Goebbert's Farm

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Goebbert’s Farm is located at 42W813 Reinking Rd in Pingree Grove, Kane County. The phone number on file is 847-464-5952, and the orchard’s apple-picking page lives at goebberts.com/apple-orchard. U-pick apples are priced at $10 per bag, and cider donuts are confirmed. Two apple varieties are named directly in the record: Red Delicious and Jonathan.

The tractor model is the real distinguishing detail

The single most useful, checkable fact in this record is how picking actually works here: visitors are driven out to the orchard rows by tractor rather than walking out on their own. That’s worth calling out because it’s a genuinely different visitor experience from the self-guided rows most other orchards in this file describe. If you’re picturing a quiet stroll through the trees at your own pace, that’s not quite what’s confirmed here — expect a more organized, group-transport version of picking, which can suit families with younger kids or anyone who doesn’t want a long walk, but might not suit someone looking for a slower, more solitary picking experience.

Fall Festival first, apples second

The research notes are explicit that Goebbert’s leans heavily into a broader “Fall Festival” identity — a haunted house, a straw maze, and a Pumpkin Express Train are all part of the offering, with apple picking positioned as one attraction among several rather than the sole draw. That’s a real distinction worth weighing against orchards elsewhere in this file that build their entire visitor experience around the orchard itself. If a haunted house and a pumpkin train sound appealing alongside apples, that’s a point in Goebbert’s favor; if you specifically want an apple-focused, less carnival-like outing, it’s worth setting expectations accordingly.

Only two named varieties

The variety list here is short and specific — Red Delicious and Jonathan — rather than the long rosters some other orchards in this file post. That doesn’t necessarily mean only two varieties grow on the property, but it does mean this record can’t speak to anything beyond those two. If chasing a particular variety like Honeycrisp or Gala matters to your trip, this record simply doesn’t confirm whether that’s available here.

Season dates and hours: a real gap

The source note is specific about why season dates and hours aren’t included: the dedicated “dates & hours” and pricing sub-pages returned 404 errors when checked directly on September 2, 2026, even though the main apple-orchard page loaded fine. That’s a site-structure problem more than a content gap — the information likely exists somewhere on Goebbert’s site or social channels, but it wasn’t reachable in this research pass. Practically, that means this record can’t tell you when the 2026 apple season opens or closes, or what the daily hours are, which matters more here than at orchards with a simple, predictable weekend schedule, since a Fall Festival operation like this often layers weekend-only special programming on top of daily hours.

Reading the $10 bag price in context

The $10-per-bag price is a solid, directly sourced figure, but the record doesn’t specify bag size, so it’s not directly comparable to orchards that price by the pound or by peck sizes with stated weights. It’s worth confirming bag size with a call before assuming it lines up with what you’d get elsewhere for the same price.

Bottom line for planning

Goebbert’s offers a genuinely different apple-picking experience — tractor-driven access to the rows, folded into a larger Fall Festival with a straw maze, pumpkin train, and haunted house — at a confirmed $10 per bag. But with only two named varieties and no confirmed season dates or hours due to broken sub-pages during research, anyone planning a specific-day visit should call 847-464-5952 first rather than relying on this record alone for timing.