Sunrise River Farm

Our take

The short version

Sunrise River Farm sits northeast of the Twin Cities in Wyoming, Minnesota, and reads as a smaller, simpler alternative to the bigger southwest-metro orchards covered elsewhere in this research. Per the record, it grows nine apple varieties (unnamed in this record) and keeps its activity list to the basics: a petting farm, playground, hayride, and educational tours. No entry fee is reported, and the season is described in relative rather than fixed-date terms.

A relative season description, not a fixed date

The orchard’s own site describes its season this way: it “starts with the ripening of the first apples in late August or early September and continues through the end of October.” That’s a genuinely useful description of the typical pattern, but it’s tied to when the fruit actually ripens each year rather than a fixed calendar date — which means no explicit 2026-dated opening was found in this research. If you need a specific date to plan around, a call to 651-462-8220 closer to your visit will get you a more current answer than any fixed date could.

Nine varieties, none named

The research notes reference nine total apple varieties grown here, per the orchard’s own site, but none are individually listed in this record. That’s a real gap if a specific variety matters to your trip — there’s simply nothing here to confirm whether you’ll find, say, Honeycrisp or an early-season apple like Zestar on a given date. This is worth asking about directly when you call.

No entry fee, pay per pound or bag

Aggregator sources report no entry fee at Sunrise River Farm — you simply pay for the apples themselves, by pound or bag, once you’re picking. This wasn’t independently confirmed on the orchard’s own site, so it’s presented as a reasonably reliable secondhand report rather than a locked-in guarantee, but it’s consistent with how a number of smaller, less festival-oriented Minnesota orchards operate.

A simpler activity list

Compared to some of the larger southwest and northwest metro orchards in this research — with their corn mazes, apple cannons, and duck races — Sunrise River Farm’s activities are more modest: a petting farm, a playground, a hayride, and educational tours. Per the research notes, that reflects a farm that’s smaller and less festival-oriented than the big metro operations, which may suit a visitor looking for a quieter outing over a big attraction-heavy day.

Pick-your-own has its own schedule

The record specifies that pick-your-own runs Thursday through Sunday, with hours of 10am to 6pm. If your visit is specifically about picking your own apples rather than just visiting the farm or its stand, plan around that four-day window rather than a full seven-day schedule.

What’s missing

No apple varieties are named, no pricing beyond the general “no entry fee” report is confirmed, and there’s no cider mill or cider donut information in the record. This is a lighter record overall than several others in this batch, reflecting what was actually found on the orchard’s own, less detailed site.

Getting there

Sunrise River Farm is at 7602 Wyoming Trail in Wyoming, Chisago County, in the Twin Cities North Metro area. Coordinates on file are an approximate area estimate, not individually geocoded.

Bottom line

Sunrise River Farm looks like a solid, lower-key pick for a north-metro family visit, with a reported no-entry-fee model and a simpler activity list than the bigger fall-festival orchards. The tradeoff is less specific confirmed detail overall — no named varieties, no fixed 2026 dates — so a phone call ahead is more useful here than at more thoroughly documented farms.