Cider Hill Family Orchard

Our take

The short version

Cider Hill Family Orchard sits on the Wyandotte County side of Kansas City, Kansas, and stands out as one of the larger, more established u-pick operations directly inside the metro area — 38 acres and roughly 6,000 apple trees across 18 varieties. Its most distinguishing feature is flexibility: visitors can choose to pick their own apples or have staff do the picking for them, a choice not offered at most of the orchards in this research. Once the picking is done, five on-site fishing ponds give families a reason to linger.

An early start most competitors don’t offer

The farm’s own site describes its apple season generally beginning in late July — notably earlier than the Labor Day-adjacent starts common at most other orchards in this batch — and running through early November, with the site itself noting the end date shifts depending on weather. For anyone eager to get an early-season apple before the classic fall rush hits regional orchards, that late-July start is worth checking specifically.

Pick it yourself, or let staff do it

This is a genuinely distinctive feature: rather than requiring hands-on picking, Cider Hill lets guests choose between doing the picking themselves or having staff select and pick apples on their behalf. That flexibility could matter for visitors with mobility limitations, very young kids, or simply a preference for convenience over the hands-on experience.

Eighteen varieties, unnamed

The orchard grows 18 varieties across its 6,000 trees, but the specific names weren’t listed on the page fetched for this record. Given the scale of the operation, it’s reasonable to expect a solid seasonal spread, but anyone chasing a specific variety would need to ask directly to confirm what’s currently available.

Fishing ponds as a bonus

Five fishing ponds on the property are a genuinely unusual addition among the orchards in this research — most focus purely on the picking experience and maybe a hayride, but Cider Hill adds a fishing option once the apple-picking part of the visit wraps up. An Apple Wagon carries visitors into the orchard itself, and cider slushes, donuts, and kettle corn are sold on-site.

The contact-information gap

Despite the otherwise detailed description of the property, no phone number, exact 2026 dates, or pricing were found on the page fetched for this record. That’s a real gap for an operation this well-documented in other respects. Checking the farm’s Facebook page, or the visitkansascityks.com event listing, is likely a more productive path to current details than relying on the farm’s own site alone.

Getting there

Cider Hill Family Orchard is at 3341 N 139th St in Kansas City, in Wyandotte County. The coordinates on file are approximate for the Kansas City, KS area rather than a geocode of the N 139th St address.

Bottom line

Cider Hill Family Orchard offers real scale, flexibility (pick-it-yourself or staff-picked), an unusually early season start, and a bonus fishing option most competitors don’t have. The gap here is contact information — no phone number and no confirmed 2026 dates were found, so checking Facebook or a local event listing before making the trip is the practical next step.