South Dakota's largest and best-documented apple operation, established in 1984 on 78 acres with roughly 6,000 trees, but the orchard's own website blocked automated access, so hours and pricing here rely on third-party tourism listings rather than firsthand confirmation.
Country Apple Orchard sits along SD Highway 115 in Harrisburg, in South Dakota’s Big Sioux River Valley, and the record describes it as the state’s largest and best-documented apple operation — established in 1984 on 78 acres with roughly 6,000 trees. That scale sets it apart from most of the other South Dakota orchards in this research batch, several of which are single-source, thinly-documented small operations. Alongside apples, the orchard offers u-pick raspberries, a pumpkin patch, and a fall festival, plus a country store selling caramel apples, pies, and other treats. Phone is 605-743-2424.
Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are confirmed as available. Fall hours, according to third-party tourism listings, run Monday through Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, and Sunday 12pm-5pm — a fuller weekly schedule than many smaller orchards in this region, which often limit hours to weekends only.
Here’s an important nuance about how this record was built: the orchard’s own website returned an access error (HTTP 403) when this research attempted to fetch it directly, meaning nothing in this record comes from a firsthand read of the orchard’s current site. Instead, details are compiled from dakotarural.org and southeastsouthdakota.com, both tourism-oriented directories describing the orchard rather than the business speaking for itself. For an operation this well-established and long-running, that’s a more unusual gap than it would be for a smaller, less-documented farm — it suggests the website may have anti-scraping protections rather than a lack of genuine current information, but it does mean the specific hours and season dates quoted here should be treated as a solid starting point rather than a locked, current-year guarantee.
Multiple secondary sources reference a variety count for this orchard, but the figures don’t fully agree and neither source names the actual varieties: one describes “13 varieties,” another references “10+ for u-pick.” Given the orchard’s scale — 6,000 trees across 78 acres — it’s entirely plausible both figures are roughly accurate for different subsets (total varieties grown versus varieties specifically available for u-pick), but this record can’t tell you whether Honeycrisp, McIntosh, or any other specific apple is among them. If a particular variety matters to your visit, calling ahead to ask what’s currently ripe is the more reliable approach than guessing from either count.
The mid-August to late-October harvest window described in the record is notably long for South Dakota, and combined with the pumpkin patch and fall festival, this reads as an orchard built to draw visitors across the better part of two months rather than a narrow two-or-three-weekend picking rush. That length likely also means the fruit mix shifts meaningfully over the course of the season, with early varieties giving way to later ones — again, information this record can’t specify by name, but worth asking about directly when planning a trip timed around a particular type of apple.
No pricing is confirmed for apples, raspberries, or the pumpkin patch. No apple variety names exist despite two different variety-count claims. The current 2026 hours and season dates weren’t independently verified against the orchard’s own current site due to the access block encountered during research.
Country Apple Orchard is confirmed as South Dakota’s largest and most fully-featured apple destination in this research batch — a 6,000-tree, 78-acre operation with raspberries, a pumpkin patch, a fall festival, and a long mid-August-to-late-October season. The gap is sourcing quality rather than substance: because the orchard’s own site couldn’t be read directly, hours and season dates here come from tourism listings rather than firsthand confirmation, and no specific apple variety names could be pinned down anywhere.
Harvest is described as running mid-August into late October, per third-party tourism listings — a long season for the region. Posted fall hours are Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12pm-5pm, though these weren't confirmed directly against the orchard's current 2026 page.
you need a specific apple variety confirmed before visiting — sources cite '13 varieties' or '10+ for u-pick' without naming any of them specifically.
Bee Healthy Produce sits in the same Harrisburg area, offering a smaller, more diversified farm stop for anyone extending a visit beyond Country Apple Orchard.
78 acres with roughly 6,000 trees, established in 1984, per the record — described as South Dakota's largest and best-documented apple operation.
Not named specifically. Sources cite figures of '13 varieties' or '10+ for u-pick,' but no source named the actual varieties, so apple_varieties is left unconfirmed in the record.
Monday-Friday 10am-6pm, Saturday 10am-5pm, Sunday 12pm-5pm, per third-party tourism listings — not confirmed directly from the orchard's own current site, which returned an access error during research.
Yes — a pumpkin patch, u-pick raspberries, and a fall festival are all confirmed, along with a country store selling caramel apples, pies, and cider-adjacent products.
Mid-August into late October, per the record — a notably long season for the region.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Mon-Sun. 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.
27249 SD Hwy 115, Harrisburg, SD 57032, in Lincoln County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Big Sioux River Valley.
We track 4 orchards in Big Sioux River Valley, 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 4 orchards we track in Big Sioux River Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Lincoln County. All Big Sioux River Valley orchards →
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countryappleorchard.com · dakotarural.org · southeastsouthdakota.com
Checked September 2026.