Picking your own fruit straight off the tree is one of the best ways to spend a Utah summer or fall day. Utah County’s orchards along the old fruit way, northern Utah pumpkin patches and Southern Utah peach farms all open their gates to families who want to fill a bucket themselves.
First, about 2026
This was a brutal year for Utah fruit growers. An April freeze destroyed most of the state’s fruit crop. The governor’s office estimated more than 90 percent of fruit production could be lost and signed a crop emergency declaration on May 15, 2026. Many orchards had no apple or peach picking at all this year. “It really got us this year,” Curtis Rowley of Cherry Hill Farms told Utah Public Radio.
So think of this guide two ways: a few things you can still pick this fall, and a list of farms to support and plan around for 2027. Crops and schedules change every year, so always check each farm’s website before you go.
1. Rocky Top Fruit Farm (Payson)
Pick: raspberries right now, and a long list of fruit in a normal year.
Rocky Top grows its fruit organically. In a typical season, from June through October, you can pick cherries, apricots, blackberries, raspberries, peaches, pluots, plums and apples. This fall, raspberry picking is running until the first hard freeze, though there are no apples in 2026.
Where: 8648 S. 6200 West, Payson
This fall: Raspberries on select mornings. See rockytopfruit.com for days and prices
2. Cherry Hill Farms (Santaquin, Alpine and Hurricane)
Pick: apples in Alpine and peaches in Hurricane, in a normal year.
The Rowley family has been growing fruit in Utah since 1927, when Moses Aaron Rowley started farming in Orem. Their Santaquin farm dates to 1957, and Burgess Orchards in Alpine, now part of Cherry Hill, has grown fruit since 1926. In a normal year, Alpine offers apple picking from August through October on announced dates, and the Hurricane farm’s peaches run from mid-June into September.
Where: 315 N. Orchard Ln., Santaquin; Burgess Orchards, 500 Bateman Ln., Alpine; 1468 Flora Tech Rd., Hurricane
This fall: Alpine has closed for the season. The Hurricane farm has a corn maze and farm stand. See cherryhillfarms.com
3. Rowley’s Red Barn (Santaquin)
Pick: cherries, peaches, apples and pumpkins in a normal year.
Rowley’s Red Barn is a classic Utah County stop, with a bakery and ice cream alongside its pick-your-own fields. This year the farm has no apples to pick and canceled its Harvest Festival, but its Fall Festival runs through October 30. There’s also a second store in Washington, near St. George.
Where: 901 S. 300 West, Santaquin, and 471 W. Telegraph St., Washington
More: rowleysredbarn.com
4. Michaelis Family Farm (Garland)
Pick: pumpkins this fall, and berries, corn and more in summer.
Up in Box Elder County, Michaelis Family Farm grows strawberries, raspberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelon, rhubarb and flowers, and uses no pesticides. Its pumpkin picking runs through October 31, 2026.
Where: 13760 N. 5400 West, Garland
More: michaelisfamilyfarm.com
5. Glen Ray’s Corn Maze and Pumpkin Patch (Spanish Fork)
Pick: pumpkins, from more than 60 varieties.
Glen Ray’s is run by a family that has farmed in Leland for more than 150 years, across seven generations. Its pumpkin patch grows more than 60 varieties, and this year’s corn maze has a USA 250 theme.
Where: 1750 W. 8000 South, Spanish Fork
2026 season: Through October 31. See glenrayscornmaze.com
6. Black Island Farms (Syracuse)
Pick: a pumpkin straight off the vine.
Family-owned for more than 60 years, Black Island Farms takes visitors by hayride out to the pumpkin patch, and one pumpkin is included with each ticket. There’s also an eight-acre corn maze.
Where: 2075 S. 4000 West, Syracuse
2026 season: Through October 31. See blackislandfarms.com
Tips for picking your own
- Check before you drive. Picking days are announced as crops ripen, and they can change overnight.
- Go early. Mornings are cooler, and the best fruit goes first.
- Support farms in a bad year. Even without fruit, many have farm stands, bakeries and fall events that help them get through.
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Details in this guide draw on each farm’s own website and on reporting from Utah Public Radio, the Daily Herald, Utah Business and Provo.com. Crops and schedules change every year, so confirm before you go. Top photo: McMurphy, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.