2026 Iowa Apple Picking

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Just north of Cambridge, Iowa, Center Grove Orchard keeps a u-pick going with apples, strawberries, and pumpkins. Picking happens across spring, summer, and fall. Other features: corn maze, picnic area, restrooms, and wagon rides. The pick calendar lives at centergroveorchard.com.

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Appleberry Orchard sits in Donnellson, Iowa, with apples, pumpkins, and squash on the pick list. Harvest stretches across September and October. Other features: cider, farm store, bakery, and wagon rides. Visit appleberryorchard.com for picking details.

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In Jefferson, Iowa, Deal's Orchard opens its fields of apples, christmas trees, cherries, and sweet corn to pickers. Crops come in between June and December. On the property: school tours, farm store, corn maze, and restrooms. Families with younger kids do well here.

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The fields at Allens Orchard in Marion, Iowa run apples, pears, and pumpkins. Pickers usually come midsummer through fall. Extras include birthday parties, bakery, events, and cider. See allensorchard.com for the picking calendar.

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Apples, pumpkins, and squash lead the picking at Pumpkinland in Orange City, Iowa, with gourds also in the rows. Pickers usually come in a short September-October window. On the property: pony rides, bakery, farm store, and corn maze. Check pumpkinlandiowa.com for current pick windows.

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Apples, raspberries, and blackberries lead the picking at Trapple Orchard River Sioux Orchard in River Sioux, Iowa, with cherries and peaches also in the rows. Picking happens from June to October. Check trappleorchard.com for current pick windows.

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Down in Sanborn, Iowa, Solsma's Punkin Patch has apples, tomatoes, melons, and pumpkins on the pick list. The pick window sits summer-into-autumn. A corn maze runs alongside picking in fall. It works as a family outing.

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Story County u-pick that keeps chemical-free berries, tart cherries, fall pumpkins, and cut-your-own Christmas trees all in one farmstand loop.

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Near Winterset, Iowa, Burr Oak Farms grows apples, pears, cherries, and blackberries. Fruit and produce ripen summer into fall. There's a bakery on the property. Visit burroakfarm.net for picking details.