A hundred-year hillside farm with clear weight-based pricing and real discounts (3% cash, 15% for seniors on Mondays), but its 'Hilltop' activities area opens a week after the main orchard — easy to miss if you're timing a trip around extra activities.
half-peck (5-6 lbs) $14.43; peck (10-12 lbs) $24.74; half-bushel (20-24 lbs) $39.18
March Farm is located at 160 Munger Lane in Bethlehem, in Litchfield County’s Litchfield Hills region, with a phone number of 203-266-7721. The farm describes itself as a hundred-year family operation with apple trees spread across 50 hillside acres. Six varieties are named: Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Gala, Cortland, and Macoun — a solid mid-season lineup. Pricing is given by weight range rather than a flat bag price: a half-peck (5-6 lbs) is $14.43, a peck (10-12 lbs) is $24.74, and a half-bushel (20-24 lbs) is $39.18. The farm store is open 10am-6pm, with PYO running 10:30am-5pm.
The most important structural detail in this record is that March Farm’s site distinguishes between the main orchard near the farm store — which opens first for picking — and a separate “Hilltop” area with additional activities that opens the following weekend. That’s an easy detail to overlook: a visitor showing up on opening weekend expecting the full slate of Hilltop activities alongside picking might find that section not yet open. Anyone planning a trip specifically for the Hilltop extras should wait the additional week rather than assuming everything opens simultaneously.
Among the orchards researched in this entire project, March Farm is one of the few to state concrete discount terms directly: 3% off for paying in cash, and 15% off for seniors 55+, but only on Mondays. Both figures are precise enough to plan around — a senior visitor timing a trip for a Monday, or any visitor bringing cash instead of a card, can expect a real, quantified savings rather than a vague “ask about discounts” mention.
March Farm’s per-weight pricing structure ($14.43 for 5-6 lbs, scaling up to $39.18 for 20-24 lbs) offers a useful contrast to other Connecticut and Massachusetts orchards in this research. C.N. Smith Farm in Massachusetts, for instance, prices bags by party size rather than weight, while Lyman Orchards prices flatly by bag size (half-peck, peck, half-bushel) without stating exact pound ranges. March Farm’s approach gives a visitor the clearest sense of exactly how much fruit a given price buys.
“Begin[s] Saturday, September 5th” is a specific date pulled directly from the farm’s site, but as with several other Connecticut and Massachusetts orchards in this research, the year wasn’t spelled out in the text captured. Since this appears to be the live current-season page, September 5th is treated as the likely 2026 opening date rather than a confirmed one.
No PYO season-end date is confirmed — only the opening. No further variety-ripening detail beyond the six named apples is available, so there’s no way to say which of the six ripens first versus last within the season.
March Farm combines clear, weight-based pricing with genuinely specific cash and senior discounts — a level of pricing transparency that stands out in this research. The one detail worth double-checking before a trip is whether the goal is the main orchard (opens first) or the separate Hilltop activities area (opens a week later), since conflating the two could mean a visit misses part of what’s expected.
Around the farm's stated opening — 'begin[s] Saturday, September 5th' — for the earliest access to the main orchard; wait an additional week if the goal is the separate 'Hilltop' activities area.
you're heading straight for the 'Hilltop' activities area on opening weekend — it opens a week after the main orchard, per the farm's own site.
Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Gala, Cortland, and Macoun, per the record.
A half-peck (5-6 lbs) is $14.43, a peck (10-12 lbs) is $24.74, and a half-bushel (20-24 lbs) is $39.18 — priced by weight range rather than a flat bag fee.
The farm's site states picking 'begin[s] Saturday, September 5th,' though the year wasn't spelled out explicitly in that text.
Yes — a 3% cash discount, and 15% off for seniors 55+ specifically on Mondays.
A separate area of the farm with additional activities that opens a week after the main orchard, per the farm's own site.
Opens September 5, 2026 (closing date not published). Daily. Hours: 10am-6pm (farm store); PYO 10:30am-5pm.
Prices start at $14.43. half-peck (5-6 lbs) $14.43; peck (10-12 lbs) $24.74; half-bushel (20-24 lbs) $39.18
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
Honeycrisp, McIntosh, Golden Delicious, Gala, Cortland, Macoun — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
160 Munger Lane, Bethlehem, CT 06751, in Litchfield County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Litchfield Hills.
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marchfarm.com
Checked September 2026.