A fifth-generation Apple Hill bakery-and-farm-stand destination that, per a reliable secondary source, does NOT offer u-pick apples — go for the donuts, pastries, and hard cider, not for picking your own fruit.
Boa Vista Orchards is a fifth-generation family farm and one of the most established stops in California’s Apple Hill region, near Camino and Placerville. But the honest framing here matters: this is a bakery-and-farm-stand destination — donuts, pastries, jams, hard cider — rather than a u-pick apple operation. That’s likely why it wasn’t picked up by u-pick-focused searches in the past, despite being one of the more frequently named Apple Hill businesses.
The orchard’s own site didn’t explicitly address whether apples are pick-your-own. A separate, detailed source — a visitor and travel blog covering Apple Hill specifically — states plainly that Boa Vista does not offer u-pick apples, only u-pick pumpkins. Given that this source describes the actual visitor experience rather than just listing the business, the record treats that as the more reliable answer and sets u_pick to false rather than leaving it ambiguous or assuming the opposite because it’s an “orchard.”
One of the more distinctive confirmed facts here: Boa Vista is open daily, 7:30am to 6pm, closed only on Thanksgiving and Christmas. That’s a meaningfully different operating model from orchards that only run September through early November. If you’re in the Apple Hill area outside the traditional fall apple season, this is one of the few stops confirmed to be open essentially year-round.
The pumpkin patch runs September 11 through October 31, per the orchard’s own site — one of the more specific, dated confirmations in this record. If u-pick pumpkins are of interest even without u-pick apples, that’s a real, checkable reason to visit within that window.
Rather than a picking experience, Boa Vista’s draw is its bakery and farm-stand offerings: donuts, pastries, jams, and hard cider. Whether the cider is pressed on-site or sold as a retail product wasn’t confirmed in the pages checked, so that detail is left blank rather than assumed either way. No specific apple varieties are named either — apples here appear to be sold pre-picked rather than marketed by variety name.
The research notes describe this record as filling a genuine gap in the existing Apple Hill cluster — which already includes High Hill Ranch and Larsen Apple Barn — as a farm-stand-with-orchard-on-site option, distinct from the u-pick-focused entries already there. If you want to round out an Apple Hill day trip with a stop that’s about buying rather than picking, this is a legitimate addition to that itinerary.
The address is 2952 Carson Road, Placerville, CA 95667, in the Apple Hill area northeast of downtown Placerville, in El Dorado County. The listed coordinates are Placerville city-center coordinates rather than a geocode of the exact Carson Road address, so treat the map pin as approximate.
Boa Vista Orchards is worth a stop for its bakery and farm-stand offerings and its near-year-round hours, but set expectations correctly before you go: this isn’t a u-pick apple destination. Confirm on-site cider production and the current apple variety list by phone (530-622-5522) if those details matter to your visit.
Open daily nearly year-round (closed only Thanksgiving and Christmas), 7:30am-6pm. Pumpkin patch runs September 11-October 31.
Picking your own apples is the point of your trip — this record indicates Boa Vista does not offer u-pick apples, only u-pick pumpkins.
No, according to a reliable secondary source — a visitor/travel blog covering Apple Hill in detail explicitly states Boa Vista does NOT offer u-pick apples, only u-pick pumpkins. The orchard's own site didn't explicitly state either way, so this determination rests on that secondary source.
September 11 through October 31, confirmed directly on the orchard's own site.
7:30am to 6pm, daily, closed only on Thanksgiving and Christmas — a near-year-round operating schedule rather than a fall-only season.
Not specified in the record. Apples here are sold pre-picked rather than picked by visitors.
Unclear. The farm sells hard cider and cider products, but whether it's milled on-site versus sold as a retail product wasn't confirmed, so cider_mill is left blank.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily (closed Thanksgiving and Christmas). 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.
2952 Carson Road, Placerville, CA 95667, in El Dorado County. It is one of 7 orchards we track in Apple Hill.
We track 7 orchards in Apple Hill, 3 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 7 orchards we track in Apple Hill had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 6 other orchards we track in El Dorado County. All Apple Hill orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
boavista.com
Checked September 2026.