A genuinely large orchard for the region — roughly 50 acres and 15 varieties — filling a real geographic gap in north-central Iowa, though details rest on third-party listings rather than the orchard's own confirmed site.
Community Orchard sits at 2237 160th Street in Fort Dodge, Webster County, and the record describes it as a genuinely large operation for the region — reported at roughly 50 acres and 5,000 trees spread across 15 apple varieties. It’s run by the Stucky family, who also operate an on-site bakery called the Apple Orchard Bakery. Hours are confirmed as Monday through Saturday 8am-6pm and Sunday 10am-6pm, a full six-day-plus-Sunday schedule. Phone is 515-573-8212. Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are available.
Notably, the record identifies this as the only visitor orchard found in the Fort Dodge / north-central Iowa area during this research pass, filling a real geographic gap between the Des Moines metro cluster of orchards to the south and the northern Iowa orchards near St. Ansgar and Decorah.
The 50-acre, 5,000-tree, 15-variety figures are among the largest reported anywhere in this Iowa research batch — comparable in scale to Center Grove Orchard’s 34-variety claim near Cambridge, though without a matching level of detail. Unlike Iowa Orchard in Granger, which names all 18 of its varieties individually, Community Orchard’s 15-variety count comes without specific names. That means the scale is well-documented, but a visitor still can’t plan around a specific apple type from this record alone — the honest read is that this is likely a broad, well-established planting, but exactly which apples are ready on a given weekend isn’t confirmable here.
For anyone living in or traveling through the Fort Dodge area, this orchard’s real value in this record is less about any single standout feature and more about being the only option identified nearby. Compared to areas like the Des Moines metro (with several orchards clustered together) or eastern Iowa near Cedar Rapids, north-central Iowa doesn’t have another comparable listing in this research batch — making Community Orchard a default choice for that region rather than one option among several.
The record is direct about a limitation here: no independent orchard website (a .com domain) was found, and the orchard’s Facebook page didn’t return readable body text during this research pass. Details instead come from Iowa State University Extension’s Visit Iowa Farms directory, Yellow Pages, and Travel Iowa listings. Directory listings like the ISU Extension page are generally solid for basic facts, but they aren’t the same as an orchard confirming its own current-season hours and u-pick access — so this record’s confidence in day-to-day 2026 accuracy is lower than for orchards with an actively maintained website.
No individual apple varieties are named, and no u-pick pricing figures are given anywhere in the sources checked. There’s also no confirmed season-start or season-end date. Given how much of this record rests on directory listings rather than a primary source, calling 515-573-8212 directly is the clearest way to confirm current u-pick access, pricing, and what’s ripe before making the trip.
Community Orchard’s reported scale — 50 acres, 5,000 trees, 15 varieties, plus its own bakery — makes it a genuinely substantial stop and effectively the default orchard option for the Fort Dodge area. The tradeoff is a thinner, directory-sourced record without a named variety list, posted pricing, or a firsthand-confirmed website, so a phone call ahead is the sensible step before planning a visit around this listing.
Not stated in the record with specific dates. No 2026-specific season announcement could be confirmed, so call ahead to check current u-pick access and pricing.
you need firsthand-confirmed hours or pricing before committing to the drive — this record relies on third-party listings, not the orchard's own current site.
Reported at roughly 50 acres and 5,000 trees across 15 apple varieties, per third-party sources.
Monday-Saturday 8am-6pm, Sunday 10am-6pm, per compiled listings.
Not named individually in the record, though 15 varieties are reported in total.
Yes — the Apple Orchard Bakery, run on site by the Stucky family, per the record.
The record identifies it as the only visitor orchard found in the Fort Dodge/north-central Iowa part of the state during this research pass.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily. 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.
2237 160th Street, Fort Dodge, IA 50501, in Webster County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in North Central Iowa.
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Checked September 2026.