Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Berkshire County, Western Massachusetts in 2025, by county

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

Not all areas of a state have blueberries 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!

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Berkshire County

• Blueberry Hill by the Appalachian Trail - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, U-pick and already picked
  47 Washington Mountain Road, Washington, MA 01223. Phone: (860) 942-1038. Email: atblueberryhill@gmail.com. Open: mid-July to late August in 2021, July 16th - August 27th ;. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Venmo, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified OrganicBlueberry Hill Farm is located right next to the Appalachian Trailhead on Washington Mountain RoadThe farm was previously owned by Roy and Marilyn Wiley(ADDED: May 26, 2021) [ ] (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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• Blueberry Hill Farm - blueberries
  358 East Street, Mount Washington, MA 01258. Phone: 413-528-1479. Open: Normal hours are 10 AM to 5 PM, closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Directions: On the Road to Mount Everett, one quarter mile before entrance to reservation. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check only.
  Blueberry Hill Farm Facebook page. Right before you drive up here, please check our FB page or call to make sure we are open Call blueberry hotline for picking conditions, end of July through mid-September. . Please bring your own container for the berries. Pick Your Own Heirloom High Bush - since 1941. Located in the town of Mount Washington, Mass. 1//2 mile North of Mount Everett Reservation, just up the road from Bash Bish Falls. Accessible from MA,NY,CT. They also sell blueberry cookbooks, t-shirts and hats. (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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• Kirchner's Farm - Blueberries and raspberries.
  131 Churchill Street, Pittsfield, MA . Phone: 413-443-7645. Open: UPDATE for 2025: Call before you go, Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pick your own or are even open? If so, please write me; last reported hours were Mid July thru early September Call for appointment. Click here for a map and directions. Watch for signs on left. Call for appointment.
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• Mountain Pasture Farm - Certified Organic, blueberries, porta-potties are available, picnic area you may bring your own food
  818 Surriner Road, Becket, MA 01223. Phone: 413-658-8431. Email: ellsworthrs@verizon.net. Open: Closed for the 2016 PYO season in normal years it is usually mid July to early September. Directions: For a map to our farm, . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. We are certified organic for all crops! (UPDATED: August 08, 2016) (UPDATED: April 12, 2016)
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• Mountain View Farm - blueberries, strawberries, pumpkins
  90 Old Cheshire Road, Lanesboro, MA 01225. Phone: 413-445-7642. Email: mtview1@msn.com. Open: Monday to Friday, from 8am to 6pm; Saturday and Sunday, from 8am to 4pm. Directions: From Allendale shopping center to Crane Avenue, pass Jody Seasonal, right onto Oak Hill, which becomes Partridge Road; turn left at end of Partridge Rd and then turn right on Old Cheshire Road. Farm is next right. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Farm is next right. . A local pick your own strawberry and blueberry farm right in your own backyard. We are the home of the $5 pumpkin and more.. (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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• Riiska Brook Orchard - apples, blackberries, blueberries, pears, raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), Cider mill (fresh apple cider made on the premises)
  101 New Hartford Road, Sandisfield, MA 01255. Phone: 413-258-4761. Email: info@riiskabrookorchard.com. Open: Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, from 9 am to 5 pm, Please call for mid week hours. Directions: 101 New Hartford Road. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
  Riiska Brook Orchard Facebook page. . We are open from mid-September to mid-October. We have ten varieties of apples across 1,500 semi-dwarf apple trees, including: McIntosh, Macoun, Honeycrisp, Cortland, Gala, Empire, Spencer, Idared, Fuji, Braeburn. (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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• Second Drop Farm - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, raspberries (red), raspberries (black), lavender, sunflowers, zinnias, flowers, gift shop, restrooms, picnic area, picnic area you may bring your own food, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  551 North Main Street, Lanesborough, MA 01237. Phone: (413) 822-0355. Email: Samantha.phillips@aol.com. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, SFMNP Vouchers. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified OrganicLocal Produce, Dairy, Eggs, Meat, Honey and more! Closed for the month of November (ADDED: May 12, 2022) [ ] (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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• Strawberry Acres Farm - blueberries,
  370 Pittsfield Road, Hinsdale, MA 01235. Phone: 413 655 2672. Email: strawberryacresfarm@gmail.com. Open: UPDATE for 2025: Call before you go, Does anyone have current information, are they still offering pick your own or are even open? If so, please write me; last reported hours were 9am to 5pm daily. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
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• Whitney's Farm Market and Garden Center - Uses integrated pest management practices, blueberries, peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, picnic area, face painting, inflatables or bounce houses, pedal kart track, pony rides, farm animals, birthday parties
  1775 South State Road, Cheshire, MA 01225. Phone: (413) 442-4749. Email: ewhitneysfarm@gmail.com. Open: June - July Blueberries August - October Tomatoes and Peppers October - September Pumpkins. Directions: Uses integrated pest management practices, Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx.
  Whitney's Farm Market and Garden Center Facebook page. . (ADDED: November 07, 2017) (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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• Windy Hill Farm - apples, blueberries
  Route 7, 686 Stockbridge Road, Great Barrington, MA . Phone: (413) 298-3217. Email: office@windyhillfarminc.com. Open: Labor Day to Columbus Day, 24 varieties through the season; 9-4pm daily. Directions: On Route 7 at the StockbridgeGt. Barrington townline. 2 miles from the center of Stockbridge. Click here for more information: . Click here for a map and directions. Beautiful views of Monument Mtn. and Belchertown State Forest. Barrington townline. 2 miles from the center of Stockbridge. Click here for more information: . (UPDATED: June 30, 2025, JBS)
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Blueberry

Blueberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Blueberries are one of the easiest fruit to prepare and serve. There's no peeling, pitting, coring or cutting. They have few natural pests, (other than birds), so pesticides are generally unnecessary! This year's crop is fantastic (see related news story), thanks both to the weather and to more farms planting more blueberry bushes due to increased consumer demand over the past few years as more studies proclaim the anti-oxidant and other health properties of blueberries.

Click here to find a local Blueberry Festival (usually held between April and July).

If you are looking for information about a similar berry, the saskatoon (also called the June berry or Serviceberry) see this page about saskatoons.

Picking tips:

Select plump, full blueberries with a light gray-blue color. A berry with any hint of red isn't fully ripened.

Ripening AFTER picking?

First, it is key to know that once picked, blueberries will NOT become any sweeter, nor will the flavor improve. The only change that occurs is the color. They will APPEAR to ripen, but it is only a color change, from white to green to rose to red to pale blue to fully blue. So, white and green colored blueberries will not "ripen" after they are picked; while blueberries that have already turned purple, red or blue-ish usually DO change color after they are picked (if they are kept at room temperature to "ripen").

As the blueberries ripen ON THE BUSH, the flavor goes from tastless to bitter to tasteless tart to tart blueberry flavor to sweet blueberry flavor.

Grocery stores sell blueberries that are tart, not sweet because they had them picked unripe by machine so they are very firm and can handled being bumped around in shipping. They may look good, but are not as tasty as those picked when actually ripe.

So, the key is, PICK ONLY RIPE BERRIES!

How to pick blueberries

Since blueberries hang on the bushes in bunches a but like grapes do, the easiest and fastest way to pick them is hold your bucket under them in one hand and with your other hand, cup a ripe bunch and gently rub them with your fingers. The ripe berries will drop into your bucket, while the unripe ones will remain attached to the bush.

When the bushes are at peak, I can easily pick 2 gallons per hour (if I'm not being distracted by the kids and the sun isn't too hot!). A newbie might do 1 gallon per hour.and at the beginning or end of the season it takes more time as the berries are not as plentiful nor concentrated in clusters.

Tips for storing blueberries after harvesting:

• Once picked, don't place the berries, still warm from the sun, in a closed bag or container. Leave the container open so moisture doesn't form in the container.
• Don't wash berries until just before using, to prevent berries from becoming mushy.
• Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. Store your fresh blueberries in the refrigerator as soon as you get them home, without washing them, in a covered bowl or storage container. If refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
• Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep the skins from toughening. Place berries one layer deep. Freeze, then pour the frozen berries into freezer containers. Because unwashed blueberries freeze individually, they can be easily poured from containers in desired amounts. Remember both frozen and fresh berries should be rinsed and drained just before serving. Just before using, wash the berries in cold water.

Blueberry Measurements and Conversions

Keep in mind that blueberries vary considerably in density and moisture content, so these ranges are approximates.

• 1 gallon of blueberries weighs about 7.5 lbs or (4 liters of blueberries is about 3.5 kg)

• 1 pint of fresh blueberries weights about 3/4 of a pound. (1 liter of blueberries is about 700 grams)

• 1 pound of fresh blueberries is usually between about 2 and 3 cups of berries.

• It takes about 4 cups (about of blueberries to make a blueberry pie (see this fantastic and easy blueberry pie recipe)

• A normal batch of blueberry preserves, jam or jelly requires 5 pints of berries.

• Blueberries do come in a variety of sizes from small (190-250 berries per cup) to extra large (<90 berries per cup).

Blueberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Blueberries

Recipes

• The world's best Blueberry pie, recipe and directions and illustrated!
• Blueberry buckle coffee cake: illustrated directions for this great crumb-topping blueberry coffee cake
• Other easy directions to make blueberry desserts: cobblers, etc.

Canning, freezing and other blueberry recipes:

• How to Freeze Blueberries
• How to Can Blueberries
• How to Make Homemade Blueberry Jam
• How to make blueberry jelly
• How to make and can blueberry syrup (it works for strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, too)
• blueberry pie filling to use later,
• blueberry butter

Baking tips

If you have trouble with blueberries settling to the bottom of muffins and blueberry breads, try one or more of these tips:

• Coat them with flour before adding to the batter. Just gently shake the blueberries in a bag (plastic or paper) with 1/2 cup of flour, then dump them mix in a sieve to remove excess flour.
• It may just be that your batter is too thin. try making the batter a little thicker!
• Fill the muffin cups or baking pan up to 1/4 full with batter (which hasn't had blueberries added to it yet); then stir the blueberries into the remaining batter, and continue to fill the muffin cups or bread pan. The blueberries will start off higher in the mix!

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• 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
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers