Apple Picking Near Washington DC 2026

We list 16 verified apple picking farms within 75 miles of downtown Washington DC. 10 have 2026 dates confirmed from their own site or an official directory, and 6 publish a price. The closest is Doc Waters Cidery in Germantown, about 22 miles northwest of downtown. The cheapest figure printed is "Summer apples $1.99/lb plus admission" at Great Country Farms.

✓ 16 farms verified · updated September 13, 2026 · every listing links to the page we read it on

16apple picking farms near Washington DC we track
10confirmed operating in 2026
6with published prices
16 · 13 · 13Apple picking · Produce · Farm stand

Compare them side by side

All 16, nearest first. Distances are straight line from the middle of the city, so your drive will be a little longer. Dates and prices are the farm's own published words, and a blank means the farm has not published it.

FarmFrom downtown2026 datesAdmission or priceActivitiesBest for
Doc Waters Cidery
Germantown, MD
22 mi northwest The cidery says apple picking will be back in late August 2026. Apple Picking Update... Not published Apple picking, Produce Apple picking
Gaver Farm, LLC
Mount Airy, MD
36 mi north The Fall Fun Fest runs September 4 to November 1, 2026, 10am to 6pm, with a Sunflower... Not published Christmas trees, Corn maze, Apple picking A whole afternoon
Weber's Cider Mill Farm, Inc.
Parkville, MD
42 mi northeast Not published Not published Apple picking, Berry picking, Pumpkin patch A whole afternoon
Great Country Farms
Bluemont, VA
45 mi west 2026 sunflower peak listed July 11-26, may extend into August. Summer apples now picking... General admission $10-$18 per person per visit. Sunflowers $1 per bloom plus... Sunflowers, Tulips, Berry picking Bringing the dog
The Farm at the Pines: Grass Fed Beef
Keymar, MD
47 mi north Not published Not published Apple picking, Farm stand Apple picking
Hollin Farms
Delaplane, VA
50 mi west Farm says it is open from late May through October. Peaches start at the end of June and... Prices the farm posted on Monday, August 24th, 2026: pick your own apples... Apple picking, Produce Knowing the cost first
Moose Apple Christmas Tree Farm
Berryville, VA
50 mi west Not published Not published Apple picking, Christmas trees Apple picking
Hartland Orchard
Markham, VA
52 mi west Peach picking late June, July and August; currently open weekdays 9am-2pm. Apples in... Red Haven peaches $25 a peck. Apple picking, Berry picking, Pumpkin patch A whole afternoon
Catoctin Mt. Orchard
Thurmont, MD
53 mi northwest The orchard publishes a 2026 season update: no sweet cherry picking and no sour cherry... There is an entrance fee of $3 per person to enter the pick your own apple... Apple picking, Berry picking, Farm stand Younger children
Gardenhour Orchards, Inc.
Smithsburg, MD
57 mi northwest Not published Not published Apple picking, Berry picking, Farm stand Apple picking
Lohr's Orchard
Churchville, MD
62 mi northeast Not published Not published Apple picking, Berry picking, Farm stand Taking food home too
Orr's Farm Market
Martinsburg, WV
65 mi northwest The farm's own 2026 events list gives a fall season of September 12th to November 9th... Not published Apple picking, Berry picking, Farm stand Taking food home too
Maple Lawn Farms
New Park, PA
65 mi northeast 9th Sunflower Festival Aug 1-2 & 8-9, 2026 (Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5); 185,000+ sunflowers on 8... Gate $19 adult/$15 youth, under 3 free (online discounts); incl. wagon ride + 1... Sunflowers, Lavender, Apple picking A whole afternoon
Boyer Nurseries and Orchards
Biglerville, PA
71 mi north U-pick apples for 2026 begin September 1. U-pick blueberries and cherries were finished... Not published Apple picking, Berry picking, Farm stand Apple picking
Hollabaugh Bros. Fruit Farm and Market
Biglerville, PA
72 mi north Market open Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm. Pick your own apples runs in... Festivals are free to attend, with a $5 parking fee that benefits volunteer... Apple picking, Berry picking, Cut-your-own bouquets A whole afternoon
Family Tree Farm
Red Lion, PA
72 mi north Summer stand at 4802 Dairy Road runs July-September. October brings Family Fun Weekends... Not published Corn maze, Pumpkin patch, Apple picking A whole afternoon

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Doc Waters Cidery

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Germantown, MD · 22 mi northwest

🍎 Apple picking🥬 Produce

The cidery says apple picking will be back in late August 2026. Apple Picking Update: There will be no Pick Your Own apples in September and October. Stay tuned for announcements about potential picking in early November and a special event coming to the Orchard this Fall!

