Riley's Farm

Our take

The short version

Riley’s Farm is a working apple orchard layered with an extensive “living history” program — Revolutionary War, Gold Rush, and Colonial-era themed events, dinner theatre, and even overnight historical stays are all part of the operation, per research notes. That makes it a fundamentally different kind of visit than most Oak Glen orchards, which tend to be straightforward u-pick stands. The tradeoff is that specific apple-picking details — hours, pricing, varieties — aren’t well documented, since most available content is focused on the historical programming rather than the orchard operation itself.

History first, orchard second — in terms of documentation, at least

Nearly everything findable about Riley’s Farm centers on its living-history offerings rather than its apple orchard specifically. That doesn’t mean apple picking isn’t a real, substantial part of the operation — u_pick is confirmed true in the record — but it does mean that if you’re comparing Riley’s Farm to a more typical Oak Glen u-pick stand purely on apple-picking logistics, there’s simply less to go on. If Revolutionary War reenactments, Colonial-themed dinner theatre, or an overnight stay steeped in historical programming genuinely interest you, that’s where Riley’s Farm’s documented strength lies.

Three Riley’s, one address that matters

This is one of the more important practical notes in this entire directory: Oak Glen has three separate properties associated with the Riley family, each at a different address. It would be easy to see a “Riley’s Farm” reference somewhere and assume it points to this specific listing, when it might actually be a different family property entirely. The address that matters for this listing is 12261 S. Oak Glen Road — if you’re cross-referencing information from another source about “Riley’s” in Oak Glen, double-check which of the three properties it’s actually describing.

GPS may not get you there directly

Compounding the multiple-address issue, the farm’s own contact page includes a specific warning that standard GPS navigation can misroute visitors to this address. That’s a genuinely useful, checkable detail worth taking seriously rather than assuming your phone’s map app will get you there without issue — it may be worth looking up the farm’s own driving directions rather than relying solely on a GPS pin.

A Labor Day date that almost — but doesn’t quite — count as confirmed

The farm’s homepage stated it would be open Saturday, September 5, and Monday, September 7, for Labor Day Weekend. Checking the actual 2026 calendar, Labor Day does fall on September 7, so these specific dates do line up with 2026. However, because the page itself never explicitly printed “2026,” this couldn’t be counted as a fully confirmed year-specific date under this directory’s sourcing standard — it’s very likely accurate, but it’s being flagged honestly as an inference rather than a stated fact.

What’s missing

No hours, pricing, or apple variety list were confirmed for the u-pick side of the operation. No cider mill or cider donut information is available either. For the historical programming — dinner theatre, reenactments, overnight stays — no specific dates, schedules, or costs are in the record; anyone interested in that side of the farm should go directly to rileysfarm.com or call to ask.

Getting there

The address is 12261 S. Oak Glen Road, Oak Glen, CA 92399 — and again, given the GPS warning and multiple same-family properties nearby, this is one listing where confirming your route in advance is worth the extra few minutes.

Bottom line

Riley’s Farm offers something genuinely different from a standard Oak Glen apple stop: a working orchard wrapped in a substantial living-history operation. If that combination appeals to you, it’s worth a call to 909-797-7534 to sort out apple-picking hours and pricing, and to make sure your GPS is sending you to the right Riley’s property.