Martin's Hillside Orchard

Our take

The short version

Martin’s Hillside Orchard sits on a twenty-acre hillside roughly midway between Omaha and Lincoln, in Ceresco, and the family markets the setting itself as part of the draw alongside the apples, raspberries, and pumpkins grown there. The farm’s own site is unusually direct about its 2026 schedule: the season begins September 5 and runs through the end of October, Tuesday through Sunday, 10am to 6pm — with Mondays closed except for Labor Day and select October holidays.

A flat admission, charged up front

One detail worth planning around carefully: entry costs a flat $6 per person (children under 2 are free), and that fee applies just to walk in, regardless of how much fruit you end up picking. Once inside, apples, pumpkins, and flowers are then priced separately by the pound. That’s a different structure than farms with free entry and pay-only-for-what-you-pick pricing — at Martin’s Hillside, you’re committing to the $6 admission before you’ve picked a single apple, so it’s worth knowing that up front rather than being surprised at the gate.

A working farm, not a festival park

The research notes describe weekend food options as limited to cider slush, pulled pork, and hot dogs, rather than the fuller bakery operations — pies, donuts, extensive ice cream flavors — found at some of the larger, more commercialized orchards in this research. That’s a meaningful signal about the kind of visit to expect here: closer to a genuine working farm than a built-out agritourism destination, which may appeal to visitors looking for something less polished and more straightforward.

More than apples: a hay tower and u-pick flowers

Beyond the orchard rows, the farm lists a hay tower, a corn-maze hide-and-seek activity, and u-pick flowers among its offerings. The flower-picking option in particular is a less common addition among the orchards in this research, worth knowing about if flowers are of interest alongside the fruit.

What’s still unconfirmed

Apple varieties and cider-donut availability weren’t listed on the page fetched for this record. For a farm this specific about its dates and hours, that’s a comparatively small gap, but it’s still worth a call to 402-665-2140 if a particular variety or the presence of cider donuts specifically matters to your visit. Pricing beyond the flat $6 admission — the actual per-pound rate for apples, pumpkins, or flowers once inside — also wasn’t posted, so budgeting precisely for a visit will require that same phone call.

Getting there

Martin’s Hillside Orchard is at 2024 Ashland Road in Ceresco, in Saunders County, part of the Omaha-Lincoln Corridor. No precise photo or street-view marker is on file for this location, so plan your route from the posted address rather than a mapped pin.

Bottom line

Martin’s Hillside Orchard offers one of the more clearly dated 2026 schedules in this research — September 5 through end of October, Tuesday through Sunday — set on a scenic twenty-acre hillside with a genuine working-farm feel. Just remember the $6 walk-in admission applies before you’ve picked anything, and that the food options here lean simple rather than bakery-style.