Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Capital Region (aka Hudson Valley) of New York State in 2024, by county

Below are the U-Pick orchards and farms for blueberries that we know of in this area. Not all areas of any state, nor even every state, have blueberries orchards that are open to the public. If you know of any others, please tell us using the add a farm form!

Remember to always check with the farm's own website or Facebook page before you go - or call or email them if they don't have a website or Facebook page. Conditions at the farms and crops can change literally overnight, so if you want to avoid a wasted trip out there - check with the farm directly before you go! If I cannot reach them, I DON'T GO!

PLEASE report closed farms, broken links and incorrect info using the "Report Corrections" form below.

Albany County

• Indian Ladder Farms - apples, blueberries, plums, pumpkins, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (black), raspberries (Spring, black), Cider mill fresh apple cider made on the premises, gift shop, concessions or refreshment stand, porta-potties, restrooms, picnic area, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours, group reservations
  342 Altamont Road, Altamont, NY 12009. Phone: (518) 765-2956. Email: info@indianladderfarms.com. Open: PYO Times Vary Daily; Call our PYO Hotline. Directions: From Albany: Route 20 west Route 155 south, Route 85a west, Route 156 west, Farm on left. Berry PYO Begins in June and Apple PYO Begins Labor Day Weekend. Payment: Cash, Check, ApplePay, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, ApplePay, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx.
  Indian Ladder Farms Facebook page. . Alternate Phone: 866-640-PICK. . Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. strives to provide apples of superior taste and quality, while maintaining a healthy ecologically-balanced growing environment. In addition to pick-your-own apples and pumpkins in the fall, we have pick-your-own berries through the summer. Visit our farm menagerie and say "hi" to Simon, our donkey, and many others. Our nature trail will lead you by orchards, marshes, woods, and fields.Pick Your Own red raspberries, black raspberries and blueberries are available in the Pick Your Own from late June through August, weather and picking conditions permitting. Berries are picked by the quart or a six-quart flat. In late July plums become available for picking while supplies last. Early apples become available for picking starting in August. (UPDATED: July 14, 2021)
  Comments from a visitor on October 23, 2008: "My favorite place to go in the fall :)"

Rensselaer County

• Hay Berry Farm LLC - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, flowers, herbs or spices, lavender, pumpkins, gift shop, porta-potties are available
  1176 Babcock Lake Road, Hoosick Falls, NY 12090. Phone: 518-285-9039. Email: info@hayberryfarm.org. Open: July through September, Thursday through Monday, 7:30am until 3pm, Friday until 6pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: From NY Route 7, turn north on Babcock Lake Road (County Route 87) and drive one mile to the fields and farm stand. Click here for a map and directions. Blueberries: July through mid-August Blueberry pruning workshop: last Saturday in March. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. Family-friendly. We love sharing information about green living and sustainable farming and welcome those interested in seeing the farm.  (UPDATED: September 9, 2023, JBS)
• Liberty Ridge Farm - blueberries, pumpkins, raspberries (red), corn maze, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, face painting, farm animals, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  29 Bevis Road, Schaghticoke, NY 12154. Phone: 518-664-1515. Fax: 518-664-5992. Email: info@libertyridgefarmny.com. Open: July and August 9am to 6pm weekdays; 9am to 5pm weekends; Call for specific opening day on crops. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Exit 9 off of I-87 Clifton Park, east on Rte. 146 to Mechanicville. Bear left on Rte. 4 North. Follow into the Village of Stillwater; Hudson River will be on your right. Turn right at blinking light crossing over the Hudson River. 1 mile on right - Liberty Ridge Farm. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover. Liberty Ridge Farm Facebook page. Liberty Ridge Farm has the largest corn maze in the Capital District. Stop on by for Pick Your Own blueberries and raspberries and our Farm Market during the summer and make sure to come back during the fall to enjoy our Fall Festival. Our Fall Festival features our 8-acre corn maze, Brad's Barnyard Adventure filled with activities for young and old, and our trolley ride. Don't forget Haunt Nights during October! Liberty Ridge Farm has wonderful facilities for group meetings, family reunions and birthday parties!.
• The Berry Patch - blueberries
  15589 State Route 22, Stephentown, NY 12168. Phone: 518-733-1234. Open: Pick Your Own blueberries will be available on Friday mornings and Sunday mornings from 9 AM to 12 pm or by appointment.; the store's summer schedule is 10 AM to 6 PM on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. M and A Farm in Petersburgh NY are operating the store this summer, with an expanded range of products including their own fresh vegetables, chicken and pork, and other local farm products. Blueberries and tomatoes grown by Dale-Ila and Don are currently featured prominently in the store. Because we are the national leaders in pesticide-free blueberry production, growing our berries in a netting covered planting, pickers must be a minimum of 10 years old to pick. (ADDED: July 19, 2019, JBS)
• Woo Berry Farm - Uses natural growing practices, blackberries, blueberries, raspberries (red), farm animals
  181 Babcock Lake Road, Grafton, NY 12082. Phone: (518) 664-7548. Alternate Phone: (518) 755-7566. Email: ktz1057@hotmail.com. Open: Monday to Sunday 9am to 6pm starting April 1st. Directions: From Grafton State Park: continue East on route 2 through the village, to the Grafton Elementary School, take a left onto Babcock Lake Road. Travel one mile to where the road bears right. We are located there on the left. Click here for a map and directions. Raspberry, blueberry, and blackberry plants will be available to purchase or dig-your-own in early Spring 2011, weather permitting; Our season usually starts April 1st, and runs about 3 to 4 weeks. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Payment: Cash, only.

