Narrow Lane Orchard

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Narrow Lane Orchard is located at 213 Narrow Lane in North Kingstown, Washington County, in Rhode Island’s South County region, with a phone number of (401) 294-3584. Hours are daily, 10am-5pm, though this detail comes from a Rhode Island Monthly article and a Yelp listing rather than the farm’s own fruit page directly. Both u-pick and pre-picked apples are offered. Thirteen apple varieties are named specifically: Redfree, Honeycrisp, Gala, McIntosh, Cortland, Macoun, Liberty, Empire, Cameo, Braeburn, Jonagold, Candy Crisp, and Crispin — part of a broader claim of over 20 varieties total on a 14-acre property. Beyond apples, the farm grows kiwi berries and blackberries, and maintains a mile-long nature trail around the orchard perimeter.

Less-common varieties set this list apart

Candy Crisp and Cameo, both included in the confirmed list, don’t appear in any other Rhode Island orchard record researched for this project — most other listings either don’t name varieties at all or stick to widely grown types like Honeycrisp, McIntosh, and Gala. For a visitor specifically curious about less mainstream apples, Narrow Lane Orchard’s list stands out, second among Rhode Island orchards researched only to Sweet Berry Farm in Middletown’s 16-variety list, though the two overlap only partially (Sweet Berry Farm doesn’t list Candy Crisp or Cameo, for instance).

Kiwi berries are a genuinely unusual crop here

The record specifically flags kiwi berries as an unusual crop for a New England u-pick farm — no other orchard in either the Rhode Island or Maine records researched for this project mentions growing them. Paired with blackberries, this gives Narrow Lane Orchard a pick-your-own offering that goes beyond the typical New England apple-and-berry combination seen elsewhere, making it a distinctive stop for a visitor looking to try something beyond the usual fall fruit.

A confirmed nature trail, distinct from picking itself

The mile-long nature trail circling the orchard perimeter is a specific, checkable amenity that adds a non-picking activity to a visit — useful for families who want to combine a walk with fruit picking, or for anyone who wants to see more of the property beyond the rows being actively picked. This kind of dedicated trail isn’t mentioned at any other Rhode Island orchard in this research.

The farm is explicit that dates are approximate

Rather than publishing specific ripening dates the way Boothby’s Orchard in Maine does with its exact September 10-October 12 window, Narrow Lane Orchard’s own site takes the opposite approach, explicitly warning visitors that all ripening dates are approximate and weather-dependent. That’s an honest caveat worth taking seriously — a visitor shouldn’t expect the same degree of scheduling certainty here as at farms publishing fixed calendar dates, and should plan to call ahead close to a visit rather than relying on a general “fall” assumption.

What’s still missing

No pricing is published anywhere in the record. The daily 10am-5pm hours come from third-party sources (Rhode Island Monthly, Yelp) rather than the orchard’s own fruit page, so while reasonably credible, they carry slightly less certainty than a detail confirmed directly on the farm’s own materials. No explicit 2026 season dates exist, consistent with the farm’s own stated caution about approximate timing.

Bottom line

Narrow Lane Orchard offers one of the more distinctive pick-your-own experiences among Rhode Island orchards researched here, with less-common apple varieties like Candy Crisp and Cameo, an unusual kiwi berry crop, and a dedicated nature trail. Because the farm itself is upfront that ripening dates are only approximate, the practical approach is to call (401) 294-3584 close to a planned visit rather than counting on a specific date holding.