A well-established Genesee County farm market with a two-tier apple pricing system and precise same-day cutoff times for wagons — but no calendar season dates were published, and admission runs separately from apple cost.
$5 per person wristband required for playground, wagon ride, and orchard access; apple picking itself priced separately, not published
Spicer Orchards Farm Market and Cider Mill sits at 10411 Clyde Rd in Fenton, Genesee County. The phone number on file is 810-632-7692 and the website is spicerorchards.com. The market itself is open daily, 9am to 7pm, but that’s not the same as u-pick hours — a distinction the record is specific about and worth understanding before you plan a visit.
This is a well-established operation with a genuinely wide u-pick lineup. The research notes describe picking running from strawberries in early summer through pumpkins in fall, with apples as one stop along that broader calendar rather than the sole focus. Confirmed activities include a corn maze, playground, pumpkin patch, and hayride, plus a cider mill and cider donuts.
The record captures a specific, useful pricing structure: a $5 per-person wristband is required for playground access, the wagon ride, and general orchard access. That’s a flat entry cost separate from whatever you end up paying for the apples you actually pick — the record notes apple picking is priced separately, but doesn’t have an exact per-pound or per-bag figure to pass along. Budget for both the wristband and the apples as distinct costs rather than assuming one covers the other.
Three varieties are named in the record: Honeycrisp, Gala, and McIntosh. The research notes describe these as split across two pricing tiers — a “bargain buster” tier covering Gala, McIntosh, and other varieties not individually named, and a separate, presumably higher-priced premium tier for Honeycrisp specifically. That two-tier structure is a genuinely useful thing to know before you start picking, since grabbing a bag mostly of Honeycrisp will cost more than a bag weighted toward the bargain-tier varieties — though again, no specific dollar amounts made it into this record for either tier.
Rather than a stated calendar season window, what the record actually captures from the site is a set of same-day operational cutoffs: the last u-pick wagon of the day runs at 5:30pm, and pickers are expected to be back by 6:15pm — 45 minutes before the market itself closes at 7pm. That’s a specific, checkable detail worth building a visit around: arriving at 6pm expecting to still pick apples would mean missing the last wagon entirely, even though the market and cider mill would still technically be open for another hour. If a full picking experience matters, plan to arrive well before 5:30pm.
The site also recommends calling ahead in bad weather, since the orchard itself may delay opening or close depending on conditions — a reasonable caution for any outdoor, walk-the-rows operation, and a useful number to have on a day with questionable forecasts.
Spicer Orchards offers real specificity in a few areas that matter for planning — the $5 wristband, the two-tier apple pricing, and especially the 5:30pm wagon cutoff — even without a stated calendar season start or end date. Because those cutoff times are so specific, they’re arguably more useful for planning an actual visit than a vague season range would be: just make sure to arrive with enough of the day left to catch a wagon out to the orchard before it stops running.
Not stated as a specific date range in the record — the site emphasizes daily operational cutoffs (last wagon at 5:30pm, pickers back by 6:15pm) over a calendar season window, and recommends calling ahead in bad weather.
Plan your visit around the wagon cutoff — last wagons run at 5:30pm with pickers expected back by 6:15pm, so arrive with enough daylight left to actually pick.
you're arriving late in the day — u-pick wagons stop running at 5:30pm even though the market stays open until 7pm.
Yes — a $5 per-person wristband is required for playground, wagon ride, and orchard access. Apple picking itself is priced separately and wasn't published in the record.
The market stays open until 7pm, but u-pick wagons run only until 5:30pm, with pickers expected back by 6:15pm.
The record names three: Honeycrisp, Gala, and McIntosh, split into a premium Honeycrisp tier and a 'bargain buster' tier covering Gala, McIntosh, and others.
The site recommends calling ahead, since the orchard may delay opening or close in bad weather.
Yes — the research notes describe a wide u-pick lineup from strawberries through pumpkins across the season, not just apples.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily. Check with the orchard before driving out.
Prices start at $5. $5 per person wristband required for playground, wagon ride, and orchard access; apple picking itself priced separately, not published
Yes — it's a pick-your-own orchard, with pre-picked apples at the farm stand too.
Honeycrisp, Gala, McIntosh — note that what's actually ready to pick changes week to week through the season.
10411 Clyde Rd, Fenton, MI 48430, in Genesee County. It is one of 5 orchards we track in Mid-Michigan.
We track 5 orchards in Mid-Michigan, 3 of which let you pick your own apples. At $5 to start this one sits right on the regional median of $5.
What sets it apart locally: it has a playground, which most Mid-Michigan orchards on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this orchard had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 5 orchards we track in Mid-Michigan had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the orchard confirms it.
There is 1 other orchard we track in Genesee County. All Mid-Michigan orchards →
spicerorchards.com
Checked September 2026.