Tyler's Rocky Point Orchard

Our take

What the record actually confirms

Tyler’s Rocky Point Orchard operates in the Emmett Valley, Idaho’s Boise-area fruit-growing region, with three named apple varieties: Fuji, Jonathan, and Honeycrisp. That’s a solid mainstream trio — Honeycrisp for the crowd favorite, Fuji as a reliable late-season keeper, and Jonathan as an old-fashioned, tart baking apple that’s become less common at some of the newer orchards in this research batch. Both u-pick and pre-picked fruit are listed as available. Hours are daily, 8am to 8pm, which stands out against orchards elsewhere in this file that limit themselves to two or three days a week — if the hours hold as described, this is one of the more consistently accessible stops in the Emmett cluster.

An honor-system operating model

The most distinctive detail in the record is the operating structure: reviews cited in the research describe a self-serve, honor-system setup on weekdays, with staffed hours on weekends. That’s a meaningfully different visitor experience than a fully staffed farm stand — it likely means picking, weighing, and paying (perhaps via a payment box or similar setup) without an attendant present on a Tuesday afternoon, versus having someone available to answer questions and process payment on a Saturday. The record doesn’t specify exactly how the self-serve mechanics work — whether there’s a posted price list, a cash box, or a different payment method — so this is worth confirming by phone (208-365-6160) before a weekday visit, especially if bringing cash isn’t your default.

A long growing season, but apples come later

Review summaries describe the orchard’s season spanning mid-June through late October, but that stretch covers cherries and apricots ripening first, with apples coming into the picture later in the sequence. That timeline isn’t unusual for a diversified fruit operation, but it does mean a visitor showing up in July expecting apples would likely find only stone fruit ready. Given that Fuji and Jonathan are mid-to-late-season varieties and Honeycrisp typically peaks in September, a reasonable guess is that apple picking here runs from roughly September into October — but that’s an inference from typical Idaho apple-ripening patterns rather than a date confirmed in the record itself.

Address and pricing gaps

Two real gaps stand out. First, the street address is unresolved: one source lists 993 Hermosa St, while a separate business directory lists 145 E. South Slope Rd for what appears to be the same orchard. These aren’t neighboring addresses that could plausibly refer to the same property by different naming conventions — they read as genuinely conflicting entries, and the record is honest that they couldn’t be reconciled. Second, no apple-specific pricing was found anywhere in the sources checked; only cherry and apricot per-pound prices turned up. That’s a real information gap for anyone trying to budget a visit, not an oversight in the research.

What’s still missing

Beyond the address and pricing gaps, there’s nothing in the record about parking, accessibility, or what to bring for a self-serve pick. The orchard’s main online presence is a Facebook page rather than a dedicated website, which limits how much can be independently verified without a direct call or visit.

Bottom line

Tyler’s Rocky Point Orchard offers a genuinely long operating season and daily hours that are more generous than most Emmett-area alternatives, plus a distinctive self-serve weekday model worth knowing about before you go. But the unresolved address conflict and the total absence of apple pricing mean a phone call to 208-365-6160 is the responsible first step — confirm both where to actually go and what apples will cost before making the trip.