A centennial farm turned restaurant-bar-and-u-pick destination 3.5 miles west of Traverse City, with a themed corn maze — but no phone number was found for u-pick questions, only an events-booking email.
Jacob’s Farm sits at 7100 E Traverse Hwy (M-72 West) in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County — the record specifically notes its position on M-72 West as a way of distinguishing it from the several other Traverse-area orchards that sit along US-31 instead. The website is jacobsfarmtc.com. Search snippets describe it as a 40-acre centennial farm, meaning it’s been in operation for roughly a century, that has grown into a combined restaurant, bar, and u-pick destination rather than staying a straightforward orchard.
That combination — a working bar and restaurant alongside u-pick apples — is fairly distinctive within this file. Most entries pair apples with a cider mill, bakery, or winery; Jacob’s Farm leans toward a full dining and entertainment experience, with live music and a themed corn maze (this year styled “Steal Your Face,” a Grateful Dead reference, per search snippets) rounding out the picture.
Here’s a detail worth calling out plainly: no phone number for Jacob’s Farm was found anywhere in the record. The site itself had no direct phone contact listed, only an email address tied to event bookings. That’s unusual compared to almost every other entry in this file, where a phone number is one of the more reliably available pieces of contact information. If you have a specific u-pick question — whether apples are ready, what the current hours are, anything time-sensitive — email appears to be the only documented way to reach the farm directly, based on what this research pass found. It’s possible a phone number exists that simply wasn’t surfaced during research, but nothing here can confirm one.
The site itself names two apples as its “premier apples”: Zestar and Honeycrisp. Separately, search snippets describe the farm as growing five apple varieties overall, but the other three aren’t named anywhere found. Zestar is an early-season variety and Honeycrisp a mid-season one, so between the two named varieties there’s at least some spread across the ripening calendar, but this record can’t speak to the rest of what’s actually available.
The site’s language on apple readiness — “will be ready mid-September” — doesn’t specify a day or confirm it’s written for the 2026 season specifically rather than being general seasonal copy that persists unchanged year to year. That’s a common enough gap in this file, but worth restating clearly here: treat mid-September as a rough target rather than a scheduled opening date, and don’t assume the specific week without some other confirmation, given there’s no phone line to call and check.
The themed corn maze — “Steal Your Face” this year, per search snippets — plus the restaurant, bar, and live music suggest Jacob’s Farm functions as much as an evening-out destination as a daytime picking stop. That could make it a good pairing for a Traverse City trip where you want dinner and entertainment as part of the same visit, rather than a quick in-and-out for apples.
King Orchards in Central Lake and Rennie Orchards in Williamsburg are both covered elsewhere in this file, part of the same broader Traverse City-area fruit region for anyone planning multiple stops.
Jacob’s Farm looks like a genuinely different kind of stop from most orchards in this file — closer to a restaurant-and-entertainment destination that happens to include u-pick apples. The lack of any phone number in the record is the detail most likely to frustrate a visitor with a last-minute question, so plan on email if you need to reach the farm directly, and treat “mid-September” as a loose target rather than a confirmed date.
The site states apples 'will be ready mid-September,' without a specific day or year attached — a general signal rather than a firm date.
A few hours if you're pairing u-pick with the restaurant, bar, and themed corn maze.
you need to call ahead with u-pick questions — no phone number was found on the site, only an events email.
King Orchards in Central Lake and Rennie Orchards in Williamsburg are both covered elsewhere in this file within the same broader Traverse City area fruit region.
The site names two as 'premier apples': Zestar and Honeycrisp. Search snippets separately mention five varieties total on the farm, but only these two were confirmed by name on the site itself.
None was found in the record — the site listed only an events-booking email, not a direct phone contact.
The site says apples 'will be ready mid-September,' without a specific day or a year attached to confirm it's current for 2026.
The record lists a corn maze, a restaurant, a bar, and live music. This year's corn maze is themed 'Steal Your Face,' a Grateful Dead reference, per search snippets.
Search snippets describe it as a 40-acre centennial farm, meaning it has operated for roughly 100 years.
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.
Zestar, Honeycrisp — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
7100 E Traverse Hwy (M-72 West), Traverse City, MI 49684, in Grand Traverse County. It is one of 4 orchards we track in Traverse City Area.
We track 4 orchards in Traverse City Area, 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has a corn maze, which most Traverse City Area 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 4 orchards we track in Traverse City Area had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Grand Traverse County. All Traverse City Area orchards →
jacobsfarmtc.com
Checked September 2026.