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Looking for a local apple orchard to help ring in the official start of fall? Here’s a list of some orchards in the area:
- Garden Patch Farms and Orchard-14158 W. 159th Street in Homer Glen, open 9 am to 5 pm daily, (708) 301-7720
- Knutson Harvest-13550 Townhouse Road in Newark, open Friday and Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm and Sundays from 1-4 pm, (815) 695-5905
- All Seasons Apple Orchard– 4510 Il Route 176 in Woodstock, open weekdays 10 am to 5 pm, weekends and holidays 10 am to 6 pm, (815) 338-5637
- Prairie Sky Orchard-4914 N. Union Road in Union, open 10 am to 5 pm daily, (815) 923-4834
- Royal Oak Farm Orchard– 15908 Herbron Road in Harvard, u-pick apple orchard open on September 1st-October 31st from 9:30 am to 5 pm Mondays through Thursdays, from 9:30 am to 7 pm Fridays and Saturdays and from 11 am until 6 pm on Sundays. (815) 648-4141
- Pine Acres Apples– 41W651 Powers Road in Huntley, open Tuesdays through Sundays 10 am until 4 pm, (847) 669-3251
- More Than Delicious Orchard– 9905 Thompson Road in Woodstock, open 10 am until 5 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, (815) 575-9650
- Lang’s Orchard-17411 Secor Road in Woodstock, open 11 am until 4 pm on Saturdays and Sundays, (815) 568-7547
- Woodstock Country Orchard– 17015 Garden Valley Road in Woodstock, open Wednesday through Friday from 10 am until 2 pm and Saturday-Sunday from 9 am until 4 pm, (815) 923-4359
- Plank Road Apple Orchard-50W737 Plank Road in Sycamore
- Jonamac Orchard– 9412 Shabbona Road in Malta, open 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, (815) 825-2158
- Edwards Apple Orchard-7601 Centerville Road in Poplar Grove, open daily from 9 am until 6 pm during September and October and in November the orchard is open daily from 9 am until 5 pm, (815) 765-2234