Beasley's Orchard

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Beasley’s Orchard sits at 2304 E Main St in Danville, Hendricks County — a short drive west of Indianapolis — and has operated as a family farm since 1946, now in its third generation. The farm markets out of a Civil War-era barn, a detail that shows up repeatedly in local coverage and gives the place a distinct character compared to newer orchard-attraction hybrids. Confirmed activities include a hayride, a corn maze, and apple cannons, all sourced from visithendrickscounty.com and indyschild.com rather than the orchard’s own copy.

Hours are listed as 9am-6pm Monday through Saturday and 12pm-6pm Sunday, again per the Hendricks County tourism listing — the orchard’s own website did not surface this information when checked. Visitors buy a picking bag before entering, but the record doesn’t confirm what that bag costs at any size tier, so treat pricing as an open question until you call.

The gap between reputation and confirmable specifics

Beasley’s has a strong reputation in local press — its cider has reportedly been named Indiana’s best by the state horticultural society, per secondary sources, though that claim couldn’t be verified on the orchard’s own materials during this research. Similarly, the 20-plus apple varieties often cited for Beasley’s come from visithendrickscounty.com and indyschild.com, not a page on beasleys-orchard.com itself, which returned only a bare title for its apples page rather than a working variety list.

This is worth being direct about: a well-regarded, decades-old farm doesn’t automatically mean every operational detail is easy to pin down online right now. If you’re the type of visitor who wants to know exactly what a bag of Honeycrisp will cost before you leave the house, this record can’t give you that number — a phone call is the only way to close that gap, and no phone number is listed here either, so the orchard’s own website or a search for its current contact info is the next step.

The festival is the clearest date on the calendar

The single most concrete timing anchor in this record is the 40th Annual Heartland Apple Festival, scheduled for October 3-4 and 10-11, 2026, per third-party festival listings. A festival reaching its 40th year suggests this is a well-established, recurring event rather than a one-off promotion, and it’s a reasonable bet that these two weekends will be the busiest and most programmed dates of the season here — though the record doesn’t state crowd levels directly, so that’s an inference from the festival’s scale and longevity, not a confirmed fact.

Outside those festival weekends, general u-pick access presumably continues through a normal fall run, but no season start or end date is confirmed in the record.

What to check before you go

Given the gaps, the practical move is to treat this record as a starting point rather than a finished picture: confirm current bag pricing, the actual variety list, and whether the corn maze and apple cannons run every day or only on weekends. The Civil War-era barn and third-generation family history are genuine differentiators worth seeking out once you’re there, but they don’t substitute for knowing what a visit will cost.

Bottom line

Beasley’s Orchard has the pedigree — an 80-year family history, a long-running fall festival now in its 40th year, and confirmed hayride, corn maze, and apple cannon activities — but this record can’t confirm pricing, a variety list, or exact 2026 season dates beyond the festival weekends. Plan around the October 3-4 and 10-11 festival dates if that’s your target, and call ahead for everything else.