A free public nature park in south Fargo that doubles as a community orchard — no cost, no sales, and named for the same street intersection where it sits, but with no published apple varieties or harvest calendar.
Free public community orchard park; no commercial sales
Orchard Glen Park is a public nature park in south Fargo, located at the intersection of 76th Ave S and Orchard Park Drive, that doubles as a community orchard open to anyone. It is not a commercial business: there’s no admission fee and no fruit sold on-site. The park’s own street name, Orchard Park Drive, reflects the same orchard identity the park itself carries — a small, checkable detail that at least confirms the fruit-growing purpose is baked into the location’s history, even without a detailed variety list to go with it. This listing is included in an apple-orchard directory precisely because North Dakota has almost no private, commercial u-pick apple operations, and a real, named, publicly accessible green space like this one is a genuine option for casual apple picking in the Fargo area.
The information here comes from foodofthenorth.com’s community-resource page, which describes Orchard Glen Park as “one of Fargo’s nature parks… a community orchard for everyone to enjoy.” That framing is worth noting carefully: it’s a nature park first, with the orchard function as one part of its identity, rather than a dedicated orchard that happens to be park-managed. This source is not the City of Fargo’s own parks-department page, so details about the exact boundaries of the orchard planting, or how it’s maintained, should be treated as secondhand rather than official.
Beyond the general description that apples and other fruit are available for public picking, no tree-variety list, planting map, or harvest-timing guidance exists anywhere in the record. For a visitor, this means there’s no way to know in advance which apples (if any specific named varieties) are planted here, or when in the season they’re likely to ripen. The practical approach is the same as with other free community orchards in this state: check in person during typical late-summer-to-fall apple season in the Upper Midwest, rather than expecting a published calendar to guide the trip.
As with other North Dakota community orchards in this research batch, the fair way to present this listing is as exactly what it is — a real, free, public picking option, not a commercial orchard dressed up to look more developed than it is. There’s no price to quote, no owner to call, and no curated variety selection to describe, because none of that exists here. What does exist is a genuine, named, visitable green space where fruit-picking is explicitly part of the park’s purpose.
No apple varieties, no harvest-timing information, no details about the size of the orchard planting within the broader park, and no confirmation of exact hours beyond “daily.” Nothing in the record describes whether the trees are consistently productive or how much fruit the park typically has available in a given year.
Orchard Glen Park is a legitimate, free, public apple-picking option in south Fargo — a nature park that doubles as a community orchard, with no cost and nothing to buy. It’s a fair alternative for anyone in the area looking for casual, no-cost apple picking, but there’s no variety list or harvest calendar to plan around, so a visit works best as an in-person check during the general fall apple season rather than a scheduled trip.
Not stated in the record. No tree-variety list, planting map, or harvest-timing guidance was found beyond a general description that apples and other fruit are available for public picking.
you want confirmed apple varieties or a specific harvest window — neither is published anywhere in the record.
West Fargo Community Orchard offers a similar free, public picking model across multiple park sites in neighboring West Fargo, for anyone touring the area's public orchard options.
No. This is a free public community orchard park with no commercial sales, per the record.
Not stated in the record. No tree-variety list or planting map was found.
Daily, per the record, though no specific opening or closing time is given.
At 76th Ave S & Orchard Park Dr in Fargo — the park sits at the intersection referenced in its own street name, Orchard Park Drive.
No — it's a public nature park in south Fargo that doubles as a community orchard, included here because North Dakota has almost no private commercial u-pick apple orchards, and this is a real, named, visitable apple-picking green space.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked. Free public community orchard park; no commercial sales
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard.
76th Ave S & Orchard Park Dr, Fargo, ND, in Cass County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Red River Valley.
There are 3 other orchards we track in Cass County. All Red River Valley orchards →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
foodofthenorth.com
Checked September 2026.