Gilcrease Orchard

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Gilcrease Orchard sits at 7800 N Tenaya Way in the northwest Las Vegas Valley, Clark County — and the notable thing about its location is that it’s genuinely within Las Vegas city limits. The research notes call this a historic, roughly 70-acre orchard, which is a striking thing to find inside a major desert metro rather than out in surrounding farmland. Visitors pick apples, pears, and other produce, then buy fresh-pressed cider and cinnamon-sugar donuts at the farm stand — both a cider mill and cider donuts are confirmed in the record.

Fall 2026 hours are specific and dated: starting September 24, the orchard is open Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, 7am to 2pm. That’s a wider spread of open days than most orchards in this file manage, even if the hours themselves are morning-focused. No season_end date is given, so how long this fall run extends past its September 24 start isn’t confirmed.

The advance-ticket system

One of the more specific and useful details in this record is the pricing structure: admission is an advance-purchase ticket, priced at $3 on weekdays and $5 on weekends, with produce itself priced separately from that admission fee. That’s a meaningfully different model from most orchards in this file, which either have no admission fee at all or price everything by the pound with nothing separate for entry. The record’s research notes explain why: the orchard’s limited operating days, combined with an advance-ticket requirement during the fall pumpkin and apple rush, exist because the orchard can genuinely sell out. If you’re planning a visit during peak fall weeks, buying your ticket ahead of time rather than assuming you can walk up isn’t just a suggestion — it’s built into how the orchard manages fall demand.

Why this orchard stands out in Nevada

The research notes make a direct comparison worth repeating: this is one of only a handful of genuine apple u-pick operations in the entire state of Nevada, and by far the most visited given its location inside the Las Vegas metro area itself. Compare that to Agape Organics in Washoe Valley, a small Saturdays-only organic operation near Reno, or Mackie Farms in Hazen, an appointment-only farm between Fernley and Fallon — Gilcrease Orchard is operating at a genuinely different scale and level of public accessibility than either.

What’s still unconfirmed

No apple variety names appear in the record, so there’s no way to say what specifically you’d be picking beyond “apples” generally. The orchard’s own website, gilcreaseorchard.xyz, was located during research but returned no readable content when fetched directly, meaning nothing in this record is credited as confirmed from the orchard’s own current site — everything here traces back to local television news coverage (8newsnow.com, news3lv.com) and a property-management blog post. That’s a reasonably strong source mix for basic operating details like hours and pricing, but it’s still secondhand relative to the orchard’s own materials.

No accessibility or parking information appears in the record either, which is worth checking directly given the orchard’s popularity and limited operating days.

Bottom line for planning

Gilcrease Orchard is a real standout in this file — a historic, genuinely large orchard operating inside city limits, with confirmed fall 2026 hours and a clear, specific admission pricing structure. But buy your ticket in advance rather than showing up expecting to pay at the gate, since the record is explicit that this orchard can sell out during the fall rush, and there’s no season-end date on file to tell you how long the current run will last.