Saratoga County

• Blueberry Hill Solar ~ Organic - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, picnic area,
  2186 Alexander Road, Galway, NY 12074. Phone: (518) 415-0001. Open: Directions: North of Galway Village on Route 147, before Route 29, Turn Right on to Alexander Road. We are a half mile down on the right. Click here for a map and directions. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Payment: Cash, Check. The ONLY pyo crops offered are Organic Blueberries . (UPDATED: August 02, 2019)
• Stanislowsky's Eagle's View Farm - blueberries,
  2089 Route 29, Galway, NY 12074. Phone: 518-882-9199. Email: f106pilot@aol.com. Open: July 5 to August 31, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday only 8am to 11am. Directions: Galway, One mile East of intersection of Route 29 and Route 147, sign "Eagle's View Farm. Click here for a map and directions. U-Pick Blueberries. Payment: Cash, only. 2020 price was $3.10 per pound. Eagle's View Farm Facebook page. This is a u-pick blueberry farm open 3 days a week in the morning. It is handy to bring a small bucket or plastic container (2 pound coffee can size) with a strap attached that you can hang around your neck for picking. Also you can bring larger containers to put your berries in or we sell (at cost) berry boxes for $1.00 that speeds up your checkout. We weigh all berries in plastic bags or our boxes. We do not weigh your containers. We do not have a restroom. Please no pets and no checks.
• Star Farm Blueberries - blueberries, weddings, honey from hives on the farm
  2478 Galway Rd., Galway, NY 12074. Phone: (518) 882-6963. Email: jemstarone@hotmail.com. Open: see their website or Facebook page for crop updates, picking rules and dates/hours. Star Farm Blueberries Facebook page. Star Farm is your one-stop, Mom and Pop blueberry shop located in the heart of Galway, NY. Stop by for a carton or spend the day picking your own! 2021 prices: PICK YOUR OWN $4.50/pound and PRE-PICKED $5.50/pint or $9.50/quart. They also host weddings. Celebrate your big day at Star Farm, a fully operational, family-owned blueberry farm in Galway, NY. From weddings to baby showers, Star Farm is here to make your vision of the perfect day a reality. (ADDED: May 5, 2021, JBS)
• Winney Farm - Blueberries
  113 Winney Road (Rt 32), Schuylerville, NY 12871. Phone: (518) 695-5547. Open: 8 am to 6 pm daily, typically July and August. Directions: 3 miles North of Schuylerville NY. This is a family-owned pick-your-own blueberry farm.
  They say they are usually open from July 4th through late-August.
  Comments from a visitor on August 1, 2017: "High Bush, Huge Berries, Huge Crops. I believe they have other Vegetables as well and barn store, picking baskets. Picked the summer of 2017 and the blueberries were outstanding.". T. Blueberries will be available for picking here from early July until mid to late August.
  Comments from a visitor on September 10, 2012: "Winney Farm was amazing!!!!!!!!!! We went back 3 times this summer and it's a 45 minute ride. The blueberry bushes are huge and have the best berries ever. I was hoping to freeze most of them for winter, but my family was plucking them from the tray as I was prepping them from the freezer. Will be a family tradition from now on! Thank you Winney Farms "
  Comments from a visitor on July 15, 2012: "I pick at Winney's Farm each year. The current price for blueberries is $2.25 /pound and has remained the same for the last few years. They have lots of varieties to pick so you get berries the entire blueberry season. There is no charge to pick. This is not a farm for tourists - no hay rides, animals to feed and pet, or food to purchase. It is a basic "pick your own" farm. They do sell prepicked berries for $7.00/quart."

