Welcome to America’s very first spa town. Berkeley Springs, packed full of natural hot springs, has been a vacation destination since the colonial era. But when you’re done steeping in the 75-degree healing mountain water, it’s the nearby farms, with their farmers’ markets and organic produce, that are calling your name.
If you want to experience crisp mornings, colorful hillsides, and abundant farm activities in Berkeley Springs, plan your visit for fall. While Berkeley Springs is a year-round destination with no particular best time to visit, September and October are the best for farm visits.
Berkeley Springs itself isn’t deep apple country, but a short drive in almost any direction across West Virginia, Maryland, and Virginia turns up real, working orchards and farm markets worth the trip.
Between orchard stops, there’s still plenty of things to do in Berkeley Springs to fill out a weekend. Book a stay at Blue Maple’s cabins in Berkeley Springs and use it as your home base for a weekend of orchard visits, farm stands, and pumpkin patches.
To make the most of apple season, here are the orchards and farms worth planning your trip around.
1. Blue Goose Fruit Market
- Location: 557 E Main St, Hancock, MD 21750
- Website: www.bluegoosemarkethancock.com
- Best for: The closest stop to Berkeley Springs, with a bakery worth the detour
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 10 min
Blue Goose Fruit Market is located just across the state line in Hancock, making it by far the closest stop on this list to downtown Berkeley Springs.
This shop is more of a local business than a true local farm, however. You can nab honey alongside seasonal fruit and produce, and the bakery turns out a rotating list of 25+ pies, which makes it a crowd favorite. You have to try their Amish fudge!
Because it’s so close to town, this is a good one to save for a morning you don’t want to commit to a full day of driving, or to combine with errands on the way in or out of Berkeley Springs.
2. Glascock’s Produce (Glascock Orchards)
- Location: 5881 Highland Ridge Rd, Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
- Website: glascocksproduce.com
- Best for: Produce grown right in Morgan County
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 20 min
If you want an orchard visit without leaving Morgan County at all, this is it. Run by Mark and Laura Glascock, this sustainable, owner-operated farm has been direct-marketing produce at local farmers’ markets throughout Northern Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia since 1991.
Their seasonal roadside stand on Route 522 South in Berkeley Springs itself, typically open Thursday through Saturday, is ideal for guests who want the shortest possible trip from town.
Beyond fruits and vegetables, they also offer herbs, flowers, and homemade preserves from family recipes.
3. Kitchen’s Orchard and Farm Market
- Address: 1025 Kitchen Orchard Rd, Falling Waters, WV 25419
- Website: www.kitchensfarmmarket.com
- Best for: A fresh farm market with the widest variety of fresh-picked apples
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 40 min
Kitchen’s Orchard and Farm Market grows an unusually long list of apples, more than a dozen varieties that ripen in waves from midsummer through late fall. Early varieties like Lodi and Ginger Gold give way to Honeycrisp and Jonagold by October, with Gold Rush and Autumn Rose Fuji closing out the season in November.
The farm sells everything straight from its own orchard rather than shipping in produce, so what’s on the table matches what’s actually in season that week.
Since the lineup changes so often, it’s worth checking in on which varieties are ripe before making the drive if you have a specific apple in mind, whether that’s a crisp Honeycrisp for snacking or a tart Idared for baking.
4. Orr’s Farm Market
- Location: 682 Orr Dr, Martinsburg, WV 25403
- Website: orrsfarmmarket.com
- Best for: Pumpkins, a corn-themed play area, and a full farm day for kids
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 45 min
Orr’s Farm Market is a community staple, with a pumpkin patch, a corn-themed play area, and a barnyard where kids can get up close with farm animals. It’s the perfect family-friendly outing.
It’s a pick-your-own stop too, though the picking here ranges from blackberries and flowers in the summertime months to apples in the fall. The farm store also has local beef and pork products and other locally made items, like honey and snacks.
Between the bakery, the animals, and the open play areas, this is the easiest stop on the list for families traveling with younger kids who want more to do than walk rows of trees. Plan on spending a couple of hours here rather than treating it as a quick stop, since there’s enough going on to fill a morning.
5. Spring Valley Farm
- Location: 2454 Northwestern Turnpike, Winchester, VA 22603
- Website: springvalleyfarmandorchard.square.site
- Best for: Reliable produce from the greater West Virginia area
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 45 min
With three locations in Romney, WV, Martinsburg, WV, and Winchester, VA, this is a good farm shop to add to your map. The location in Winchester is the most convenient vendor for guests staying in Berkeley Springs.
Spring Valley Farm is particularly well-known for its peaches and bi-color sweet corn. You can purchase their produce at their farm stores and the various farmers’ markets they participate in throughout Virginia and DC.
