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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. Luckily, there are several lovely places near Sioux City and Siouxland where you can do just that: 

in background, a preschool boy picks apples off a small tree


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 in Sioux City. Their opening day will be Sunday, September 1st from 11am to 5pm. After that, they will be open on Sundays from 11am to 5pm, probably for the rest of the month or until the apples are gone (watch their Facebook page for updates!)

The first weekend, honeycrisp apples are available and all apples cost $45 per half bushel, $25 per peck and $15 for a half peck. Once the honeycrisps are gone, the cost per half bushel will go down to $40 while the other prices stay the same. There is no admission charge, and the apples are sold by volume, so just buy your bag and pick what you want as long as it fits!

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

Arbor Day Farm

2611 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, NE

an apple slushie at the Arbor Day Farm
this apple slushie at the Arbor Day Farm was so good!
This Nebraska homestead was home to the first Arbor Day and continues to celebrate by planting new trees every year. Spend the night at the Lied Lodge or drive down for the day, enjoy the spectacular Tree Adventure, eat some BBQ (and an apple cider slushie!) at Porter's, then pick some apples to bring home.  The pickable orchard at Arbor Day Farm includes Fuji, Jonathon, Liberty, Empire, Golden Delicious, and Honeycrisp apples and for fall 2024, picking starts on Monday, September 2nd (Labor Day!) Apples you pick yourself at Arbor Day Farm are $15 for a 1/2 peck or $20 for a full peck.

The annual AppleJack Festival at the Arbor Day Farm is a fan favorite and the 2024 festival is the last two weekends of September. 

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 

The Country Apple Orchard opened for the 2024 season on August 25th 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 more like a petting zoo, apple cannon, tractor train rides, jumping pillows, a corn maze, a hay bale maze, a corn pit, and a zipline. 

They offer a huge variety of apples include several types of reds, Cortlands, McIntosh, Zestars, and even crabapples. 

Later in the year, look for pumpkins and then Christmas trees!

Inside the County Store, purchase cider, donuts, caramel apples, 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 2024 they open Labor Day weekend, open Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sunday noon to 4pm, and Labor Day from 10am to 4pm. Besides apple picking, you can also enjoy tractor rides, homemade apple pie, and visitors over 21 will enjoy the line of locally made Okoboji TWP Ciderworks made by Little Sioux Orchard.

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

Open starting Saturday, August 31st and then open daily from 10am to 5pm. 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.


Vala's Pumpkin Patch

12102 South 180th Street, Gretna, NE

smiling at Vala's while picking apples with my family
all smiles in the orchard at Vala's 
The impressive pumpkin patch has an apple orchard too! 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! Prices start at $12.99 for a 1/2 peck.

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.

For more information, visit the Vala's Pumpkin Patch website or connect with Vala's on Facebook


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