A roughly 32-acre, 500-tree farm-store operation south of Llano that sells apples, cider, and apple butter over the counter — but multiple sources agree this is not a general-public u-pick stop, and no working official website could be found to confirm current hours.
Apple Valley Orchard sits at 12340 South Highway 16, about 10 miles south of the town of Llano in what sourced descriptions consistently place as the Oxford community. The record’s own tags — “Farm Store,” “Apple Cider,” “Family Farm” — signal the character of the place before you even read the details: this reads as a retail-forward operation built around a farm store, not a hands-on picking destination. That distinction matters enough that it’s worth stating up front, because “orchard” in a name can suggest u-pick to visitors who haven’t checked first.
The property is described in the source note as roughly 32 acres with about 500 trees, and five apple varieties are named in the record: Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady, Granny Smith, and Jonagold. That’s a reasonably broad spread across the season — Gala and Fuji lean toward the middle of a typical apple calendar, Granny Smith is a tart, all-purpose apple, and Pink Lady tends to ripen later. The farm store is described as selling not just fresh apples but cider, apple butter, and baked goods, which points to a stop built for browsing and buying rather than spending an afternoon in the rows.
This is the single most important thing in the record: u_pick is listed as false, and that’s not a data-entry default — it’s backed by agreement across four independent secondary sources (Hill Country Portal, Edible Austin, the Llano Chamber of Commerce, and TexasRealFood), all compiled between 2023 and 2025. Those sources don’t just fail to mention u-pick; they explicitly state that general-public hand-picking isn’t a standing offer and instead happens only on special occasions. If picking apples yourself is the point of a Hill Country apple trip, this record is telling you plainly that Apple Valley isn’t built for that, at least not as a walk-up option.
Pre-picked fruit is listed as available, which fits the farm-store model — you’re buying what’s already been harvested rather than filling your own bag in the orchard.
Days_open, hours, price_from, and price_note are all null. That’s not an oversight in compiling this record — it’s a direct consequence of a research gap described plainly in the source note: no live official website could be reached. A domain matching the expected name for the business did not resolve, and a similarly named domain turned out to belong to an unrelated Tennessee business, so it was correctly excluded rather than mistakenly used as a source. Cider_mill and cider_donuts are both marked false, which appears to be a description of what the farm store offers (cider and apple butter as products) rather than an on-site milling or donut operation.
Because there’s no working website to check against, the phone number on file — 325-247-3979 — is genuinely the most reliable way to get current hours, confirm the farm store is open, and ask about the general apple supply for the season. The lat/lng in the record were geocoded from the mailing address rather than checked against satellite imagery, so treat the map pin as a close approximation rather than a pixel-perfect location.
Apple Valley Orchard is a small, established Hill Country farm-store operation about 10 miles south of Llano, selling apples, cider, apple butter, and baked goods, with a five-variety lineup spanning early to later-season apples. What it isn’t, based on consistent third-party reporting, is a public pick-your-own stop — treat any expectation of picking apples here as something to ask about specifically rather than assume. With no working website found, a phone call to 325-247-3979 is the practical first step before making the drive, especially since current 2026 hours and season status are unconfirmed in this record.
Not stated in the record. days_open, hours, season_start, and season_end are all null, and no live official website was reachable during research — the phone number is the only way to get current timing.
you specifically want to pick your own apples — several independent sources say general-public u-pick is not offered here and picking happens only on special occasions.
The record lists u_pick as false. Several 2023-2025 secondary sources (Hill Country Portal, Edible Austin, Llano Chamber of Commerce, TexasRealFood) explicitly state that general-public u-pick is not offered and that hand-picking happens only on special occasions rather than as a standing option.
Per the record, pre-picked apples, cider, apple butter, and baked goods are sold from a farm store. Five varieties are named: Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady, Granny Smith, and Jonagold.
12340 South Highway 16, Llano, TX 78643 — sourced descriptions consistently place it about 10 miles south of Llano in the Oxford community along Highway 16.
None could be reached during this research pass. A domain resembling the orchard's name resolved to an unrelated Tennessee business and was not used as a source, so the phone number is the most reliable contact point in this record.
No — cider_mill and cider_donuts are both listed false in the record.
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.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
Gala, Fuji, Pink Lady, Granny Smith, Jonagold — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
12340 South Highway 16, Llano, TX 78643, in Llano County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Texas Hill Country.
texasapplevalley.com · applevalleyorchard.com
Checked September 2026.