2025 South-west Indiana Apple U-Pick Farms and Orchards - PickYourOwn.org

Apple U-Pick Orchards in South-west Indiana in 2025, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for apples that we know of in this area.

Not all areas of a state have apples orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

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Knox County

• Apple Hill Orchard - apples
  6235 N. Ford Road, Bruceville, IN 47516. Phone: 812-324-9010. Open: 9 am to 7 p. Click here for a map and directions.
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Lawrence County

• Applacres, Inc. - Apples, apple butter, blackberries, cider, fruit baskets and boxes, nectarines, melons, peaches, pears, pumpkins, strawberries, sweet corn, winter squash.
  9104 State Road 37, Bedford, IN 47421. Phone: 812-279-9721. Open: Year Round. Directions: 3 miles south of Bedford on State Road 37. Monday through Saturday 9 am to 6 p.m.; Sunday, 1 pm to 6 p.m. Click here for a map and directions.
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Martin County

• Lark Ranch - Apples, corn (sweet), pumpkins, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, corn maze, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area, horse-drawn hay rides, tractor-pulled hay rides, wagon rides, pony rides
  3145 Killion Mill Road, Loogootee, IN 47553. Phone: 812-295-9555. Email: info@larkranch.com. Open: Fridayfrom 4 pm to 10 pm Saturdayfrom 12 pm to 10 pm Sundayfrom 12 pm to 6 pm Last 3 weekends in September until the last weekend in October Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. Directions: Take 231 North from Loogootee about 4 miles. Take the first right past the Moco Gas station, take your first left \\(about 1 mile\\), the road will make a right turn - stay on the black top, take your first left past the one room school house. Turn left into the farm at the silver barn. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard. (UPDATED: May 26, 2025, JBS)
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Posey County

• Farview Orchard Inc. - - u-pick sour cherries, apples, pumpkins and strawberries
  4200 Oliver Springfield Road, Mount Vernon, IN 47620. Phone: 812-783-2571. Click here for a map and directions.
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Vanderburgh County

• Evansville Countryside Orchard - cherries, strawberries, peaches, nectarines, plums, apples, pumpkins, porta-potties are available, school tours
  16800 Old Petersburg Road, Evansville, IN 47725. Phone: 812-490-9559. Email: info@countrysideorchard.com. Open: Monday to Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 9 am to 1 pm. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx, WIC Vouchers.
  Evansville Countryside Orchard Facebook page. Typical dates are: Strawberries mid-MayCherries from end of May to early June (usually 2 weeks only), Peaches from mid-June through August, Nectarines from mid-July and August, Apples from July to mid-October, Pumpkins Late September through OctoberNote: they chamnged the name from Engelbrecht's to simply, From Evansville, Indiana Using U.S691Take Interstate Hwy 69 North to Exit 18.2Turn left onto Indiana 57 South and then take the first right onto Petersburg Road3The orchard is 0.2 miles on the right.Using Highway 571Take Hwy-57 heading north past the airport and through Daylight2Turn left onto Baseline Rd(immediately after RR tracks/Kingmen's Event Facility)3At 4-way stop, turn right onto Petersburg Rd.,4The orchard is .5 miles on the left.From the north(3 miles south of I-64)1Take Exit 18 (Hwy 57/Elberfeld)2AFTER yellow flashing light, take first right onto Petersburg Road3The orchard is 0..
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Warrick County

