Primarily a working farm market with a confirmed fall festival starting September 12, 2026, but whether apples here are actually pick-your-own or just sold at the market wasn't confirmed — a real open question worth a direct call.
Norz Hill Farm & Market, in Hillsborough Township in Somerset County, reads primarily as a working farm market with an ongoing farmers-market operation, layered with a fall festival that includes a 5-acre corn maze, hayrides, and a “Scare Farm” element for the Halloween season. What this record can’t pin down is whether apples specifically are available as a hands-on pick-your-own experience or simply sold at the market alongside other produce — an important distinction that wasn’t resolved in the sources available.
Third-party listings, including the Hillsborough Township site itself, describe a Fall Festival starting September 12, 2026, with the farm’s seasonal hours running through November 2, 2026. Regular hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 6pm, and Saturday, Sunday, and holidays from 10am to 4pm — a schedule that suggests weekday visitors should plan for an afternoon trip rather than a morning one.
Unlike the apple situation, the corn maze and hayride are both confirmed activities here, and the maze specifically is described as covering five acres — a reasonably substantial size compared to some of the smaller mazes mentioned elsewhere in this research. If a fall festival outing with a maze and a hayride is the goal, Norz Hill has clear, confirmed offerings to plan around, independent of the apple question.
This is the central uncertainty in this record, and it’s worth being direct about it rather than assuming either answer. The u_pick field for this orchard is left null rather than marked true or false, precisely because none of the sources checked — none of which included the farm’s own website loaded directly — spelled out whether customers walk into an orchard and pick apples themselves, or whether apples are simply sold pre-picked at the farm market as one product among many. Given how much of Norz Hill’s public-facing identity centers on the farmers-market and festival side of the business rather than a dedicated PYO orchard, it’s entirely possible the answer is “market apples, not u-pick” — but this record isn’t willing to state that as fact without direct confirmation.
If a specific hands-on picking experience is the point of the trip, it’s worth calling 908-371-2697 before heading to Norz Hill to confirm what kind of apple access is actually offered this year. If a broader fall-festival outing — corn maze, hayride, farm-market shopping — is the goal regardless of whether apple picking is part of it, this location has enough confirmed activity to be worth the visit on those terms alone.
Norz Hill Farm & Market is at 120 S Branch Rd in Hillsborough Township, in Somerset County’s Central Jersey region. No photo or geocoded location marker is on file for this listing beyond the general coordinates given.
Norz Hill Farm & Market has a confirmed, dated Fall Festival and real activities — a 5-acre corn maze and hayrides — but this record genuinely can’t confirm whether apple picking here is a hands-on, pick-your-own experience. Anyone whose trip depends specifically on climbing into an orchard and picking apples themselves should call ahead to confirm before making Norz Hill the destination; anyone happy with a broader farm-market and festival visit will find plenty confirmed to plan around.
Third-party listings confirm a Fall Festival starting September 12, 2026, running through November 2, 2026, with the farm open seven days a week seasonally. Hours are Monday-Friday 12pm-6pm and Saturday/Sunday/holidays 10am-4pm.
You're set on hands-on pick-your-own apples specifically — this record can't confirm whether apples here are u-pick or sold pre-picked at the market.
Not confirmed. Whether apples are specifically pick-your-own here, versus sold at the farm market, wasn't confirmed in the sources checked for this record, so u-pick status is left as an open question rather than assumed either way.
Third-party listings report the Fall Festival starting September 12, 2026, with the farm's seasonal hours running through November 2, 2026.
A hayride and a 5-acre corn maze are both confirmed, along with a 'Scare Farm' element mentioned in listings.
Monday-Friday 12pm-6pm; Saturday, Sunday, and holidays 10am-4pm, seasonally.
Not stated in the record. Neither a variety list nor apple pricing was confirmed for this location.
September 12 – November 2, 2026. 7 days a week (seasonal). Hours: Mon-Fri 12pm-6pm; Sat/Sun/holidays 10am-4pm.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
120 S Branch Rd, Hillsborough Township, NJ 08844, in Somerset County. It is one of 3 orchards we track in Central Jersey.
We track 3 orchards in Central Jersey, 2 of which let you pick your own apples. The orchard has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.
Its season runs about 52 days against a regional average of 52, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Somerset County. All Central Jersey orchards →
norzhillfarm.com
Checked September 2026.