Schenectady County

• Buhrmaster Family Farm - U Pick strawberries, Blueberries, raspberries, pre-cut Christmas trees
  189 Saratoga Road, Route 50, Scotia, NY 12302. Phone: 518-399-5931. Email: buhrmasterfarms@gmail.com. Open: Saturday and Sunday 9 am to 6 pm; Monday to Friday 9 am to 6:30 pm. Strawberry Patch Our "Pick Your Own" Strawberry Patch is open from mid-June through August. Blueberries and raspberries in July. Family owned and operated since 1946, Buhrmaster Family Farms never fails to produce the most delicious fruits and vegetables, and pick your own strawberries, along with the area's most beautiful selection of fresh flowers. An farm, we also provide garden supplies and premium landscaping mulch including, red mulch, black mulch, cedar mulch, bark mulch, screened organic compost, garden soil and topsoil for delivery or pick-up.And a Farm Market. Click here for a link to our Facebook page. Family owned farm featuring CSA Program, Farm Stand, Fruit, Vegetables, PYO Strawberries, Flowers. Your local source for organic goodness!
• Scotch Ridge Berry and Tree Farm - blueberries, Christmas trees
  5092 Scotch Ridge Rd, Duanesburg, NY 12056. Phone: (518) 210-1381. Email: cholub@nycap.rr.com. Open: for u-pick and pre picked blueberries in July and August, then again after Thanksiving for Christmas trees. See their Facebook page for updates. They follow all recommenced COVID-19 precautions. 2020 blueberry price was $3.00 a pint. Scotch Ridge Berry Farm is family owned farm specializing in naturally grown fruit, tomotes, herbs and cut flowers marketed in farmers markets and limited u-pick fruit. Winter products include u-cut Christmas trees and fresh made decorations. We will be back this Spring with a larger cut flower and fruit crop. In 2020, Christmas trees were priced from $25 to around $48.
  Christmas tree varieties: Balsam fir, Spruce and Blue Spruce. (ADDED: May 5, 2021, JBS)

