A solar-powered, third-party-certified orchard in Addison County with a clear, year-stamped 2026 opening date — rare confidence in this research — plus a weekend lunch service starting a week after opening.
Sunrise Orchards is located at 1333 North Bingham Street in Cornwall, in Addison County, Vermont, with a phone number of (802) 462-3500. The farm’s own site states directly: “Opening August 15, 2026” — one of the clearest, most confidently year-stamped opening dates found anywhere in this entire New England research project, matching the same level of confidence found at Averill Farm in Connecticut. Hours are 9am-5pm daily. Fourteen apple varieties are grown, described generally by the farm as ranging from “well-known favorites to unique heirloom species,” though no specific variety names are given. Weekend programming includes vendor markets, live music, and lunch service.
Unlike the majority of orchards in this research, where a specific calendar date appears without a stated year — requiring an inference based on the page being “current” — Sunrise Orchards’ August 15, 2026 date is stated with the year explicitly included. That puts this record among a small handful with genuinely high confidence in its season-opening date, alongside Averill Farm and Mad Tom Orchard. A visitor planning a trip specifically around this orchard’s opening weekend can rely on this date with more confidence than most other records in this project offer.
The farm’s description of itself as 100% solar-powered and third-party certified is a distinctive claim among the orchards researched across all four states — most farms in this research lead with variety count, family history, or activities, not environmental credentials. Whether that third-party certification carries a specific named standard isn’t detailed in the record, but the farm evidently considers its sustainability practices a core part of its identity, worth mentioning to visitors who prioritize that kind of information when choosing where to spend a day.
A specific, easy-to-miss detail: while the orchard itself opens August 15, weekend lunch service doesn’t begin until the following Saturday, August 22, running 11:30am-2pm. That’s similar in structure to March Farm’s staggered “Hilltop” activities area in Connecticut, which also opens a week after the main orchard. A visitor timing an opening-weekend trip specifically to Sunrise Orchards for the food offering should plan for the following weekend instead.
The “well-known favorites to unique heirloom species” framing suggests a genuine mix of common and specialty apples, similar in spirit to the heirloom-adjacent varieties named specifically at Yates Family Orchard in Hinesburg. But without a named list, a visitor can’t confirm in advance whether a particular favorite variety is among Sunrise’s fourteen.
No specific apple variety names are given, and no PYO pricing structure is confirmed.
Sunrise Orchards offers one of the most reliably dated season openings in this entire research project — August 15, 2026, stated explicitly — plus a genuine sustainability angle and weekend programming that includes vendor markets, live music, and lunch service (starting the following weekend, August 22). Confirming which of the fourteen varieties are actually available on a given visit will still require a call to (802) 462-3500.
On or after the confirmed opening date, August 15, 2026, per the farm's own explicit statement — one of the few fully year-stamped season dates found in this entire research project.
you want a specific list of apple varieties before visiting — the farm describes fourteen varieties only generally, as 'well-known favorites to unique heirloom species,' without naming them.
August 15, 2026 — an explicit, year-stamped statement directly from the farm's own site: 'Opening August 15, 2026.'
Fourteen, described generally as ranging from 'well-known favorites to unique heirloom species,' without a specific named list.
Yes — the farm describes its operation as 100% solar-powered and third-party certified, an environmental claim not commonly led with among the orchards in this research.
Yes — weekend lunch service runs Saturday-Sunday, 11:30am-2pm, starting August 22.
9am-5pm, per the record.
Opens August 15, 2026 (closing date not published). Daily. Hours: 9am-5pm; lunch service Sat-Sun 11:30am-2pm from August 22.
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.
1333 North Bingham Street, Cornwall, VT 05753, in Addison County. It is one of 1 orchards we track in Addison County.
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Checked September 2026.