• Engelbrecht Orchard - Apples, blackberries, blueberries, broccoli, cucumbers, cantaloupe, cherries, green beans, nectarines, peaches, peppers, pumpkins, pears, plums, raspberries, summer and winter squash, sweet corn, strawberries, tomatoes, turnips, watermelon.
  3922 Saint Rd. 261, Newburgh, IN 47630. Phone: 812-853-8778. Open: Daily from 10 am to 3 pm. Directions: East of Hwy. 164 at the intersection of Hwy. 66 and 261 in Newburgh. You won\\\'t get anything fresher than pumpkins and apples that you hand-pick right from Engelbrecht\\\'s Orchard & Pumpkin Patch! Pick-your-own apples and other exciting fun on the farm at Engelbrecht\\\'s Orchard just north of Evansville, Indiana . With 13 varieties of apples, our apple season picks up in July, with delicious, crunchy apples for eating and cooking available well into Oc - truncated. Click here for a map and directions. 164 at the intersection of Hwy. 66 and 261 in Newburgh. You won't get anything fresher than pumpkins and apples that you hand-pick right from Engelbrecht's Orchard & Pumpkin Patch! Pick-your-own apples and other exciting fun on the farm at Engelbrecht's Orchard just north of Evansville, Indiana . With 13 varieties of apples, our apple season picks up in July, with delicious, crunchy apples for eating and cooking available well into October. As with our apples and other fresh fruit, each season is slightly different, so if you are coming to the orchard, please check our U-Pick box for availability. Check our ripening calendar for information on when your favorites will be ready for picking! (UPDATED: January 24, 2022 JBS) (ADDED: October 07, 2017, JBS) (UPDATED: May 26, 2025, JBS)
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Apple

Apple Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Apples ripen from the outside of the tree towards the center, so the apples out the outside of the tree will ripen first.  Once they are picked, they stop ripening. Picking apples directly from a tree is easy. Roll the apple upwards off the branch and give a little twist; don't pull straight away from the tree. If two apples are joined together at the top, both will come away at the same time. Don't shake the trees or branches.  If the apple you are trying to pick drops, (or others on the tree) go ahead and pick it up. They're perfectly fine! But do wash them before you eat them! More info: How to tell when apples are ripe

• Once picked, don't throw the apples into the baskets, place them in gently, or they will bruise and go bad more quickly.
• Don't wash apples until just before using to prevent spoilage.
• For an explanation of why apple slices turn brown and how to stop it, see this page!
• Keep apples cool after picking to increase shelf life.  A cool basement is ideal, but the fruit/vegetable drawer of a refrigerator will work, too.  A refrigerator is fine for small quantities of apples. Boxed apples need to be kept in a cool, dark spot where they won't freeze. Freezing ruptures all of an apple's cells, turning it into one large bruise overnight. The usual solution is to store apples in a root cellar. But root cellars often have potatoes in them: apples and potatoes should never be stored in the same room because, as they age, potatoes release an otherwise ethylene gas, which makes apples spoil faster. If you can keep the gas away from your apples, they will keep just fine. Just don't store them right next to potatoes.
  Prevent contact between apples stored for the winter by wrapping them individually in sheets of newspaper. The easiest way to do this is to unfold a section of newspaper all the way and tear it into quarters. Then stack the wrapped apples. See more here: How to store apples at home
• Apples don't improve or "ripen" after being picked - this is an urban myth - see this page for the truth - with references!

Which apple variety is best?

There are tens of thousands of varieties of apples, developed over centuries. They vary in sugar, acoidity, flavors, storing, crispness and many other attributes. See our guides to apple varieties:

• Summary table of many apple varieties and their characteristics
• Detailed descriptions of each apple variety with detailed characteristics
• Apple varieties, sorted by the order in which they typically ripe
• Apple varieties that don't turn brown when they are cut
• Why are some apples brown or spotted inside when you first cut them open?

Canning apples - fully illustrated, with step-by-step instructions

• How to make applesauce
• How to make apple butter 
• How to make apple jelly
• How to make apple pie filling (canned)
• How to can apples
• Home canned apple juice

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Recipes, illustrated with step by step instructions

• Apple pie recipe and directions and illustrated! I can say, with, ahem, no bias at all, that this is the best apple pie recipe in the world! (Alright, I did have an apple strudel in Vienna once at that place listed in Fodors that was REALLY good, but that wasn't a pie, was it? And since this was the recipe my grandmother used, it must be great!)
• How to make applesauce for a single meal (not canning it) with NO special equipment
• Apple cobbler
• Apple crunch - best of all! Moist, low sugar and using oats!
• Apple crisp - ever-popular, low sugar and using oats!
• Apple, blackberry, cherry, and/or peach cobbler
• Apple-blackberry, crumble - a English favorite (or favourite)

Using fresh apples and miscellaneous

• How to stop cut apples from browning
• Apple festivals - find one near you!
• Apple facts
• Apple seeds and cyanide

 

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(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

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• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
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• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
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