Apple Orchards Near Sioux City and Siouxland

It's apple season! Whether you like them sweet or tart, baked into a pie or freshly sliced, apples are one of the quintessential fall flavors. And there's just something extra special about picking your own apples. Luckily, there are several lovely places near Sioux City and Siouxland where you can do just that. So, here's my guide to where to pick apples within 2 hours of Sioux City: 

Apple Orchards in Sioux City

Autumn Grove Apple Orchard

1658 180th Street, Sioux City, IA

Currently Autumn Grove Apple Orchard is the only you-pick apple orchard I am aware of within Sioux City itself. There is no admission charge to Autumn Grove Apple Orchard, and the apples are sold by volume, so just buy your bag and pick what you want as long as it fits! Their opening day for 2025 is Sunday, September 7th from noon to 4pm but they stated they may not be open every Sunday (basically, it depends on the weather and which trees are ready which days,) so watch their Facebook page for updates! I've been several times in the past and we always have fun picking apples and found them delicious for both snacking and baking.

For fall 2025, apples at Autumn Grove Apple Orchard will be $40 for a 1/2 bushel, $25 for a peck, and $15 for a 1/2 peck. 

For more information, follow Autumn Grove Apple Orchard on Facebook, and check out my full guide to Autumn Grove Apple Orchard.

Apple Orchards within 2 hours of Sioux City (listed alphabetically)

Arbor Day Farm

2611 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE

this apple slushie at the Arbor Day Farm was so good!

Arbor Day Farm is built on a Nebraska homestead that was home to the first Arbor Day and continues to celebrate by planting new trees every year. You can pick your own apples in their orchard, but there's lots of other fun too. You could spend the night at the Lied Lodge or drive down for the day, play in the spectacular Tree Adventure, eat some BBQ (and an apple cider slushie!) at Porter's, and then pick some apples to bring home.  The pickable orchard at Arbor Day Farm includes Fuji, Jonathon, Liberty, Empire, Golden Delicious, and Honeycrisp apples. 2025 dates and prices will be announced soon. 

The annual AppleJack Festival at the Arbor Day Farm, the last two weekends of September each year, is full of even more apple fun, so don't miss that if you're an apple orchard afficionado!

For more information, visit the Arbor Day Farm website, connect with Arbor Day Farm on Facebook, and check out my full guide to Arbor Day Farm.

The Country Apple Orchard

27249 SD Highway 115, Harrisburg, SD 

photo courtesy of The Country Apple Orchard

The Country Apple Orchard opened for the 2025 season on Wednesday, August 27th and will be open every Wednesday and Thursday for apple picking, plus every Friday through Sunday in September and October for all of their "fall festival" fun, which includes apple picking plus lots over 20 attractions including a petting zoo, apple cannon, tractor train rides, jumping pillows, a corn maze, a hay bale maze, a corn pit, and a zipline. Admission for apple picking and the country store are both FREE, and admission to the 20+ attractions for fall 2025 start at $12.50 per person on Fridays and $15.50 on weekends. Admission to the attractions at Country Apple Orchard is FREE for kids under 35"! 

photo courtesy of The Country Apple Orchard

The orchard at The Country Apple Orchard produces a huge variety of apples include several types of reds, Cortlands, McIntosh, Zestars, and even crabapples. Watch their social media for updates each week on which varities are ready. Later in the year, look for pumpkins and then Christmas trees! And inside their County Store, you can also purchase cider, donuts, caramel apples, homemade apple pies, and bags of fresh apples to bring home. 

For more information, visit the Country Apple Orchard website or connect with the Country Apple Orchard on Facebook.

Little Sioux Orchard

2618 160th Avenue, Milford, IA

Little Sioux Orchard is the Okoboji area's only you-pick apple orchard, and for fall 2025 they opened Saturday, August 23rd. Besides apple picking, you can also enjoy tractor rides, homemade apple pie, and visitors over 21 will enjoy their line of locally made Okoboji TWP Ciderworks made by Little Sioux Orchard. Once their season begins, Little Sioux Orchard will be open Saturdays from 10am to 5pm and Sundays from noon to 4pm, plus on Labor Day from 10am to 4pm.

For more information, visit the Little Sioux Orchard website or connect with Little Sioux Orchard on Facebook.

Super Bee

4571 US Highway 75, Fort Calhoun, NE

Farmstand open for the fall starting August 21, 2025, from 10am to 6pm, with Gala Apples and fresh Missouri peaches according to their Facebook page. You-Pick apples will be available in September, with an exact date to be posted closer to that time. No admission fee but check in to get your bag and instructions. You pick what you want and then pay for what you pick! Lots of other treats are available too including Jerry's famous caramel apples, fresh baked pies, and locally crafted goods like soap. 

For more information, connect with Super Bee Orchard on Facebook.

Trapple Orchard

1377 145th Street, Little Sioux, IA

Trapple Orchard is open from mid-August to mid-October and offers a wide variety of you-pick apples including a unique tree lease option. You pick the tree you want; they tend it all year like their other trees, and then you can choose to pick the apples from your tree yourself or have them pick them for you! 

Trapple Orchard has more than 450 fruit trees including apples, pears, cherries, and more. 

For more information, visit the Trapple Orchard website or follow Trapple Orchard on Instagram.

Vala's Pumpkin Patch

12102 South 180th Street, Gretna, NE

all smiles in the orchard at Vala's 

While Vala's is known primarily as arguably the best pumpkin patch in the entire world, they also have the largest apple orchard in the state of Nebraska! The apple orchard is within Vala's and there's a cute tractor shuttle to take you out to the rows that are ready to be picked the day you're there.  At the Vala's Apple Orchard, visitors can pick their own apples from 9am to 6:30pm in a 40-acre orchard with 45 different varieties of apples. Honeycrisp weekend at Vala's is August 30th through September 1st, and during this time visitors can pick delicious Honeycrisp apples, while other delicious varieties of apples continue to be available throughout the month of September (weather dependent of course!)

And the apple fun doesn't stop at picking. There are apple cannons, and a new ride for 2025 called "Aunt Kelsey's Apple Tree Swing" which is a classic amusement park swing ride with an adorable apple tree theme!

Vala's also makes their own cider and hard cider with their apple in their 7,000ft cider mill, built in 2020. They source the apples for their cider from a special 7-acre section of the orchard that isn't publicly accessible containing heirloom bittersweet and bittersharp apples perfect for hard cider brewing. The resulting cider plus lots of other delicious apple-based foods and drinks, are sold at eateries around Vala's, and my personal favorite is their apple cider donuts. They're so good!

For more information, check out my full guide to Vala's Pumpkin Patch, visit the Vala's Pumpkin Patch website or connect with Vala's on Facebook. 

More Midwest Apple Orchards

Looking for even more great Midwest apple orchards where you can pick your own apples?

• Des Moines Parent has a great list of apple orchards and apple picking near Des Moines
• Oh My, Omaha! has a great list of a dozen apple orchards near Omaha, including some already included in this post.