A century-old family orchard on 186 acres near Stow, but the record has almost no 2026 operating specifics beyond a farm-store hours window, so treat a visit as needing a phone call first.
Honey Pot Hill Orchards has been under the same family’s ownership since 1926, and the record notes that 2026 marks its 100th anniversary — a longevity claim that stands out even among Massachusetts’s many multi-generation orchards. The farm sits on 138 Sudbury Road in Stow, in the MetroWest region, and covers 186 acres growing apples alongside peaches and blueberries. The record specifically notes that all fruit is hand-sorted before it’s sold, a detail the farm’s own site called out rather than something inferred. Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are offered, and the phone number on file is 978-562-5666.
Beyond that homepage-level information, the record has very little to go on. The source note is explicit: the fetched page didn’t surface a 2026 PYO season start or end date, no hours specific to the picking fields, no pricing, and no apple variety list. The one hours figure available — 9am-5pm — is tagged as farm-store hours, which may or may not match when the orchard rows themselves are open for picking. That’s an important distinction, since some Massachusetts orchards run store hours several hours longer than their PYO windows.
Because no varieties are named anywhere in this record, there’s no way to say from this document alone whether Honey Pot Hill leans toward early-season picks like Paula Red and Ginger Gold or holds fruit through the McIntosh-to-Honeycrisp stretch that defines most of a Massachusetts fall. The farm’s broader fruit lineup — apples, peaches, and blueberries on the same 186 acres — suggests a diversified operation rather than a single-crop specialist, but that’s an inference from acreage and crop list, not a stated fact about apple ripening windows or picking dates.
A century of continuous family ownership is a genuinely useful signal for a visitor weighing options: it points to an operation that has survived multiple generations of New England weather, market shifts, and competition from newer, more heavily marketed pick-your-own destinations. It doesn’t, on its own, guarantee polished web presence or up-to-date online information — and this record is a case in point, since the same century-old farm’s website didn’t surface current-season operating details when checked. If the milestone anniversary matters to a visit (some hundred-year farms plan special events around the occasion), that’s worth asking about directly rather than assuming from the record, since nothing here confirms any 2026 centennial programming.
The gaps here are significant: no season-start or season-end date, no PYO-specific hours, no pricing structure (per-bag, per-pound, or admission-based), and no named apple varieties. That’s a wider set of unknowns than many other orchards in this research batch, where at least a partial picture — a price, a variety or two, an activity list — usually comes through. Calling 978-562-5666 directly is the only reliable way to confirm whether the orchard is currently picking, what’s ready, and what a visit will cost.
Honey Pot Hill Orchards brings a hundred years of family operation and a genuinely broad fruit program to a MetroWest visit, but this record can’t tell you when to go, what you’ll pick, or what it will cost. Treat the farm-store hours (9am-5pm) as a starting point rather than a confirmed PYO schedule, and call ahead before planning a trip around apple picking specifically.
Not stated in the record. No season-start or season-end date, and no variety list, so the record can't say whether early or mid-fall is better here.
you need confirmed hours, pricing, or a variety list before leaving the house — none of that is in the record.
The same family has run it since 1926, and the record notes the farm is marking its 100th year in 2026.
Peaches and blueberries, across 186 acres total, per the record.
Not stated in the record. The farm's PYO and activities pages weren't accessible during research.
9am-5pm is the only hours figure in the record, for the farm store specifically — PYO hours aren't separately confirmed.
Yes — the record states all fruit is hand-sorted before sale, a detail pulled directly from the farm's homepage.
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.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
138 Sudbury Road, Stow, MA 01775, in Middlesex County. It is one of 3 orchards we track in MetroWest.
We track 3 orchards in MetroWest, 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 3 orchards we track in MetroWest had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There are 3 other orchards we track in Middlesex County. All MetroWest orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
honeypothill.com
Checked September 2026.