Pick your own apples
Six varieties across 36 numbered rows, with a guide at the gate telling you what's ripe and where. Wagons and picking poles are free to borrow.
Varieties & bag prices
Northfield, Minnesota · Open Aug 15 – Oct 25
Pick a good fall day. We'll take care of the rest.
U-pick apples on 36 rows, an 8-acre corn maze, hayrides every twenty minutes, and cider donuts fried in the Bakery Barn all day. Forty-five minutes south of the Twin Cities on I-35.
Weekdays are walk-up, no ticket needed. Weekends and Labor Day use timed entry so the parking lot and the hayride line stay sane.
Sunday, November 1
Today at the orchard
Open 9 am – 6 pmUpdated 7:40 am by Anna. We update this every morning before we unlock the gate, and again if the weather turns.
- Picking nowHoneycrisp (rows 10–21) & Haralson (rows 22–28)
- Corn mazeOpen · trails dry · last entry 5 pm
- Bakery BarnDonuts until 5 · hot cider all day
- HayridesEvery 20 min from the barn, 9:20 – 5:40
- Pumpkin patchOpen · wagons at the field gate
- ParkingLot A full by 11 most Saturdays · Lot B is a 3-minute walk
The 2026 season
Ten weekends. Six varieties. One very large maze.
Our season runs from the first Zestar! in mid-August to the last Fireside at the end of October. Here is what is coming up.
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days until opening day 2027
Season: Saturday, August 15 – Sunday, October 25, 2026
Tue–Fri 10–5 · Sat–Sun 9–6 · closed Mondays
Tue–Fri 10–5 · Sat–Sun 9–6 · closed Mondays
Festival weekends & special days
- Opening weekend — Zestar! and the first hayrides of the year
- Labor Day — open Monday 9–6 (the only Monday we open)
- Honeycrisp Weekend — live music 1–4, caramel-apple station
- Harvest Fest — pumpkin weigh-off, antique tractors, kettle corn
- Flashlight Maze — Fridays and Saturdays, 7–10 pm, separate ticket
- Last Call Weekend — half-price bags on whatever is left on the trees
Festival days are included in regular admission. Flashlight Maze nights are a separate $12 ticket — see Pumpkins & maze.
Picking now
What's on the trees this week
We open rows as each variety hits the right sugar and pressure numbers, not on a calendar. The status here matches the sign at the orchard gate. Picked-out rows are roped off; please don't duck under the rope — there is nothing good left in there.
Bags are $18 (half peck, about 6 lb), $30 (peck, about 12 lb) and $52 (half bushel, about 24 lb). Bag price includes orchard entry on weekdays. Full variety guide and picking tips.
| Variety | Ripe from | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Zestar! | Aug 15 | Picked out |
| SweeTango | Aug 29 | Picked out |
| Honeycrisp | Sep 19 | Picking now |
| Haralson | Oct 3 | Picking now |
| Regent | Oct 20 | Opens Tue Oct 20 |
| Fireside | Oct 22 | Opens Thu Oct 22 |
Things to do
A full day, start to finish
Most families stay three to four hours. Come in the morning if you want quiet rows; come after 2 if you want the music and the shortest donut line.
Pumpkin patch
Twelve acres of Howden, Cinderella and pie pumpkins, priced by size so you know the cost before you carry it. Hayride out, wagon back.
Pumpkins & prices8-acre corn maze
Three miles of trail cut into "The Great Bur Oak" design. A 20-minute short loop for little legs; 60–90 minutes if you do the whole thing.
Maze details & flashlight nightsHayrides
A 15-minute loop past the oldest trees, the beehives and the pumpkin field. Included on weekends; $4 on weekdays. Rides leave every 20 minutes.
Schedule & pricingBakery Barn
Cider donuts fried in small batches from open to 5, fresh-pressed cider, Haralson pie, caramel apples and a hot lunch window on weekends.
Menu & pre-ordersGroups & the Loft
School field trips Tuesday to Friday, birthday parties in the pavilion, and the Loft above the barn for weddings and company outings.
Book a group| Admission | Tue–Fri | Sat–Sun & Labor Day |
|---|---|---|
| Adult (13+) | $8 | $14 |
| Child (3–12) | $8 | $10 |
| Under 3 | Free | Free |
| Hayride | +$4 | Included |
| Corn maze | +$6 | Included |
| U-pick bag (half peck / peck / half bushel) | $18 / $30 / $52 | $18 / $30 / $52 |
Prices
No surprises at the gate
Weekday admission is $8 and covers the orchard, the playground, the goat yard and the pumpkin field. Weekend admission is $14 for adults and $10 for kids and includes the hayride and the maze, because on a Saturday that is what everyone is here for anyway.
Apples and pumpkins are extra and priced by bag or by size. Parking is free. We take cards everywhere, including the pumpkin field.
Getting here
45 minutes from Minneapolis, 20 from Faribault
11380 Hollow Oak Trail, Northfield, MN 55057. The last mile is gravel and well graded; a sedan is fine. GPS sometimes tries to send you in through the neighbor's driveway on 110th Street — if you see a blue mailbox and a dog, you've gone one road too far.
Buses and RVs: use the Lot B entrance (signed) and call ahead so we can leave a spot at the end row.
Saturdays sell out by Thursday in October.
Reserve a timed-entry slot now and walk straight in. Rain-day tickets move to any other day this season — no questions asked.