ℹ️ Phone is 301-972-1814. Open Friday 4pm to 9pm, Saturday noon to 8pm and Sunday noon to 6pm, closed Monday to Thursday. The cidery publishes a pick your own page and takes reservations. Open Saturdays and Sundays 9am to 5pm with no reservations necessary. Food trucks and live music run through the weekend, and field trips are $10 a participant with 9:30am or 11am arrival slots.

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Gaver Farm, LLC

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Mount Airy, MD · 36 mi north

🎄 Christmas trees🌽 Corn maze🍎 Apple picking🎃 Pumpkin patch+2

The Fall Fun Fest runs September 4 to November 1, 2026, 10am to 6pm, with a Sunflower Festival September 4 to 20 and a Military and First Responders Appreciation Weekend September 12 and 13. The Christmas season runs November 21 to December 23, 2026, 9am to 5pm, closed Thanksgiving.

🌱 USDA organic (farm's own description)

ℹ️ Phone is 301-865-3515. Tickets and reservations are sold online, and the farm is booking fall field trips and parties.

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Weber's Cider Mill Farm, Inc.

2025 verified · 2026 TBA

📍 Parkville, MD · 42 mi northeast

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🎃 Pumpkin patch🧺 Farm stand+3

Maryland's Best, the state's own producer directory, carries this description from the farm: "Url: http://www.webersfarm.com FARM MARKET CIDER MILL Apples, Apple Cider, Berries, Peaches, Pumpkins, Vegetables, Honey and Preserves COUNTRY BAKERY Apple Pies, Fruit Pies, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Cake and Apple Cider Doughnuts PYO ("

ℹ️ Phone is 410-668-4488.

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Worth the drive, 45 to 75 miles 13 farms

Great Country Farms

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Bluemont, VA · 45 mi west

🌻 Sunflowers🌷 Tulips🫐 Berry picking🍎 Apple picking+9

2026 sunflower peak listed July 11-26, may extend into August. Summer apples now picking; blackberries closed to ripen. Fall pumpkins, spring strawberries and tulips. Arrive by 3:30pm for 4pm wagon. Fall Corn Maze and Apple Harvest Sep 1-30, 2026, with apple picking each weekend in September; Fall Pumpkin Harvest Festival Oct 1-31, 2026. Get September 1-18, 2026 Apple Picking +Corn Maze Tickets Get Sept 19-Oct 31, 2026 Pumpkin Picking Tickets.

🌱 USDA organic (farm's own description)

💵 General admission $10-$18 per person per visit. Sunflowers $1 per bloom plus admission. Summer apples $1.99/lb plus admission.

ℹ️ Directions the farm gives the USDA directory: Great Country Farms. Open Daily 9am-5pm.

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The Farm at the Pines: Grass Fed Beef

2025 verified · 2026 TBA

📍 Keymar, MD · 47 mi north

🍎 Apple picking🧺 Farm stand🥩 Beef🥓 Pork+1

Maryland's Best, the state's own producer directory, carries this description from the farm: "We are a 5th generation family farm located in Keymar, Maryland (Western Carroll County). We raise, produce, and are licensed to sell our 100% grass fed and grass finished beef direct to consumers. We also sell farm raised pork products. Our beef cuts are available in custom quarters and halves, bundles, or by the individual cut. We sell a variety of beef steaks (Rib Steak..."

🌱 grass-fed (farm's own description)

ℹ️ Phone is 410-610-1138. The directory marks these ways to order: online sales for customer pick up, online sales for local delivery, phone orders.

Verified 2026-08-28 against marylandsbest.maryland.gov and marylandsbest.maryland.gov. This farm has not published hours, prices or dates yet, so everything we hold on it is right here.

Hollin Farms

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Delaplane, VA · 50 mi west

🍎 Apple picking🥬 Produce🥩 Beef🧺 Farm stand

Farm says it is open from late May through October. Peaches start at the end of June and run through the middle of August, with nectarines and plums; apple picking begins in late August with Honeycrisp and continues through all of October. We specialize in a varity of pick-your-own fruits and vegetables, angus cattle and pasture-raised natural beef. We are open from late may through october.

🌱 pasture-raised (farm's own description)

💵 Prices the farm posted on Monday, August 24th, 2026: pick your own apples (Honeycrisp and Fuji) and Asian pears $25 per peck, with a buy 3 bags and get a 4th free special that week, mix and match; pick your own fall vegetables (arugula, broccoli raab and mizuna) $7 per pound; dig your own potatoes $1.50 per pound, or $1 per pound over 20 pounds.

ℹ️ The farm posts its open days a week at a time and asks visitors to check on the day they plan to come. For August 26th to 30th, 2026 it published Wednesday through Sunday 9am to 1pm with last entry at 12:30pm, closed Monday and Tuesday.

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Moose Apple Christmas Tree Farm

2025 verified · 2026 TBA

📍 Berryville, VA · 50 mi west

🍎 Apple picking🎄 Christmas trees

ℹ️ Listed in the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service Agritourism Directory, which lists farms that welcome visitors on to the farm.

Verified 2026-08-28 against usdalocalfoodportal.com and usdalocalfoodportal.com. This farm has not published hours, prices or dates yet, so everything we hold on it is right here.

Hartland Orchard

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Markham, VA · 52 mi west

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🎃 Pumpkin patch🧺 Farm stand+2

Peach picking late June, July and August; currently open weekdays 9am-2pm. Apples in September and October. Farm notes no cherries this year due to spring frost damage.

💵 Red Haven peaches $25 a peck.

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Catoctin Mt. Orchard

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Thurmont, MD · 53 mi northwest

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🧺 Farm stand🍯 Honey+4

The orchard publishes a 2026 season update: no sweet cherry picking and no sour cherry picking for 2026 due to frost damage, and it asks visitors to call the market or check Facebook or Instagram for updates on cut your own flowers for 2026. The market is open daily 9am to 5pm.

💵 There is an entrance fee of $3 per person to enter the pick your own apple field, with children 3 and under free. The wagon ride to and from the field is included.

ℹ️ Phone is 301-271-2737. The farm says you must ride the pick your own wagon or bus to and from the picking field, no walking, and the wagons run continuously. Open Daily 9am-5pm.

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Gardenhour Orchards, Inc.

2025 verified · 2026 TBA

📍 Smithsburg, MD · 57 mi northwest

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🧺 Farm stand🥬 Produce

Maryland's Best, the state's own producer directory, carries this description from the farm: "Url: http://www.gardenhourorchards.com We have pick your own strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and apples. We sell peaches, cherries, nectarines and apples from our stand during there respective season."

ℹ️ Phone is 301-824-7466.

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Lohr's Orchard

2025 verified · 2026 TBA

📍 Churchville, MD · 62 mi northeast

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🧺 Farm stand🥬 Produce

Maryland's Best, the state's own producer directory, carries this description from the farm: "Url: http://www.lohrsorchard.com Fruit and vegetable, pick your own and have a retail farm stand on property...Also we make our own apple cider...Fields start in late May with strawberries. Stand opens when peaches start in early July. Peaches, plums, apples and assorted veggies... Also sell at Dundalk and Edgewood farmers markets."

ℹ️ Phone is 410-836-2783. The Route 22 stand is open seven days a week, Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 6pm and Sunday 8:30am to 5:30pm, and the orchard publishes a pick-your-own page. The Rt 22 stand is open seven days a week, Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 6pm and Sunday until 5:30pm. The retail store is open daily July through January, and the farm stand is open daily during the October fall events.

🚗 Pickup or delivery at 2 spots off the farm

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Orr's Farm Market

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Martinsburg, WV · 65 mi northwest

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🧺 Farm stand🥬 Produce

The farm's own 2026 events list gives a fall season of September 12th to November 9th, 2026. It also says the cold weather froze out its pick your own crops for 2026 and that it is contacting 2026 season pass holders about options. Since the cold weather froze out our pick your own crops for 2026, we are offering a few options for those that have already purchased a Summer Season Pass.

ℹ️ Garden Vegetables You can find their products at their large On-Farm Market, Hedgesville Local Farmers Market, or shop some products 304-261-3237 Facebook.com/Orrs-Farm-Market online.

🚗 Pickup or delivery at 1 spot off the farm

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Maple Lawn Farms

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 New Park, PA · 65 mi northeast

🌻 Sunflowers💜 Lavender🍎 Apple picking🎃 Pumpkin patch+2

9th Sunflower Festival Aug 1-2 & 8-9, 2026 (Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5); 185,000+ sunflowers on 8 acres; lavender & fruit PYO; Maize Quest corn maze. The farm's own site says: "The u-pick season has been affected by two late frosts in April. This will result in a limited number of u-pick days. Please stay tuned on Facebook and Instagram for updates on when u-pick will be opening."

