Solebury Orchards

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Solebury Orchards sits on Creamery Road in New Hope, in the scenic stretch of Bucks County that draws weekend visitors well beyond apple season. Its own website states hours of Thursday through Sunday, 9am to 6pm, running June through October — a longer window than most orchards in this research batch, which tend to concentrate their season into a few fall weeks. Pricing here is unusual in a specific, checkable way: apples are sold by the pound at $1.50/lb rather than through a flat per-bag charge, and weekend picking carries an additional $2.50-per-person reservation fee, with children 4 and under exempted. Cider donuts are confirmed. None of this comes from a third-party guess — it’s read directly off the orchard’s own pick-your-own information page.

Why the pricing structure matters

A per-pound price changes how you think about a visit compared to a flat-bag orchard. At $1.50/lb, a family that picks a modest 10-pound haul pays $15 for the fruit itself — but add the $2.50-per-person weekend reservation for, say, two adults and two kids over four, and the visit’s true cost climbs by another $10 before a single apple is picked. That’s not a criticism of the model, just a math problem worth doing in advance rather than discovering at the register. It also means a weekday visit, if the reservation requirement is specific to weekends as the pricing note suggests, could work out meaningfully cheaper for a family that has the flexibility to go Thursday or Friday instead of Saturday or Sunday — though that’s a reasonable inference from the pricing note rather than something spelled out explicitly, so it’s worth confirming by phone (215-297-8079) before planning around it.

What’s on the trees

Third-party fall coverage from outlets covering the same season names five varieties at Solebury Orchards: Honeycrisp, Pixie Crunch, Crimson Crisp, Jonathan, and Empire. Honeycrisp is a well-established mid-season apple, so its presence suggests the farm’s picking window overlaps the same general stretch as many other regional orchards growing it. The other four varieties weren’t confirmed against a current-week inventory page, so treat the full list as representative of what the farm typically grows across the season rather than a guarantee of what’s ripe on any specific weekend you visit. If you have a particular variety in mind, a phone call ahead of the drive is the more reliable way to check than relying on this list alone.

Getting to the trees

Weekend visitors get a wagon ride out to the orchard rows, according to the same third-party coverage that supplied the variety list. That’s a nice touch for families with younger kids who might not want to walk the full distance to the trees, and it lines up with the reservation system — booking a weekend slot presumably also books your spot on the ride, though the exact mechanics of how reservations and wagon rides connect aren’t detailed in what’s confirmed here.

What’s missing, and why it matters

The pick-your-own page had no explicit 2026 date stamp, so while the hours and pricing almost certainly reflect the current season, that’s an inference rather than a confirmed fact tied to this specific year. Exact season-opening and closing dates for 2026 aren’t posted either, only the general June-through-October window. If you’re planning a trip for early June or late October — the edges of that range — it’s worth confirming apples are actually ready to pick, since the broader operating season and the actual apple-picking window don’t always line up exactly.

Bottom line

Solebury Orchards is a scenic, longer-season Bucks County stop with real, checkable pricing detail — a rarity in this research batch, where most orchards leave cost entirely unconfirmed. The tradeoff is a slightly more complicated cost structure than a simple flat-bag orchard, with the per-pound rate and weekend reservation fee stacking together. Good for a New Hope day trip where you’re comfortable doing a little math in advance; less ideal if you want the simplest possible pricing to explain to kids before you go.