A Taste of North Country Fall
As the leaves change to beautiful shades and we enter Autumn, we get a taste of North Country’s fall with PYO apples, corn mazes, and farms selling fresh produce. What better way to celebrate the changing season than tasting an apple you picked, or trying fresh cider and apple cider donuts? Take the family through a corn maze, and do your shopping locally, whether it be buying fresh produce and local meat for dinner or checking out the various gift shops of the North Country.
Gracen F. shared her drawing of picking apples in the local orchard that she did in class and she says she loves to go picking with her family and enjoys the apples right off of the tree. We can’t agree more of how delicious a sweet and crisp treat fresh off the branch can taste! Here are some favorite regional locations to check out with your family:
Windy Ridge Orchard
1775 Benton Road, North Haverhill, NH
Offering 18 apple varieties, you can choose to pick your own at Windy Ridge Orchard or purchase at their shop. They also have a Cider House Café open daily for breakfast and lunch, with outdoor seating available! With a gift shop, nature trails, and more, this is a perfect place to spend the day with family and enjoy delicious apples.
Meadow Ledge Farm
612 Route 129, Loudon, NH
With pick your own apples, fresh cider, and homemade cider donuts, as well as a Country Store, this farm has been family-owned since 1974. They are one of the original orchards in New Hampshire making apple cider donuts, and they offer tractor rides to the picking area, and plenty of other varieties of delicious fresh produce.
Washburn’s Windy Hill Orchard
66 Mason Road, Greenville, NH
Windy Hill Orchard is a place to spend quality time picking apples and pumpkins. They now offer contactless reservations for apple picking, as well as their usual apple cider donuts and soft serve ice cream. Enjoy the views, try out their corn maze, and join them on a hayride!
Tendercrop Farm at the Red Barn
123 Dover Point Rd, Dover, NH
Tendercrop Farm at the Red Barn offers their corn maze, pick your own sunflowers, fresh produce, baked goods, prepared food, and more. Enjoy their sunflower field and check out their gift shop, which has beautifully-crafted handmade items. They also make raw pet food!
Collins Farm
285 Lisbon Rd, Bath, NH
Head over to Collins Farm for a fantastic corn maze! Occasionally doing flashlight mazes, your family is sure to have tons of fun here. They also offer annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, vegetable starter plants, fresh produce, and more.
Great Vermont Corn Maze
1404 Wheelock Rd, Danville, VT
The Great Vermont Corn Maze has been selected one of the Top 10 Mazes in America! It is open 7 days a week, weather permitting, until mid-October, and features both “The BIG Maze,” covering over 24 acres and usually a 2+ hour hike, and the “Scenic Maze”, which is about 40 minutes. It is a fantastic maze for adults.
Bent Fork Farm
1743 Maple Street, Bethlehem, NH
On their first season, Bent Fork Farm is a small family farm with organic vegetables and flowers. They are often at the Lancaster Farmer’s Market and Root Cellar Marketplace in Lancaster.
Meadowstone Farm
809 Brook Road, Bethlehem, NH
Offering a variety of vegetables, blueberries, pork, chicken, beef, eggs, and goat cheese at their farm stand, Meadowstone Farm gives tours and is home to Woodland Community School, a private day school for ages 5-14.
So what are you waiting for go out there and get a taste of your beautiful North Country Fall!