💵 Gate $19 adult/$15 youth, under 3 free (online discounts); incl. wagon ride + 1 bloom; all-you-can-carry +$20

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Boyer Nurseries and Orchards

✓ 2026 confirmed

📍 Biglerville, PA · 71 mi north

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking🧺 Farm stand🥬 Produce

U-pick apples for 2026 begin September 1. U-pick blueberries and cherries were finished for the 2026 season by late August. Farm market and garden center open Monday-Saturday 8am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm. Update: Pick-Your-Own apple season begins Labor Day weekend, 9/4/26. Cherry and Blueberry U-Pick is closed for the 2026 season.

ℹ️ The farm sits 9 miles northwest of Gettysburg and has a picnic area, restrooms and a nursery selling trees and plants. U-Pick hours are Monday through Saturday 8 am to 4:30pm and Sunday, 12 pm to 4:30 pm.

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📍 Biglerville, PA · 72 mi north

🍎 Apple picking🫐 Berry picking💐 Cut-your-own bouquets📦 CSA shares+2

Market open Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 12pm-5pm. Pick your own apples runs in fall, and 2026 festival weekends include the Peach Festival August 8-9 and Apple Harvest Weekends October 3-4 and 10-11. The farm said early season freezes left the 2026 blueberry crop uncertain.

💵 Festivals are free to attend, with a $5 parking fee that benefits volunteer organizations.

ℹ️ Cut your own flowers is open daily in season, with pre-cut options available. The family owned farm also runs farm tours and farm to table dining events. Regular Hours: Monday-Saturday, 9am-5pm / Sunday, 12pm-5pm.

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Family Tree Farm

2025 verified · 2026 TBA

📍 Red Lion, PA · 72 mi north

🌽 Corn maze🎃 Pumpkin patch🍎 Apple picking🎄 Christmas trees+1

Summer stand at 4802 Dairy Road runs July-September. October brings Family Fun Weekends with the corn maze and pumpkin patch at 4688 Dairy Road. Choose and cut Christmas trees start December 1st, weekdays only, 1 to 5.

ℹ️ Corn maze with two who-done-it mystery games (one for all ages, one for ages 2-6), straw bale tube slide, pumpkin painting, scarecrow dressing, apple flinging target game, and free tractor or wagon rides to the pumpkin patch and seven-acre apple orchard with pick-your-own apples.

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Apple Picking near Washington DC: the questions people ask

When does apple picking season start and end near Washington DC in 2026?

10 of the 16 apple picking farms we list near Washington DC publish their own dates, so here is what they say rather than a general rule. Doc Waters Cidery in Germantown: The cidery says apple picking will be back in late August 2026. Great Country Farms in Bluemont: Summer apples now picking; blackberries closed to ripen.

How much do apple picking farms near Washington DC cost in 2026?

6 of the 16 publish a price. The lowest figure any of them prints is "Summer apples $1.99/lb plus admission" at Great Country Farms in Bluemont. The highest is "There is an entrance fee of $3 per person to enter the pick your own apple field, with" at Catoctin Mt. Orchard in Thurmont.

Which apple picking farms near Washington DC are confirmed open for 2026?

10 of the 16 have current-year evidence on their own site or an official directory, which is the only thing we count as confirmed. Doc Waters Cidery in Germantown: The cidery says apple picking will be back in late August 2026. Great Country Farms in Bluemont: Summer apples now picking; blackberries closed to ripen.

What is the closest apple picking farm to downtown Washington DC?

Doc Waters Cidery in Germantown, about 22 miles northwest of downtown as the crow flies. The cidery says apple picking will be back in late August 2026. Distances on this page are straight line from the middle of the city, so your drive will be longer.

Do I need to book ahead or buy tickets in advance near Washington DC?

6 of the 16 sell tickets online or ask you to book, and the rest take you at the gate as far as they say publicly. Doc Waters Cidery in Germantown: The cidery publishes a pick your own page and takes reservations.

Which apple picking farms near Washington DC are cash only?

None of the 16 say they are cash only. 1 says they take cards or an app. The rest do not publish how they take payment, so we do not say either way. Every listing here links to the page we read it on and the date we checked.

Can I bring a dog near Washington DC?

1 of the 16 publish that dogs are welcome: Great Country Farms in Bluemont. 1 says no dogs. Everyone else is silent on it, so call ahead rather than turning up with the dog in the car. Every listing here links to the page we read it on and the date we checked.

Which apple picking farms near Washington DC have hayrides?

4 of the 16 mention a hayride or a wagon ride in what they publish, which is the only way we count one. Gaver Farm, LLC in Mount Airy: For the fall season, take a FREE hayride to the PYO pumpkin patch and apple orchard. Catoctin Mt. Orchard in Thurmont: The wagon ride to and from the field is included.