Mills Apple Farm
✓ 2026 confirmed📍 Marine, Illinois
🍎 Apple picking🎄 Christmas trees🎃 Pumpkin patch🧺 Farm stand🍯 Honey🥬 Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | The season usually starts in August when the fruit is ready. The farm also sells at the Goshen Market in Edwardsville, whose regular season began May 9, on the streets north and east of the public library, moving back to St. Louis Street for 2027. |
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| Farm food | 🧺 Farm stand 🍯 Honey 🥬 Produce |
| How to buy | Illinois MarketMaker, the find-a-farm directory the Illinois Department of Agriculture points to, lists these ways to buy direct: on-farm sales, U-pick, selling at farmers markets. Products as published in that directory: Apples, Baked Goods, Christmas Trees, Evergreen Trees, Fruit, Honey, Honey & Honey Products, Jam, Jelly & Preserves, Nursery & Horticulture Products, Pumpkins, Vegetables, Wagon / Sleigh Rides. The farm describes itself this way in its directory profile: Mills Apple Farm is a pick-your-own peach and apple orchard with wagon rides to the orchard. We sell pies & cookies, made from scratch in our on-farm bakery. Cider donuts, too. We offer weekday tours for school children about cider making and how apples grow. Pumpkin picking and Christmas trees in season. Dance pavilion, evening hayrides, family and company outings, weddings and wedding receptions, birthday parties, picnics, farm machinery museum and farm animals. Located twenty miles northeast of St. Louis, MO. Three miles northeast of Marine. See map on website. We sell at the Land of Goshen Community Market in Edwardsville. |
| Practices, in the farm's own words | USDA organic |
| Tillage & soil | This farm has not published how it works its soil, so we are not going to guess. If you farm here, tell us and we will add it. See the farms that do say. |
| Prices | Pies are currently $20, with a crust top instead of crumb or a sugar free filling on request. |
| Good to know | The directory lists these on site: restrooms, wheelchair accessible, picnic area, playground, petting zoo. Open for the 2026 season Tuesday to Saturday 1pm to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 5pm, closed Mondays and Thanksgiving Day, and closing for the season at noon on December 24. Hours change as the season goes on. Dogs on a lead and under control are welcome, and a tractor runs to the orchard at weekends. |
| Farmers markets | Land of Goshen Community Market (Sat 8am-12pm) ⚠️ 2025 schedule, not yet updated for 2026 |
| Address | 11477 Pocahontas Road, Marine, IL 62061 |
Before you go
The questions farms get asked on the phone, answered from what this farm published itself. Anything it does not publish is left out rather than guessed.
- Does parking cost anything?
- free "Just a note: the parking is free, the play area is"
- When do the hayrides run?
- "Please note: Tractor rides to the orchard are available on weekends"
- Is there food to buy?
- Food on site "storage, a fruit processing line, and later a bakery. The snack bar"
Verification
Last verified 2026-09-10 against these sources:
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/business/bus-81EE2B58
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=701432&directory_type=onfarmmarket
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_onfarmmarket/
Seasons move with the weather. Check the farm's site or socials before visiting, and tell us if anything here looks out of date.