Packer Orchards & Farm Place

Our take

The short version

Packer Orchards & Farm Place now runs the property on Thomsen Road that was formerly known as Rasmussen Farms, and the record shows a farm with a genuinely full-season calendar — a u-cut Tulip Festival in spring, then pumpkins and a corn maze in fall. What the record can’t confirm, though, is the one detail that matters most if you’re specifically coming for apples: whether they’re actually pick-your-own here, or whether — as under the previous ownership — they’re sold ready-picked instead.

A real gap on the apple question

This is worth stating plainly because it’s the central uncertainty in the record. The farm’s own site, packerorchards.com, was read directly and confirmed the address and hours — but that page didn’t mention apples at all. The u_pick:true designation in this record instead comes from a separate third-party trail guide (gathergrove.com) describing Packer Orchards’ u-pick program as “spanning every season including apples.” That’s a real source, but it’s not the same as the orchard confirming it on its own apple-specific page, and the site’s history matters here: under the prior Rasmussen Farms name, apples were historically sold ready-picked rather than picked by visitors. If u-pick apples specifically are the reason you’re considering this stop, call ahead and ask directly rather than relying on this record’s u_pick field.

One confirmed date, in a different season

The one genuinely confirmed date in the record isn’t about apples at all — it’s the 2026 Tulip Festival, explicitly posted on the farm’s own site as running March 27 through April 30. That’s useful less as a visiting date for apple season and more as evidence that the operation is actively running for the 2026 calendar year, since it’s the one piece of dated, farm-confirmed information available. If tulips interest you as much as apples, that’s a spring trip worth planning around; if you’re here in fall, the Tulip Festival dates don’t tell you anything about when the apples (whichever way they’re sold) will be ready.

A full-season lineup

Beyond the apple question, the record’s activities list is broad: corn maze, pumpkin patch, bakery, and the Tulip Festival already mentioned. That range suggests Packer Orchards positions itself as a year-round family destination across multiple seasons rather than a single-crop apple stand — which tracks with its inheritance of the larger, multi-activity Rasmussen Farms property. If apples turn out to be sold ready-picked rather than u-pick this year, the corn maze and pumpkin patch may end up being the bigger draw for a fall visit regardless.

Hours, with one gap

The record lists Wednesday through Monday, 10am to 5pm — meaning there’s a weekly closure, implied to be Tuesday, though the record doesn’t spell out which day explicitly beyond the “Wed-Mon” range. No phone number is listed in the record either, which makes confirming the apple situation a matter of checking the website directly or visiting in person rather than calling ahead.

Getting there

The address on file is 3020 Thomsen Rd, Hood River, OR 97031, in Hood River County. The listed coordinates are an approximate estimate for that address rather than an individually geocoded point. Thomsen Road places this within the broader Hood River Valley Fruit Loop cluster, so it’s easy to combine with other stops on the same drive.

Bottom line

Packer Orchards & Farm Place has a confirmed, active 2026 season and a broad multi-activity lineup, but the record leaves the single most apple-relevant question unresolved: whether apples here are actually pick-your-own, or sold ready-picked as they were under the previous Rasmussen Farms ownership. If u-pick apples are the point of your visit, confirm that directly before you go — everything else about this stop (corn maze, pumpkin patch, bakery) is solid family-outing material regardless of how the apples are sold.