Washington County

• Beloved Farm - Uses natural growing practices, asparagus, blueberries, flowers, rhubarb, U-pick and already picked, farm market, picnic area, birthday parties, weddings and wedding parties, school tours
  105 Mckie Hollow Road, Cambridge, NY 12816. Phone: 518-677-8226. Email: belovedfarm@gmail.com. Open: See our website for current hours. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. Directions: From Cambridge: Main Street to Ashgrove Road. Right on Chestnut Hill Road. Left on McKie Hollow Road (dirt road) about 1/2 mile. Yellow house, green shutters. From North Bennington, Vermont: White Creek Road. Right onto Niles Road. At stop sign turn right, Niles Road becomes Chestnut Hill Road. Follow Chestnut Hill Road up a windy mountain. Go past Pompanuck Farm and take right onto McKie Hollow Road (dirt road) about 1/2 mile. Click here for a map and directions. Asparagus and Rhubarb: May to June, Flowers: May to August, Blueberries and summer produce: July to September. We use natural practices, but are not seeking organic certification. Payment: Cash, only. Click here for our Facebook page. You can pick your own organic blueberries. Beloved farm standThe farm stand is located across the road from our home with plenty of parking and chickens. Your kids can feed the chickens the dropped blueberries by throwing them over the fence. The chickens love it!(UPDATED: May 14, 2015, JBS)
• Hand Melon Farm - Uses integrated pest management practices, blueberries, peppers, raspberries (Autumn, red), strawberries, tomatoes, U-pick and already picked, farm market
  533 Wilbur Avenue, Greenwich, NY 12834. Phone: 518-692-2376. Alternate Phone: 518-692-7502. Fax: 518-692-2376. Email: handmelonfarm@yahoo.com. Open: Beginning in June with Strawberries; Wednesday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday from 8 am to 4 pm and CLOSED MONDAY & TUESDAY. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Strawberries open typically the beginning of June running through mid July; Blueberries follow shortly thereafter (in 2020, blueberry picking is $3.75 per pound and started in mid-July; Raspberries begin late august; Tomatoes and Peppers open Saturday and Sunday only the third weekend in august; Pick your own hours are Monday through Friday 8 am to 5:30 pm; Saturday and Sunday 8am to 4:30 pm. We use integrated pest management practices. Payment: Cash, Check, Visa, MasterCard, Discover. Click here for our Facebook page. Moving into the later summer we feature pickyou-own Tomatoes, including Romas, Sweet Bell and assorted hot Peppers, and Eggplant. Pick Your Own is a great way for you to affordably pick bushels full to put up for the winter. Then finally the Pick Your Own season ends with Fall Squash. We operate a Farm market on Rt 29 in Greenwich, NY that carries a wide range of produce that we grow on the farm but is not available for pick your own. This includes sweet corn, beans, eggplant, watermelons, specialty fall items including pumpkins, hot peppers and our famous Hand melons!. (UPDATED: July 21, 2020 JBS)
  Comments from a visitor on May 21, 2009: "They also have pick your own tomatoes and peppers and Fall Raspberries. The veggies picking always starts the 3rd weekend of August and runs until supplies last. Last years price was $15.00 per bushel. Bushel baskets themselves cost $2.00 each (bring your own containers!) Fall Raspberries start around early September (late August) and go until a hard frost. The light frosts make the berries sweeter. There are 2 patches to pick from. "
  Comments from a visitor on May 25, 2008: "They send me a post card to let us know what is ready for picking. They have a large variety of PYO strawberries and they are very well tended!"
• Liebigs' Strawberry Ridge Farm - blueberries, raspberries (red), raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (black), raspberries (Autumn, black), strawberries, U-pick and already picked, picnic area, farm animals, school tours
  66 Middleton Road, North Granville, NY 12832. Phone: 518-642-1385. Open: Pick you own strawberries are available from early to mid June through early June; The farm is open 7 am to 7 pm seven days a week; U pick black raspberries are available in late June/early July and red raspberries are available in mid - August through the first hard frost occurence of the fall. Directions: Liebigs' Strawberry Ridge Farm is located on Middleton Road in the hamlet of Truthville, which is part of the township of Granville, NY. The most immediate way to find the farm is take County Route 12 off of State Route 22. Once on County Route 12, look for Middleton Road (appx. one half mile from Route 22) and travel 3/10's of a mile. The farm is on the right hand side. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. Strawberry Ridge Facebook page. Located in Granville, New York, Strawberry Ridge is a 118-acre, family-owned farm nestled along the banks of the picturesque Mettowee River in Washington County, near the New York-Vermont border. We grow more than a dozen varieties of crops and specialize in U-pick strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, pumpkins and other fall produce. We also raise a herd of Scottish Highland cattle, which are sustained exclusively on a grass-fed diet.(UPDATED: June 14, 2018, JBS)
• Stuberry Acres - strawberries, blueberries, raspberries (Spring, red), raspberries (Autumn, red), raspberries (black),
  1483 County Route 49, Argyle, NY 12809. Phone: 518-638-8926. Email: stuberryacres@yahoo.com. Open: July - September Every Day 8 am to 8 pm. Click here for current open hours, days and dates. Directions: Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. (formerly known as "Stewarts Berry Farm")
  Comments from a visitor on September 26, 2010: " It's beautiful family owned farm that currently has pick your own fruit. I believe they also have a roadside stand down the street as well. Friendly, beautiful, local family environment. Absolutely LOVE it! I have been picking there for the last couple of years and tell everyone I can to go there. The berries are amazing and there are always plenty to pick. The black raspberries (not blackberries) are unbelievable! This is just a friendly, local family owned farm that is expanding and has great pick your own!!! Black raspberries (that are huge and absolutely unbelievable)"

 

 

 

 

Blueberry Picking Tips, Recipes and Information

Blueberries are one of the easiest fruit to prepare and serve. There's no peeling, pitting, coring or cutting. They have few natural pests, (other than birds), so pesticides are generally unnecessary! This year's crop is fantastic (see related news story), thanks both to the weather and to more farms planting more blueberry bushes due to increased consumer demand over the past few years as more studies proclaim the anti-oxidant and other health properties of blueberries.

Click here to find a local Blueberry Festival (usually held between April and July).

If you are looking for information about a similar berry, the saskatoon (also called the June berry or Serviceberry) see this page about saskatoons.

Picking tips:

Select plump, full blueberries with a light gray-blue color. A berry with any hint of red isn't fully ripened.

Ripening AFTER picking?

First, it is key to know that once picked, blueberries will NOT become any sweeter, nor will the flavor improve. The only change that occurs is the color. They will APPEAR to ripen, but it is only a color change, from white to green to rose to red to pale blue to fully blue. So, white and green colored blueberries will not "ripen" after they are picked; while blueberries that have already turned purple, red or blue-ish usually DO change color after they are picked (if they are kept at room temperature to "ripen").

