A lot of folks are wondering if New York’s annual traditional of picking apples in bucolic orchards among the fiery fall leaves and baked cider donuts is a safe activity for 2020. EscapeMaker founder & CEO Caylin Sanders joined Heritage Radio Network to answer that question. YES!
Supporting local farms and farmers is so important right now, so as long as proper precautions (Wear a mask! Wash your hands! Social distance!) are taken, apple picking is officially on for this season. Check out the podcast below for details on these questions and then continue down for a list of apple orchards across New York State.
Heritage Radio Network’s The Big Food Question: Is it Safe to Go Apple Picking?
U-PICK FARMS IN NEW YORK STATE
Please note that hours, offerings and closures may vary, so we recommend checking out orchards on social media and calling ahead to confirm availability.
1-2 Hrs from NYC:
- Outhouse Orchards (Salem, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Harvest Moon Farm & Orchard (Salem, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Stuarts Farm (Granite Springs, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Wilkins Fruit & Fir Farm (Yorktown Heights, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Orchards of Concklin (Pomona, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Kelder’s Farm (Kerhonksen, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Woodside Orchards (Aquebogue, NY in Long Island)
2-4 Hrs from NYC:
- Barton Orchards (Poughquag, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Stone Ridge Orchard (Stone Ridge, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Cedar Heights Orchard (Rhinebeck, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Mead Orchards (Tivoli, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Montgomery Place Orchards (Red Hook, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Rose Hill Farm (Red Hook, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Prospect Hill Orchards (Milton, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Greig Farm (Red Hook, NY in the Hudson Valley)
- Roger’s Family Orchard (Johnston, NY in Central New York)
- Bellinger’s Apple Orchard (Fultonville, NY in Central New York)
- Sand Flats Orchard (Fonda, NY in Central New York)
- Terrace Mountain Orchards (Schoharie, NY in Central New York)
- Indian Ladder Farms (Altamont, NY in the Capital-Saratoga Region)
- Boehm Farm (Climax, NY in the Catskills)
- Fly Creek Cider Mill & Orchard (Fly Creek, NY in Central New York)
4 – 5 hrs from NYC:
- Old McMarley’s Apple Farm (Clinton, NY in Central New York)
- Middlefield Orchard (Cooperstown, NY in Central New York)
- Littletree Orchards (Newfield, NY in the Ithaca/Finger Lakes Region)
- Indian Creek Farm (Trumansburg, NY in the Ithaca/Finger Lakes Region)
- Rulfs Orchard (Peru, NY in the Adirondacks)
- Behling Orchards (Mexico, NY in the Thousand Islands-Seaway Region)
5+ hrs from NYC:
- Whittier Apple Farm (Blockville, NY in the Chautauqua-Allegheny Region)
- The Apple Farm (Victor, NY in the Finger Lakes)
- Becker Farms & Vizcarra Vineyards (Gasport, NY in the Greater Niagara Region)
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