6. Lewis’ Orchards Farm Market
- Location: 11739 Mapleville Road, Cavetown/Smithsburg, MD 21740
- Website: lewisorchards.com
- Best for: Pick-your-own peaches and a classic 4th-generation heritage family orchard feel
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 50 min
A short hop over the Maryland line, Lewis’ Orchards has been growing fruit as a family operation for four generations.
In season, they grow strawberries, cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, apples, and pears, alongside assorted vegetables — giving guests staying in Berkeley Springs a genuine orchard experience without needing to travel far.
This is a smaller, more old-school stop than some of the bigger regional players, which is part of its charm for anyone looking to get off the beaten path.
7. Marker-Miller Orchards
- Location: 3035 Cedar Creek Grade, Winchester, VA 22602
- Website: www.facebook.com/markermillerorchards
- Best for: A classic Shenandoah Valley apple-picking (and peach-picking) experience with a farm store
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 50 min
Marker-Miller Orchards has long been one of the best-known U-pick apple destinations in the northern Shenandoah Valley, with a farm market, playground, and sweet shop that make it an easy stop for families.
In a normal season, visitors can walk the rows and pick their own Gala, Honeycrisp, and Ginger Gold apples straight from the tree. Or if peaches are more your thing, they have yellow, white, and donut varietals.
It’s also close enough to Winchester to pair with a stop in town, so an orchard morning and a lunch stop in the city can share the same afternoon without much backtracking. Old Town Winchester’s shops and restaurants are only a short drive from the orchard gate, which makes the trip feel less like a single errand and more like a full day out.
Note: As with any farm, occasionally nature doesn’t provide. The 2026 picking season was dramatically impacted by a late April freeze, so the farm is unable to allow U-pickers this fall. There are still fresh apples available to purchase, some grown on the farm itself and some supplied by other farms in Virginia and Pennsylvania.
8. Rinehart Orchards
- Location: 14511 Rinehart Rd, Smithsburg, MD 21783
- Website: www.rinehartorchards.com
- Best for: Fresh apples and peaches straight from a working grower
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 1 hour
Rinehart Orchards has grown apples and peaches across 400 acres of Cumberland Valley in Washington County, Maryland, for generations. Its farm market sells what its own trees produce. It’s less of a pick-your-own outing and more of a stop for fresh, local fruit, so plan on doing your buying rather than your picking here.
Fully USDA certified, this sprawling farm is using the most environmentally friendly agricultural growing processes to keep apples and peaches ready for you all year long.
A bag of their apples makes an easy addition to a fall breakfast back at your vacation rental, whether that’s a simple bowl of sliced apples or something warm and cozy baked in the kitchen.
9. Ivy Hill Farm
- Location: 13840 Smithsburg Pike, Smithsburg, MD 21783
- Website: ivy-hill-farm.com
- Best for: Fresh-pressed cider and seasonal produce
- Travel Time from Berkeley Springs: 55 min
Cherries, peaches, plums, cantaloupe, tomatoes, squash, and more; this family-owned farm is brimming with produce nearly year-round. Ivy Hill Farm features a market stocked with fresh fruits and green vegetables, along with jellies, jams, and fresh-pressed cider once the season turns.
If you’re visiting during the month of October, you’re in luck. They host a fun festival for the community where you can try local food, make apple butter, and sample cup after cup of apple cider.
Since Ivy Hill sits so close to Rinehart Orchards, the two make an easy pair if you’re already heading toward Smithsburg for the day. Between the two stops, you can come home with fresh apples, peaches, produce, and a jug of cider without much extra driving.
Planning Your Apple Season Trip
A little planning goes a long way with working farms, since hours, crops, and availability can all shift from one week to the next. None of these stops are large commercial operations, so a bit of flexibility for the management is much appreciated.
- Aim for late September through October for the widest apple selection and the best foliage along the way.
- Call ahead during peak season, especially at smaller farms, to confirm picking is open before you drive out.
- Bring a cooler for the ride home if you’re stocking up on fruit or handcrafted cider.
- Pair a farm visit with a stop on one of the hiking trails near Berkeley Springs or dinner from our list of Berkeley Springs restaurants to round out the day.
Remember that fall isn’t the only time of year you can enjoy the surrounding farms from Berkeley Springs. Organic raspberries, goat milk, flowers, herbs, and loads more are available from the various farms during the summer and spring months as well.
Book Your Fall Farm Trip to Berkeley Springs, WV
Visiting these local farms on your trip is a great way to support the local community, stock up on fresh produce, and try an array of tasty goods, from bread to dried flowers.
None of these stops are more than a few hours’ drive from Berkeley Springs, which makes it easy to string a few together into one fall day trip. Pair a morning at an orchard with an afternoon pumpkin patch stop, then save room for a slower evening back at your vacation rental with fresh apples, cider, and maybe a pie or two from the day’s stops.
Browse our cabins in Berkeley Springs, WV, and book a stay to make apple season the centerpiece of your next weekend away.
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