Royal Oak Farm Orchard
✓ 2026 confirmed📍 Harvard, Illinois
🍎 Apple picking🎃 Pumpkin patch🧺 Farm stand🍯 Honey🍁 Maple syrup🥬 Produce
| Season & 2026 dates | Open Monday to Thursday 10am-5pm and Friday to Sunday 10am-6pm. Raspberry u-pick begins July 10 for the 2026 season and typically runs through early September. Blossom Ridge at Royal Oak Farm is open for u-cut sunflowers for the 2026 season. |
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| Farm food | 🧺 Farm stand 🍯 Honey 🍁 Maple syrup 🥬 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, a farm or roadside stand, U-pick, selling at farmers markets, online ordering. Products as published in that directory: Ag Production Inputs, Apples, Baked Goods, Beverage Products, Candy & Confections, Cider, Crafts, Firewood, Fruit, Hay & Forage, Hayrides, Honey, Honey & Honey Products, Jam, Jam, Jelly & Preserves, Maple Syrup, Non-Alcoholic Beverages & Products, Straw, Syrups, Wagon / Sleigh Rides, Wood. The farm describes itself this way in its directory profile: Our u-pick apple orchard, located in Northern Illinois near the Wisconsin state line, offers family fun & entertainment in a beautiful 120 acre setting from mid-August through mid-November. We have over 16,000 apple trees and over 30 varieties of apples with new varieties being planted each spring. We also grow pumpkins, giant pumpkins, gourds and winter squash. And we have the country's first apple tree maze, Amaze 'N Apples, where you can wonder through 1.5 miles of trails with 9 varieties of apples! Or stop by and visit our Bakery for our fresh apple cider donuts and purchase a nice gift for a friend or family member from our Country Market gift shop. |
| 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 | $12 per person. Raspberries are $8 a pint. |
| Good to know | The directory lists these on site: picnic area, playground, petting zoo, gift shop. Apple Picking Open Daily. |
| Address | 15908 Hebron Rd., Harvard, IL 60033 |
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.
- What sort of hayride is it?
- tractor-drawn "Apple picking and maze admission close one hour before the farm closes . Feel free to bring wagons and strollers to explore the orchard, just note they aren't allowed on..."
Verification
Last verified 2026-09-12 against these sources:
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/business/bus-7FCC3FE1
- il.foodmarketmaker.com · https://il.foodmarketmaker.com/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=700555&directory_type=onfarmmarket
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_onfarmmarket/
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/flisting?lid=7608&directory_type=agritourism
- usdalocalfoodportal.com · https://www.usdalocalfoodportal.com/fe/fdirectory_agritourism/
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