full swing at this farm (peach-picking, too). And! They'll be cutting Christmas trees starting the Friday after Thanksgiving.

327 Ayer Road, Harvard, MA 01451