USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards just released their best of fall rankings, and one Massachusetts orchard ranked among the best apple orchards in the country.
The annual awards highlight the best in travel, food and lifestyle, and winners are chosen by a public voting poll after being nominated by industry experts.
In the 2024 best of fall awards, ranking fall attractions across the United States in a variety of categories, Red Apple Farm in Phillipston won ninth place for best apple orchards.
Read below for everything to know about how to visit the award-winning orchard in central Massachusetts.
What to do at Red Apple Farm
Red Apple Farm in Phillipston.
Of course, as a winner in the best apple orchard category, Red Apple features a great apple-picking experience. The family farm grows over 50 unique varieties of apples to pick from, as well as pumpkins, sunflowers, zinnias, potatoes, gourds and squash – and those are only the fall crops.
If you can’t find everything you want in the orchard, the barn-style Country Store is full of freshly picked seasonal produce, as well as homemade treats such as fresh pies, authentic apple cider, cider slushies, apple dumplings, apple cider donuts, slow-cooked fudge, caramel apples and a variety of jarred goods.
When all that food shopping gets you hungry, you can get a treat from the ice cream window or a meal from the Brew Barn, a taproom and restaurant featuring breakfast sandwiches in the morning and pub favorites with live music at night. Red Apple Farm pairs with Moon Hill Brewing Co. to bring craft brews to the barn, but adults can also enjoy a drink in the scenic garden at the on-site cidery.
Complete your visit to Red Apple Farm with a wagon ride, a trip to the petting zoo and a walk along one of the farm’s beautiful trails, and your perfect fall outing will be achieved.
How to visit Red Apple Farm
The Brew Barn at Red Apple Farm
Red Apple Farm is open daily from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays and 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. on weekends. While the apple picking season lasts daily from late July through late October, the farm recommends calling to check on picking conditions before going.
The ice cream window is open from 4 to 8 p.m. on weekdays or 4 to 9 p.m. on weekends, and the brew barn is open from 11:30 a.m. until 8 p.m. on weekdays or until 9 p.m. on weekends. A drink at the cidery can be enjoyed from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday and Friday, 12 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 12 to 7 p.m. Sunday.
This farm is located at 455 Highland Ave., Phillipston, MA.
More: Apple picking season in Massachusetts: Here’s where you can pick apples in Central MA
What other apple orchards made the top 10?
If Red Apple Farm hopes to get to the top of the list, here are the orchards to beat:
Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards – LaFayette, New York
Libby & Son U-Picks – Limerick, Maine
Mercier Orchards – Blue Ridge, Georgia
Sky Top Orchard – Flat Rock, North Carolina
Knaebe’s Apple Farm – Rogers City, Michigan
Milburn Orchards – Elkton, Maryland
Hugus Fruit Farm – Rushville, Ohio
Carver’s Orchard – Cosby, Tennessee
Red Apple Farm – Phillipston, Massachusetts
Bellewood Farms – Lynden, Washington
This article originally appeared on The Patriot Ledger: Red Apple Farm in MA named in 10 best apple orchards by USA Today
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