An established Dauphin County farm market and bakery running seasonal pick-your-own crop by crop — but the orchard's own apple page didn't load usable content, and it directs visitors to social media rather than a posted schedule.
Strites’ Orchard is an established farm market and bakery on Strites Road in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, running seasonal pick-your-own offerings across a range of crops rather than focusing narrowly on apples. According to research notes attached to this record, the farm offers u-pick strawberries, raspberries, cherries, apples, and pumpkins, each opening up as its particular season arrives. Pick-your-own apples specifically is confirmed as offered, and pre-picked fruit is available too. The phone number, 717-564-3130, and website, stritesorchard.com, are both confirmed.
Here’s the honest limitation behind this listing: when the orchard’s apple-specific page was fetched directly for this research, it loaded strawberry pick-your-own content instead of anything apple-related, and didn’t surface current dates, hours, or pricing for apples. That’s a technical or content gap on the site’s end rather than a sign the orchard doesn’t have apple picking figured out — but it means this record genuinely can’t tell you when to show up or what it costs. Compounding that, the site itself is upfront that its u-pick hours run on a different schedule than its regular market hours, and it directs customers to check Facebook and Instagram for the current pick-your-own schedule rather than posting a fixed calendar on the main site.
If you’re used to orchards that post a simple “open daily 9-5, September through October” schedule, Strites’ Orchard requires an extra step: checking the farm’s social media accounts close to your planned visit date, since that appears to be where real-time u-pick information actually lives. Showing up during what you’d assume are normal farm-market hours, expecting to also pick apples, is a real risk here specifically because the site warns the two schedules don’t match. If you’re not on social media or don’t want to track down the farm’s current posts, a phone call to 717-564-3130 is the more direct way to confirm hours before driving out.
What this record does capture clearly is the shape of the operation: a working farm market and bakery that layers pick-your-own crops across the growing season rather than running a single apple-focused operation. That’s common enough among established Pennsylvania farms, and it suggests Strites’ has infrastructure and experience running u-pick programs generally, even if the specific apple details didn’t surface in this research. If you’ve had a good experience with the farm’s strawberry or cherry picking earlier in the year, that’s a reasonable, if informal, signal that the apple program is likely run with similar care — though that’s an inference, not a confirmed fact about apples specifically.
No apple varieties, no pricing, no confirmed hours, and no season start or end date are available in this record — a genuinely thin set of confirmed apple-specific facts for an otherwise well-established farm. That gap matters most if you’re trying to plan a specific trip date around peak apple availability; without that information, the safest approach is treating any planned visit as provisional until you’ve checked the farm’s social media or called directly.
Strites’ Orchard is a real, established Dauphin County farm with a genuine multi-crop pick-your-own program, but this record can’t tell you the specifics for apples — hours, dates, pricing, or varieties. The farm’s own site points you toward social media for current information, which is the most direct path forward if you want to visit; treat a drive out without that extra check as a gamble rather than a confirmed plan.
Not stated in the record. The orchard's own site notes that 'U-Pick hours are different than market hours' and points customers to Facebook/Instagram for the current pick-your-own schedule, rather than posting apple-specific dates directly.
you need confirmed hours or dates in advance without checking social media first — none are posted for apples specifically in this record.
Yes, pick-your-own apples is offered as one of several seasonal crops. Specific hours, dates, and pricing for apples weren't confirmed — the orchard's own apple-specific page didn't return usable content when checked.
Not stated in the record for apples specifically. The site notes that u-pick hours differ from regular market hours and directs customers to Facebook and Instagram for the current schedule.
Strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and pumpkins, alongside apples, each coming into season at different points in the year, according to research notes attached to this record.
Not stated in the record.
717-564-3130, or stritesorchard.com.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. 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.
1000 Strites Road, Harrisburg, PA 17111, in Dauphin County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Central PA (Harrisburg Area).
stritesorchard.com
Checked September 2026.