It’s Apple Picking Time

It's apple picking season!  Each of the u-pick apple orchards on our list is a locally-owned family operation designed to provide the best in healthy produce and a great family outing. Apple picking season is typically mid-August through early October, but you’ll want to call farms or check their Facebook status for current hours and information.

Produce Picking Tips:

• Call ahead or check the farm's Facebook Page (linked in the status update for each farm) to verify picking times as they vary from farm to farm. This is a MUST!
• Remember comfortable shoes (you will be walking in fields) and wear sunscreen.
• Bring bottled water and pack a picnic if the farm allows.

Our Top Picks:

Fun Farm Pumpkin Patch

The Fun Farm is the place for all-day FUN. This beautiful farm in Kearney, Missouri, stands out in the crowd for its intentional layout welcoming guests of all ages to experience agritourism at its finest. Kids will love the Keebler Treehouse Village, the petting zoo, barnyard games, jumping pillows and more. Add on to your daily ticket and enjoy picking several varieties of apples. FunFarmPumpkinPatch.com

Johnson Farms Plants and Pumpkins

Johnson Farms in Belton, Missouri, hosts apple picking in August and September, even before pumpkin season begins. Enjoy a hayride out to the orchard where you can pick beautiful apples. This is one of our favorite ways to kick off autumn family traditions. JohnsonFarms.net

Weston Orchard & Vineyard

Situated on a bluff in Historic Weston, Missouri, this family-owned farm is a fun getaway in the country. Enjoy a u-pick apple orchard with 7,000 trees on fifteen acres offering twelve varieties, hayrack rides, apple cannons, rat racers, bouncing pillow, low ropes course with zip line, kids corn maze, and more! OrchardWeston.com

Louisburg Cider Mill

While you can’t pick apples at Louisburg Cider Mill, you can enjoy apple treats! Watch as cider is made from scratch, enjoy fresh apple cider donuts, and shop their country store. In the fall, play at the pumpkin patch and enjoy the corn maze at this favorite attraction in Louisburg, Kansas. LouisburgCiderMill.com

Additional Orchards:

Alldredge Orchards

• 10455 Hwy. N, Platte City, MO. 816.330.3448
• Nearby: Watkins Mill

Cider Hill Family Orchard

• 3341 N. 139th St., Kansas City, KS. 913.721.2507
• Nearby: The Legends Shopping Center

Peter's Orchard

• 32615 Highway 65 South, Waverly, MO. 660.493.2368 

Pome on the Range

• 2050 Idaho Rd., Williamsburg, KS. 785.746.5492

Rock Creek Apple Orchard 

• 619 W. Lone Jack Lees Summit Road, Lone Jack, MO. 816.286.6262​
• Nearby: Powell Gardens

Schweizer Orchards

• S. Hwy. 169 & FF, St. Joseph, MO. 816.232.3999
• Nearby: Patee House Museum

Sunflower Orchards

• 16905 W 311th St Paola, KS. 913.244.4034

Wagon Wheel Orchard

• 15380 Edgerton Rd., Gardner, KS. 913.893.6050
• Nearby: Lanesfield School Historic Site

• Fun Farm

  What started from an effort to sell pumpkins, quickly turned into over 300 acres of full-fledged, fun-loving experiences packed with family activities for all ages to enjoy together. Visit Fun Farm Pumpkin Patch this season!

• Historic Weston Orchard & Vineyard

  Enjoy a u-pick apple orchard, u-pick pumpkin patch, hayrack rides, apple cannons, rat racers, bouncing pillow, low ropes course with zip line, kids corn maze, vintage carousel, petting zoo and more!

• Johnson Farms Plants & Pumpkins

  Johnson Farms is a real farm in the country, but very close to your home. You pay one admission and only pay extra for anything you harvest, snack on, or seasonal items in the retail store.

• Louisburg Cider Mill

  A fall trip to the Cider Mill is not complete without a stop at our Family Farm! Venture through our 10-acre corn maze, and search for the perfect pumpkin to carve or for one of our special ones in our 10-acre pumpkin patch.