A 29-variety Cache Valley orchard offering a genuinely rare service — custom cider pressing where visitors bring their own apples — but with an unusual closed-Tuesday-and-Thursday schedule that's easy to plan around wrong.
Paradise Valley Orchard sits at 9971 S Highway 165 in Paradise, Cache County, in northern Utah’s Cache Valley region — a different part of the state from the Utah County and Salt Lake-area orchards that make up much of this dataset’s Utah entries. Directory listings describe the farm as offering 29 apple varieties available either u-pick or pre-picked, which, if accurate, makes this one of the more diversely planted orchards in this entire research batch, on par with Cabalo’s Orchard & Gardens in Kuna, Idaho for variety count. Individual variety names weren’t captured in the sources checked, which is a real gap for anyone wanting to know specifically what’s available beyond the total count.
The most notable detail in this record is the farm’s custom cider-pressing service: visitors can reportedly bring their own apples to have them pressed, in addition to buying the orchard’s own fresh-pressed cider. That’s a genuinely unusual offering — no other orchard in this Idaho/Utah research batch mentions letting visitors supply their own fruit for pressing. It suggests a farm equipped for small-batch, made-to-order cider work rather than only pressing its own harvest, which could appeal to anyone with a home apple tree, a CSA box, or apples from another orchard who wants them turned into cider without owning a press themselves.
Paradise Valley Orchard’s open days are notably irregular compared to most orchards in this file: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, with Tuesday and Thursday closed. Hours are generally noon to 6pm, though Saturday extends earlier, starting at 9am. That closed-Tuesday-and-Thursday pattern is specific enough to be worth calling out directly, since it doesn’t follow the more typical “closed one weekday” or “closed Sunday” patterns seen elsewhere — a visitor assuming any weekday works could easily show up on a closed day.
Unlike some other orchards in this research batch whose own websites were read directly, Paradise Valley Orchard’s information here comes from directory and aggregator listings — LocalHarvest, UPick Atlas, and PickYourOwn.farm — rather than a direct fetch of the farm’s own blog, hosted at pvorchard.blogspot.com. That distinction matters: hours and the 29-variety count should be treated as approximate rather than currently confirmed, and no 2026-specific season announcement was found anywhere in the sources checked.
No apple variety names, no pricing for u-pick apples or custom cider pressing, and no confirmed 2026 season dates are available in the record. Given the farm also offers school tours as an activity, there may be additional group-visit logistics worth asking about directly, since none are detailed here.
Paradise Valley Orchard stands out for its wide 29-variety planting and a genuinely distinctive bring-your-own-apples cider-pressing service, but the record relies on directory listings rather than a direct read of the farm’s own site, and the unusual Tuesday/Thursday closures are worth double-checking before a visit. Calling 435-760-3641 to confirm current hours, pricing, and whether the custom cider press is currently running is the sensible next step.
Not stated as a confirmed 2026 date. No season-start or season-end announcement was found, so confirm current picking status by phone before visiting, and note the farm's specific open days below.
you're planning a Tuesday or Thursday visit — the farm is closed both days, per the record.
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, per the record — closed Tuesday and Thursday.
Generally noon to 6pm, with Saturday running longer, 9am to 6pm, per the record.
29 varieties, per directory listings describing the farm, though individual variety names weren't found in available sources.
Yes — custom cider pressing, where visitors bring their own apples, is listed as an activity here, in addition to the farm's own fresh-pressed cider. This service wasn't found at any other orchard in this research batch.
Both — the record lists u-pick and pre-picked apples as available, per directory sources describing the farm.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sat (closed Tue & Thu). Check with the orchard before driving out.
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.
9971 S Highway 165, Paradise, UT 84328, in Cache County. It is one of 2 orchards we track in Cache Valley / Northern Utah.
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pvorchard.blogspot.com
Checked September 2026.