A 44-plus-year, three-generation Ozarks farm where u-pick apples run for September only — a narrower window than most orchards in this research — with pre-picked fruit sold year-round at the farm stand.
Murphy Orchard is located at 255 US Highway 60 in Marionville, Lawrence County, southwest of Springfield in Missouri’s Ozarks region. Per the orchard’s own site, read September 3, 2026, u-pick apples are available “September only,” which this record translates into a working window of September 1 through September 30, 2026 — though that specific date range is an inference from the site’s phrasing rather than an explicit 2026 calendar confirmation. Hours during that window are 9am to 6pm, Tuesday through Saturday, with the farm closed Monday and Sunday.
Research notes on this record add useful context: Murphy has been family-run for more than 44 years across three generations, and its u-pick offerings extend beyond apples to strawberries and blueberries, available in May and June — a distinctly different window from the September apple season.
A full calendar month sounds reasonable at first, but compared to several other Missouri orchards in this research that run u-pick apples from August or early September through October or even November, Murphy Orchard’s September-only window is on the shorter side. Combined with the Tuesday-through-Saturday schedule (no Sunday or Monday picking), the practical window for a weekend u-pick trip here is really just four or five Saturdays in September, depending on how the calendar falls in a given year. If your fall schedule doesn’t line up with September specifically, this may not be the orchard to plan around for apples.
For visitors outside the u-pick window, the record notes that pre-picked, graded fruit is sold at the farm stand — described in research notes as a year-round offering. That means Murphy Orchard is worth knowing about even outside of September, if what you actually want is quality Ozarks-grown fruit rather than the specific experience of picking it yourself.
The farm also reportedly sells occasionally at a farmers market at Springfield’s Battlefield Mall, which is a useful option for Springfield-area visitors who’d rather pick up fruit closer to home than drive out to Marionville.
No specific apple varieties are named in the record, and no pricing is given for u-pick or pre-picked fruit. Given the farm’s three-generation history and the specificity of its other details (exact hours, exact days closed, the May-June berry window), it’s reasonable to think a phone call to (417) 258-2353 would get you a straightforward answer on both — this looks like an operation with its logistics well worked out, even where the website itself doesn’t spell everything out.
Murphy Orchard’s 44-plus years of family operation and its clearly defined (if narrow) September-only apple window make it a solid, if date-sensitive, option for Ozarks u-pick apples near Springfield. The Tuesday-through-Saturday schedule and single-month window mean this one needs to be planned around deliberately rather than treated as a flexible fall option — but the year-round farm stand and occasional Battlefield Mall farmers market presence give you ways to get Murphy Orchard fruit even if September timing doesn’t work out.
The record's u-pick apple window is September 1-30, 2026, Tuesday-Saturday, 9am-6pm; that date range comes from the site's phrase 'September only' rather than an explicit 2026 calendar announcement.
you're hoping to pick apples outside of September, or on a Sunday or Monday — the record marks the farm closed those two days.
September only, per the orchard's own site — the record uses September 1-30, 2026 as the working window, though that's inferred from the phrase 'September only' rather than a specific confirmed 2026 date.
9am to 6pm, Tuesday through Saturday; closed Monday and Sunday, per the record.
Yes — per research notes on this record, u-pick strawberries and blueberries are available in May and June, a separate window from the September-only apple picking.
Yes — the record notes pre-picked, graded fruit is sold at the farm stand, which research notes describe as a year-round offering.
Per research notes on this record, the farm occasionally sells at a farmers market at Springfield's Battlefield Mall.
September 1 – September 30, 2026. Tue-Sat (closed Mon & Sun). Hours: 9am-6pm.
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.
255 US Highway 60, Marionville, MO 65705, in Lawrence County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Ozarks / Springfield Area.
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murphyorchard.com
Checked September 2026.