A long-running Eastern Shore u-pick farm that added apples to its lineup in 2008, adding real geographic diversity to Maryland's Eastern Shore entries — but confirm apples are actively being picked before visiting, since the record couldn't find an explicit apple-season statement.
Lockbriar Farms, in Chestertown, Kent County, on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, is a long-running (since 1993) family u-pick operation that added apples to its offerings in 2008, alongside stone fruit, berries, and flowers. It adds real geographic diversity to this dataset: the only other current Eastern Shore Maryland entry, Vessey Orchards, sits in Somerset County, at the opposite end of the Shore from Kent County.
This record’s most important nuance is how the apple confirmation actually works. The farm’s own site describes itself as a u-pick farm and mentions “the BEST local apples” and fall offerings, but doesn’t use the explicit phrase “u-pick apples” on the pages checked. Rather than treat that as a gap, the record cross-references three independent sources — the state’s own Maryland’s Best producer directory, upickfarmsusa.com, and the pickyourown.org Eastern Shore apple listing — all of which corroborate that apples have been part of the u-pick lineup since 2008. That’s a reasonably solid confirmation, just not a single clean quote from the farm itself.
The farm-stand hours are Saturday 9am to 5pm and Sunday 10am to 4pm. Worth noting: the farm’s own site includes the phrase “subject to change without notice” alongside these hours. That’s the kind of detail that’s easy to skip past, but it’s a direct signal from the farm itself that these aren’t guaranteed hours — a phone call before a specific visit is a reasonable extra step, especially outside peak season.
This is the real gap in the record: no explicit 2026 apple-season date range, and no direct “u-pick apples” statement, appears on the farm’s current pages. The confirmed apples-since-2008 history tells you apples are part of the operation, but not necessarily that they’re actively being picked on any given weekend you might visit. Call ahead to confirm before making the trip specifically for apples.
Beyond apples, the farm has operated since 1993 growing stone fruit, berries, and flowers. That diversification is worth knowing if your visit isn’t apple-specific — there may be other u-pick crops in season depending on timing, even if apples themselves aren’t confirmed as currently pickable.
The address is 10051 Worton Rd, Chestertown, MD 21620. The listed coordinates are a Chestertown, MD city-center fallback rather than a geocode of the exact address, so treat the map pin as approximate.
Lockbriar Farms is a legitimate, long-established Eastern Shore u-pick option that genuinely does offer apples, corroborated across multiple independent sources even without a direct quote from the farm’s own site. The honest caveat is that neither an apple-specific season window nor guaranteed hours are confirmed — call 410-778-9112 before you go.
Not stated with confirmed dates. Farm-stand hours are Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-4pm, though the site notes these are 'subject to change without notice.'
You need confirmed apple-specific season dates or hours before committing — the farm-stand hours quoted are general and explicitly subject to change.
The farm's own site describes itself as a u-pick farm and mentions 'the BEST local apples' and fall offerings, but doesn't use the explicit phrase 'u-pick apples' on the pages the research could access. That apples are part of the u-pick line-up, added in 2008, is corroborated independently by Maryland's Best producer directory, upickfarmsusa.com, and pickyourown.org's Eastern Shore listing.
Saturday 9am-5pm and Sunday 10am-4pm, per the farm's own site — but the site itself notes these hours are 'subject to change without notice.'
Not stated in the record.
Since 1993, offering stone fruit, berries, and flowers, with apples added to the u-pick lineup in 2008, per third-party history.
Yes, one other: Vessey Orchards, in Somerset County, at the opposite end of the Eastern Shore from Kent County, where Lockbriar Farms is located.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Sat-Sun. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard.
10051 Worton Rd, Chestertown, MD 21620, in Kent County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Eastern Shore / Kent County.
There are 5 other orchards we track in Kent County. All Eastern Shore / Kent County orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
lockbriarfarms.com · upickfarmsusa.com · pickyourown.org
Checked September 2026.