As the blueberries ripen ON THE BUSH, the flavor goes from tastless to bitter to tasteless tart to tart blueberry flavor to sweet blueberry flavor.

Grocery stores sell blueberries that are tart, not sweet because they had them picked unripe by machine so they are very firm and can handled being bumped around in shipping. They may look good, but are not as tasty as those picked when actually ripe.

So, the key is, PICK ONLY RIPE BERRIES!

How to pick blueberries

Since blueberries hang on the bushes in bunches a but like grapes do, the easiest and fastest way to pick them is hold your bucket under them in one hand and with your other hand, cup a ripe bunch and gently rub them with your fingers. The ripe berries will drop into your bucket, while the unripe ones will remain attached to the bush.

When the bushes are at peak, I can easily pick 2 gallons per hour (if I'm not being distracted by the kids and the sun isn't too hot!). A newbie might do 1 gallon per hour.and at the beginning or end of the season it takes more time as the berries are not as plentiful nor concentrated in clusters.

Tips for storing blueberries after harvesting:

• Once picked, don't place the berries, still warm from the sun, in a closed bag or container. Leave the container open so moisture doesn't form in the container.
• Don't wash berries until just before using, to prevent berries from becoming mushy.
• Chill berries soon after picking to increase shelf life. Store your fresh blueberries in the refrigerator as soon as you get them home, without washing them, in a covered bowl or storage container. If refrigerated, fresh-picked blueberries will keep 10 to 14 days.
• Freeze berries in freezer containers without washing to keep the skins from toughening. Place berries one layer deep. Freeze, then pour the frozen berries into freezer containers. Because unwashed blueberries freeze individually, they can be easily poured from containers in desired amounts. Remember both frozen and fresh berries should be rinsed and drained just before serving. Just before using, wash the berries in cold water.

Blueberry Measurements and Conversions

Keep in mind that blueberries vary considerably in density and moisture content, so these ranges are approximates.

• 1 gallon of blueberries weighs about 7.5 lbs or (4 liters of blueberries is about 3.5 kg)

• 1 pint of fresh blueberries weights about 3/4 of a pound. (1 liter of blueberries is about 700 grams)

• 1 pound of fresh blueberries is usually between about 2 and 3 cups of berries.

• It takes about 4 cups (about of blueberries to make a blueberry pie (see this fantastic and easy blueberry pie recipe)

• A normal batch of blueberry preserves, jam or jelly requires 5 pints of berries.

• Blueberries do come in a variety of sizes from small (190-250 berries per cup) to extra large (<90 berries per cup).

Blueberry Recipes, Canning and Freezing Blueberries

Recipes

• The world's best Blueberry pie, recipe and directions and illustrated!
• Blueberry buckle coffee cake: illustrated directions for this great crumb-topping blueberry coffee cake
• Other easy directions to make blueberry desserts: cobblers, etc.

Canning, freezing and other blueberry recipes:

• How to Freeze Blueberries
• How to Can Blueberries
• How to Make Homemade Blueberry Jam
• How to make blueberry jelly
• How to make and can blueberry syrup (it works for strawberries, raspberries and blackberries, too)
• blueberry pie filling to use later,
• blueberry butter

Baking tips

If you have trouble with blueberries settling to the bottom of muffins and blueberry breads, try one or more of these tips:

• Coat them with flour before adding to the batter. Just gently shake the blueberries in a bag (plastic or paper) with 1/2 cup of flour, then dump them mix in a sieve to remove excess flour.
• It may just be that your batter is too thin. try making the batter a little thicker!
• Fill the muffin cups or baking pan up to 1/4 full with batter (which hasn't had blueberries added to it yet); then stir the blueberries into the remaining batter, and continue to fill the muffin cups or bread pan. The blueberries will start off higher in the mix!

Other Local Farm Products (Honey, Horses, Milk, Meat, Eggs, Etc.)
(NOT pick-your-own, unless they are also listed above)

• Farm markets and roadside stands
• Local Honey Finder
• Local Meat, Milk and Eggs
• Venues: Farms, Wineries, Orchards for your event, wedding or party
• Easter egg hunts
• Children"s consignment sales
• Fruit and vegetable festivals
• Winery tours and wine tastings
• Horse rides, stables, lessons, trails
• Maple Syrup farms and sugarworks
• Bed & Breakfasts on Farms, Wineries, Ranches and Orchards
• Pumpkin patches
• Corn mazes
• Zombie Paintball venues
• Christmas Tree Farms & lots
• Environmental resources
• Consumer fraud information
• Wholesale food sources
• Resources for Farmers