A third-generation family farm with its own award-branded cider and apple cider doughnuts, priced by the bucket rather than the pound — but no dollar amounts or a confirmed 2026 opening date are on file.
Priced by bucket, not by the pound: small (8 lbs), medium (10-12 lbs), large (20+ lbs); no dollar figures were posted on the page read.
Draper Girls Country Farm has been in the same family since 1962, and the record backs that up with real specifics: an on-site cider operation with its own name and award branding (Draper Girls Cider), apple cider doughnuts sold at the farm’s Country Store, and a pricing structure built around bucket sizes rather than a flat per-pound rate. What’s missing is just as notable — no dollar figures for those buckets, no named apple varieties, and no confirmed 2026 season-opening date. This is a farm with a distinctive, well-documented operation and a couple of real blanks still to fill in before you plan around it.
Most u-pick orchards in this database price apples per pound. Draper Girls does something different: the record lists three bucket sizes — small at roughly 8 lbs, medium at 10-12 lbs, and large at 20+ lbs — as the actual pricing unit, read directly from the farm’s own seasonal-info page. That’s a useful thing to know before you arrive, since it changes how you think about “how much should we pick” — you’re choosing a container size up front rather than watching a running per-pound total. What the record doesn’t have is the actual dollar cost of any of the three sizes, so budget with a question mark until you call or arrive.
Unlike some orchards where “cider” just means fruit sold near a press elsewhere, Draper Girls’ own site names its cider operation directly — Draper Girls Cider — and describes it with award branding, suggesting this is a genuine, established on-site pressing operation rather than a side note. Apple cider doughnuts are confirmed as sold at the Country Store as a seasonal offering. If cider and cider doughnuts are the reason you’re visiting a specific orchard rather than just picking apples, this record supports that being a real part of the Draper Girls experience.
The record lists separate hours for u-pick and for the Country Store. U-pick runs 10am to 4pm. The Country Store keeps longer hours: Monday through Friday 10am to 5pm, and Saturday-Sunday 10am to 6pm. If your plan is to pick apples and then browse the store afterward, that’s fine within those windows — but don’t assume the store closes when the fields do, or that the fields stay open as late as the store does on a weekend.
The farm’s own site claims “close to 100 types and varieties of fruit,” a broad number that, per the record, comes with a downloadable PDF listing specifics — a document that wasn’t accessed in putting this record together. That means no individual apple varieties are named here, even though the overall scale claim suggests real breadth. If a specific cultivar matters to your visit, the farm’s own PDF (referenced on its site) or a phone call would be the way to find out, since this record can’t tell you which of those “close to 100” varieties are apples versus other fruit.
Beyond straightforward u-pick, the record lists a cider tasting, a cider festival, a harvest festival, and pumpkin selection among the farm’s activities. That’s a fuller fall-event calendar than many of the other orchards in this database carry, suggesting Draper Girls leans into being a seasonal destination with scheduled happenings rather than just open-ended daily picking. If one of those named events lines up with your travel dates, it’s worth checking whether it requires advance tickets — the record doesn’t say either way.
The address on file is 6200 Hwy 35, Mount Hood Parkdale, OR 97041, in Hood River County. The listed coordinates are an approximate estimate for that address rather than an individually geocoded point, so navigate by the highway address itself.
Draper Girls backs up its family-farm story with a real, named cider operation and a distinctive bucket-pricing system — genuinely useful specifics most orchard records don’t have. What it’s missing is just as real: no dollar prices, no named apple varieties, and no confirmed 2026 opening date. Call 541-490-8113 to fill in those gaps before you commit to a visit.
Not stated with specific 2026 dates. The farm describes 'close to 100 types and varieties of fruit' without a posted 2026 season-opening date.
You need an exact dollar price before you go — the record has bucket sizes but no listed cost.
Located in the Hood River Valley alongside other Fruit Loop stops, and the farm's own seasonal cider festival and harvest festival suggest it's worth timing a visit around one of those events if the dates line up.
By the bucket, not the pound: small (8 lbs), medium (10-12 lbs), and large (20+ lbs), per the farm's own site. No dollar figures were posted on the page read, so bring cash or a card and expect to ask at check-in.
Yes — the record confirms an on-site, award-branded operation called Draper Girls Cider, plus apple cider doughnuts sold at the Country Store. This is a genuine cider mill, not just fruit sold nearby.
Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturday-Sunday 10am-6pm, per the record. U-pick itself runs a separate window, 10am-4pm.
None are individually named in the record. The farm's own site describes 'close to 100 types and varieties of fruit' overall (not apples specifically) with a downloadable variety PDF that wasn't accessed for this record.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Priced by bucket, not by the pound: small (8 lbs), medium (10-12 lbs), large (20+ lbs); no dollar figures were posted on the page read.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
6200 Hwy 35, Mount Hood Parkdale, OR 97041, in Hood River County. It is one of 5 orchards we track in Hood River Valley.
We track 5 orchards in Hood River Valley, 5 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has fresh cider, which most Hood River Valley orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 5 orchards we track in Hood River Valley had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 4 other orchards we track in Hood River County. All Hood River Valley orchards →
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drapergirlscountryfarm.com
Checked September 2026.