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U-Pick Apple Orchards Near Columbia, MO

August 20, 2024

Ready for some fall fun? Head out to a u-pick apple orchard around Columbia and Mid Missouri. Healthy snacking, family fun, and photo opps are yours for the taking at these farms and orchards. Be sure to call ahead to check availability and picking times then get ready to love this season to the core.


🍎Hilltop Orchards
New Franklin, MO (30 minutes from Columbia)
Plenty of u-pick apples, pumpkins

🍏 Hickory Ridge Orchard
Mexico, MO (45 minutes from Columbia)
U-pick and pre-picked apples, pumpkins, fall attractions-corn maze, petting zoo, etc (starting date TBA)

🍎 Hampton's Hilltop Orchard
Higbee, MO (50 minutes from Columbia)
U-pick apples

🍏 West Orchards
Macon, MO (1 hour from Columbia)
U-pick apples

🍎 Theirbach's Orchard
Marthasville, MO (1 hr, 20 minutes from Columbia)
U-pick apples and other treats, attractions including corn maze and bounce houses

🍏 Centennial Farms
Augusta, MO (1 hour, 30 minutes from Columbia)
U-pick apples and other treats plus a playground for the kids