A veteran-owned small farm best known for spring strawberry u-pick, with fall apples and caramel apples as a secondary offering — the record can't confirm whether the apples themselves are u-pick or sold pre-picked, so ask directly when you call.
Appel Farms, a veteran-owned small farm in Springdale, has built its local reputation around spring u-pick strawberries. According to a University of Arkansas farm-and-food-systems feature, that strawberry season “carries over to fall with apples and pumpkins” — meaning the farm doesn’t disappear once strawberry season ends, but shifts its focus to fall produce, apples among them.
It’s worth being direct about the biggest gap here: nothing in the sources reviewed clearly states whether the fall apples specifically are available as pick-your-own, or whether they’re sold pre-picked, or whether the primary apple-related offering is really the caramel apples made on site rather than raw fruit at all. The farm is broadly described as a “u-pick/pre-picked operation,” which is true of the farm in general (certainly true of the strawberries), but that description doesn’t specifically confirm the apple side of things. This record treats apple u-pick as likely but not certain — a meaningful distinction if a hands-on picking experience is specifically what you’re after. A direct call (479-770-3602) is the only way to settle this before you go.
Given how strongly the sources emphasize strawberries as this farm’s primary identity, it’s fair to set apples as a secondary, fall-season offering here rather than a dedicated apple-orchard experience. That doesn’t make it a bad stop — plenty of good agritourism destinations are built around one headline crop with smaller seasonal offerings on the side — but it does mean you shouldn’t expect the variety, scale, or dedicated infrastructure (signage, marked rows, posted apple pricing) that a purpose-built apple orchard would have.
One detail is concrete and worth calling out directly: caramel apples made on site. That’s a specific, verifiable product offering rather than a vague description, and it suggests the farm has built at least some prepared-food infrastructure around its fall apple crop, even if the raw picking experience itself remains unclear. If a caramel apple from the source farm sounds appealing regardless of whether you pick your own raw apples first, that’s a reason to visit on its own.
The farm is specifically described as veteran-owned — a detail worth acknowledging for visitors who prioritize supporting veteran-owned businesses. Combined with the fact that there’s no dedicated website, only a Facebook page, this reads as a genuinely small, community-oriented operation rather than a large commercial agritourism business.
No apple varieties are named. No pricing is available for apples, pumpkins, or caramel apples. No exact fall season dates are stated — only the general framing that strawberry season “carries over” into fall apples and pumpkins. For a farm this lightly documented online, a phone call before visiting is the most reliable way to fill in these gaps.
Appel Farms is at 5909 Elm Springs Rd in Springdale, Washington County, in the Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks region. Coordinates on file are a Springdale city-center estimate, not geocoded to the exact address.
A small, veteran-owned farm where fall apples and caramel apples follow a much better-known spring strawberry season — worth a call to Appel Farms at 479-770-3602 to confirm whether the apple side of the operation is genuinely pick-your-own before you plan a trip specifically around that.
Not stated with specific 2026 dates. The farm's strawberry season is described as its primary draw, with apples and pumpkins following in fall — no exact fall dates are given.
You need firm confirmation that apples specifically are pick-your-own before you go — the source doesn't clearly separate that from pre-picked or prepared (caramel apple) sales.
Not primarily. It's best known locally for spring u-pick strawberries; per a University of Arkansas feature, that 'carries over to fall with apples and pumpkins' as a secondary offering.
This isn't entirely clear from the sources available. The farm is generally described as a 'u-pick/pre-picked operation,' but nothing found explicitly separates whether the apples specifically are u-pick, or only sold pre-picked and as caramel apples. This record treats it as likely-but-not-certain u-pick.
Yes — caramel apples made on site are specifically mentioned as an offering.
No dedicated website was found; the farm's presence online is a Facebook page.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
5909 Elm Springs Rd, Springdale, AR 72762, in Washington County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks.
We track 4 orchards in Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks, 2 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
What sets it apart locally: it has pick-your-own apples, which most Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 1 of the 4 orchards we track in Northwest Arkansas / Ozarks had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
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Checked September 2026.