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🗺️ Farm Day Trips guide
Michigan has 19 orchards in our Farm Day Trips directory, in towns like Sparta, St. Johns and Britton. Many are an easy drive from a lavender farm, so you can visit both in one day.
19 places · updated October 17, 2026
Kapnick Orchards · Country Mill Farms · Fruit Acres Farm Market & U-Pick · Dexter Cider Mill · Crane Orchards · Robinette's Apple Haus & Winery · VerHage Fruit Farms & Cider Mill · Alber Orchard & Cider Mill
Orchard and farm market near Tecumseh since 1958, with U-pick apples from late August, fry-cake donuts and cider pressed on site.
213-acre orchard near Charlotte with organic U-pick apples from August into November, plus blueberries, peaches, cider, donuts and wine.
Coloma orchard market selling its own apples and pears each fall; U-pick cherries, peaches and apples paused in 2026 for a short crop.
Cider mill on the Huron River in Dexter since 1886, wood-pressing fresh cider and frying cinnamon donuts from late August into November.
Sixth-generation Fennville orchard with U-pick cherries, peaches and apples, plus a 20-acre corn maze and weekend hayrides in fall.
Kobernik family's certified organic cherry orchard near Frankfort, with a short u-pick window for sweet cherries in July ($7.50 a pound in 2026).
Grand Rapids orchard founded in 1911 with a cider mill, Apple Haus bakery and winery, plus weekend U-pick apples in September and October.
Old orchard west of Greenville that the Petersen family bought in 2019, now home to Applewood Kitchen + Bar and its 20 hard ciders on tap.
Ithaca cider mill just off US-127, open year-round Monday to Saturday, pressing cider on site with from-scratch donuts, pies and fudge.
Kalamazoo fruit farm since 1960 and cider mill since 1962, known for unpasteurized cider, daily donuts, a long pie list and a zip line.
Family orchard northeast of Manchester since 1881, growing over 100 apple varieties and pressing cider on an 1890 Mount Gilead press.
Family orchard between Ypsilanti and Milan since 1942, with U-pick apples, fresh donuts and cider; 2026 fall season opened Sept. 10.
Family fruit farm north of Rockford with U-pick Honeycrisp, Gala and Jonagold apples into early November in 2026 and a market of produce and pumpkins.
Family-run Sparta farm market open June to November, with U-pick apples and pumpkins and an award-winning cider mill open daily each fall.
Family orchard on the Ridge near Sparta since 1989, with U-pick apples and pumpkins, a corn maze and wood-fired pizza from August to October.
Fruit Ridge family orchard near Sparta with U-pick from 13 apple varieties, September 8 to October 31, a pumpkin patch and weekend cider donuts.
Family orchard north of St. Johns, planted in 1852, with U-pick apples and fresh cider and donuts on fall weekends in September and October.
Beck family cider mill on US-127 north of St. Johns with a daily pie barn, hard cider taproom, 9-acre corn maze and fall festival weekends.
Ypsilanti orchard run by the Wiard family since 1837, with a fall Country Fair open Wednesday to Sunday, U-pick apples and a cider mill.
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