A cidery-and-market destination at the foot of Mount Rainier with an 18-tap taproom, but no confirmed u-pick program — this is a place to taste and buy, not to bring a picking bucket, unless you call ahead and learn otherwise.
Rockridge Orchards & Cidery, at the foot of Mount Rainier in Enumclaw, reads less like a pick-your-own farm and more like a cidery and market built on top of a working 40-acre orchard. The record grows apples, Asian pears, and quince here, and presses and ferments a meaningful share of that harvest on-site into cider, wine, and other drinks sold through an 18-tap taproom — a genuinely long tap list compared to any other orchard in this research batch.
The headline feature here is the taproom itself: 18 hard cider taps, plus craft beer, described in the record as a standout detail. That kind of scale suggests Rockridge treats fermentation and retail as a core part of the business, not a side project bolted onto a farm stand. If a relaxed afternoon of tasting flights appeals more than walking rows with a bucket, this is a strong fit among the orchards covered in this research.
Unlike some records in this batch where u-pick is simply absent from the data, this one is explicit: no u-pick program was confirmed on the orchard’s own site, so the field is left unresolved rather than marked false outright. That distinction matters — it means the research couldn’t verify a u-pick option exists, not that one definitely doesn’t. If picking your own fruit is important to your trip, call 360-825-1962 directly to ask, rather than assuming either way based on this record.
Sources disagreed on how far back Rockridge’s history goes — one account puts the farm’s origins at 1982, while another describes a 1990 planting date tied to the current owners’ predecessor. Rather than pick one figure and present it as settled, this record leaves the founding year unstated. It’s a small example of a broader theme with this listing: several details that would normally round out a farm’s story didn’t have a single, reliable answer across the sources checked.
No apple varieties are named in the record, and no 2026-dated season information was found on the orchard’s own site at the time it was checked. Given the cidery focus, it’s plausible that some or all of the apples grown here lean toward cider-specific varieties rather than fresh-eating apples, but that’s a reasonable inference rather than a confirmed fact — the record doesn’t say either way.
Posted hours run Tuesday through Thursday, noon to 7pm; Friday and Saturday, 11am to 8pm; and Sunday, 11am to 6pm, with Mondays closed. The address is 40709 264th Ave SE in Enumclaw, in South King County — a different region from every other orchard in this research batch, so there’s no direct nearby pairing to suggest. The lat/lng on file represent Enumclaw’s city-center coordinates rather than a geocoded street address, so navigate using the street address itself.
Rockridge Orchards & Cidery is worth visiting for the taproom and the farm stand behind it, not for a picking experience — and even that framing comes with a caveat, since u-pick wasn’t ruled out so much as left unconfirmed. If tasting cider and buying fruit at the market covers what you’re after, the evening and weekend hours here make it an easy stop near Mount Rainier; if picking apples yourself is the whole point, call ahead before you build a trip around it.
Not stated with specific dates. No 2026 apple dates or variety names were posted on the orchard's own site at the time it was checked.
Picking your own fruit is the point of the trip — no u-pick program is confirmed here.
Not confirmed. No u-pick program was found on the orchard's own site, so the record leaves this field unresolved rather than assuming either way — call ahead if picking is your goal.
Not stated in the record. No variety names were posted at the time the site was checked.
An 18-tap hard cider and craft beer taproom, pressed and fermented on-site from apples, Asian pears, and quince grown on the farm's own 40-acre property.
Tuesday through Thursday noon-7pm, Friday and Saturday 11am-8pm, Sunday 11am-6pm — closed Mondays.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Tue-Sun (closed Mondays). Check with the orchard before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
No — this orchard sells pre-picked apples from its own trees rather than u-pick.
40709 264th Ave SE, Enumclaw, WA 98022, in King County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in South King County.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
rockridgecountrymarket.com
Checked September 2026.