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Guide: Where to go apple picking in New Jersey
Looking to go apple picking this fall season? Check out some of the locations in New Jersey.
Alstede Farms
  • 1 Alstede Farms Lane, Chester
  • (908) 879-7189
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Gala, Honeycrisp, Cortland, Fuji, Sansa, Golden Delicious, Empire, Jonagold, Ida Red, Crimson Crisp, Gold Rush
  • Other activities: Pony rides, wagon train ride, bounce house, corn kingdom, and picnic area
Battleview Orchards
  • 91 Wemrock Road, Freehold
  • (732) 462-0756
  • Website 
  • Types of apples: Gala, Jonamac, Cortland, Golden Delicious, Empire, Rome Beauty, Stayman Winesap, Granny Smith, Fuji
  • Other activities: Hayrides
Beemerville Orchard
  • 73 Lusscroft Road, Sussex
  • (973) 875-1029
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  • Types of apples: Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Candy Crisp, Jersey Mac, Granny Smith
Demarest Farms
  • 244 Wierimus Road, Hillsdale
  • (201) 666-0472
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  • Types of apples: Cameo, Cortland, Fuji, Gala, Gold Rush, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Liberty, MacIntosh, Mutsu, Red Delicious
  • Other activities: Petting zoo, adventure playground
Delicious Orchards
  • Route 34 South, Colts Neck
  • (732) 462-1989
  • Website
Eastmont Orchards
  • 181 County Road 537 East, Colts Neck
  • (732) 542-5404
  • Website
Giamarese Farm
  • 155 Fresh Ponds Road, East Brunswick
  • (732) 821-9494
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Autumn Gala, Blushing Golden, Cameo, Cortland, Empire, Golden Delicious, Royal Gala, Stayman Winesap, Suncrisp
Happy Day Farm
  • 106 Iron Ore Road, Manalapan
  • (732) 977-3607
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  • Other Activities: Corn maze, hayride, pumpkin bowling, corn box, pig races, duck races, pedal carts, giant checker board, button making, playground
Johnson’s Corner Farm
  • 133 Church Road, Medford
  • (609) 654-8643
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Daybreak Fuji, Empire, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Fuji, Stayman Winesap, Granny Smith, Gold Rush, Pink Lady, Cameo
  • Other activities: Corn maze, family festivals, hayrides, bakery and farmhouse
Lee Turkey Farm
  • 201 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor
  • (609)-448-0629
  • Website
Longmeadow Farm
  • 561 Blairstown Road (County Road 521), Hope
  • (908) 459-5351
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Gala, MacIntosh, Honey Crisp, Cortland, Ginger Gold, Macoun, Red Delicious, Northern Spy, Rome, Jonagold, Stayman Winesap
  • Other activities: Hayrides
Melick’s Town Farm
  • 472 County Road, 513, Califon
  • (908) 832-2905
  • Website 
  • Types of apples: Golden Delicious, Rome, Red Delicious, Granny Smith, Molly’s Delicious, Pink Lady, Empire, Gala, Fuji and more. There are more than 20,000 apples trees on the farm.
  • Other Activities: Wagon rides, marketplace
Pochuck Valley Farms
  • 962 McAfee Glenwood Road, Glenwood
  • (973) 764-4732
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Cortland, Golden Delicious, Maccoun, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Empire, Rome, Black Twig, Red Delicious, Stayman Winesap
Race Farm
  • 87 Belcher Road, Blairstown
  • (908) 362-8151
  • Website
  • Other activities: Hayrides, picnic area
Riamede Farm
  • 122 Oakdale Road, Chester
  • (908) 879-7762
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Baldwin, King David, Cortland, Golden Delicious, Ginger Gold, Honeycrisp, Rome Beauty, Sansa, Paragon, Ruby
  • Other activities: Hayrides
Ripple Hill Farm
  • 181 Mountain Road, Basking Ridge
  • (908) 991-6532
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Gala, Red Delicious, Fuji, Candy Crisp, Jersey Mac, Granny Smith
Russo’s Orchard Lane Farm
  • 310 Extonville Road, Chesterfield
  • (609) 259-3684
  • Website 
  • Other activities: Hayrides, corn maze, playground
Sun High Orchards
  • 19 Canfield Ave., Randolph
  • (973) 584-4734
  • Website
  • Other activities: Farm animals, farmers market, hayride
Terhune Orchards
  • 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton
  • (609) 924-2310
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Fuji, Empire, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Cameo, Gala, Stayman Winesap, Jonagold
  • Other Activities: Petting zoo, farm games, wagon rides
VonThun Farms
  • 519 Ridge Road, South Brunswick
  • (732) 329-8656
  • Website
  • Types of apples: Cortland, Golden Delicious, Maccoun, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Empire, Rome, Black Twig, Red Delicious, Stayman Winesap
  • Other activities: Farm market, corn maze
Wightman’s Farms
  • 1111 Mount Kemble Ave., Morristown
  • (973) 425-9819
  • Website
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