The weather is cooling off, the leaves are about to turn, and you're shuttling your kids back and forth to soccer games every weekend. It can only mean one thing: fall is returning to the Hudson Valley. And with the fall comes apple picking season, one of the most delightful benefits of life in the valley.

We've gathered information on the apple picking farms in the area and put it together in this handy map.

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DUTCHESS COUNTY

Barton Orchards

63 Apple Tree Lane | Poughquag, NY 12570 | (845) 227-2306
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9AM-5PM; Saturday - Sunday, 9AM-6PM
Varieties: Jona Mac (early September), Gala (early September), Macintosh (early September), Cortlandt (September), Macoun (September), Spartans (September), Empires (late September), Red Delicious (late September), Golden Delicious (late September), Jona Gold (late September), Ida Red (October), Crisperr (October), Red Stayman (October), Fuji (October), Cameo (October), Sourcrisp (October), Romes (October), Winesap (October), Pippin (October), Braeburn (October), Granny Smith (late October)

Fishkill Farms

9 Fishkill Farm Road | Hopewell Junction, NY 12533 | (845) 897-4377
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-6PM
Varieties: Jonamac (early September), Macintosh (early September), Cortland (mid-September), Macoun (late September), Spartan (late September), Golden Delicious (early October), Red Delicious (early October), Empire (mid-October), Mutsu (mid-October), Jonagold (late October), Idared (late October), Stayman Winesap (late October)

Fraleigh's Rose Hill Farm

19 Rose Hill | Red Hook, NY 12571 | (845) 758-4215
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10AM-6PM
Varieties: Gala (early September), Jonamac (early September)

Greig Farm

223 Pitcher Lane | Red Hook, NY 12571 | (845) 758-1234
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-7PM
Varieties: Jonamac (early September), Macintosh (early September)

Mead Orchards

15 Scism Road | Tivoli, NY 12583 | (845) 756-5641
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10AM-6PM
Varieties: Blondee (early September), Cortland (early September), Gala (early September), Macintosh (early September), Fuji Gala (early September), Macoun (late September), Northern Spy (late September), Senshu (late September), Shizuka (late September), Golden Delicious (late September), Mutsu (late September), Cameo (early October), Crimson Crisp (early October), RubyFrost (early October), Rome (early October), Stayman-Winesap (early October), Fuji (early October), Goldrush (late October), Pink Lady (late October)

ORANGE COUNTY

Apple Ridge Orchards

101 Jessup Road | Warwick, NY 10990 | (845) 987-7717
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 9AM-6PM
Varieties: Cameo, Cortland, Empire, Fuji, Gala, Gold Rush, Golden Delicious, Honeycrisp, Liberty, Macintosh, Mutsu (Crispin), Red Delicious, SunCrisp, Winesap

Applewood Orchards

82 Four Corners Road | Warwick, New York 10990 | (845) 986-1684
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Varieties: Macintosh, Cortland, Honeycrisp, Gala, Empire, Jonagold, Rome Beauty, Red Delicious, Macoun, Fuji, Golden Delicious

Lawrence Farms Orchards

306 Frozen Ridge Road | Newburgh, NY 12550 | (845) 562.4268
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-4PM
Varieties: Macintosh (early September), Jonamac (early September), Honey Crisp (early September), Gala (early September), Empire (late September), Cortland (late September), Macoun (late September), Red Delicious (late September), Golden Delicious (late September), Ida Red (October), Mutsu (October), Jonagold (October), Staymen (October), Northern Spy (October), Fuji (October), Rome (October), Granny Smith (October)

Masker Orchards

45 Ball Road | Warwick, NY 10990 | (845) 986-1058
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-5PM

Overlook Farm Market and Country Store

5417 Route 9W | Newburgh, NY 12550 | (845) 562-5780
Hours: Sunday - Monday, Wednesday - Saturday, 8AM-6PM

Pennings Orchard

169 State Route 94 South | Warwick, NY 10990 | (845) 986-7080
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Varieties: Ginger Gold (early September), McIntosh (early September), Honey Crisp (early September), Macoun (mid-September), Empire (mid-September), Cortland (late September), Jonagold (late September), Red Delicious (late September), Golden Delicious (late September), Stayman Winesap (early October), Ida Red (early October), Mutsu (early October), Fuji (mid-October), Granny Smith (November)

Warwick Valley Winery & Distillery

114 Little York Road | Warwick, NY 10990 | (845) 258-4858
Hours: Monday – Friday, Noon to 5PM; Saturday – Sunday, 11AM-5PM
Varieties: Chenago Strawberry, Cortland, Coxs Orange Pippin, Early Macs, Elstar, Esopus Spitzenberg, Fortune, Gala, Ginger Gold, Gravenstein, Honey Crisp, Jersey Mac, McIntosh, Newton Pippin, Wealthy, Zestar, Blenheim Orange, Braeburn, Bramley Seedling, Calville Blanc, Empire, Florina, Freyburg, Golden Russets, Hudson Golden Gem, Ida Red, Jonagold, Kids Orange Red, Macoun, Melrose, Red Delicious, Ribston Pippin, Roxbury Russet, Shizuka, Virgina Gold, Ashmead Kernal, Autumn Gala, Baldwin, Belle de Boskoop, Beni Shogun, Cameo, Crispin (Mutsu), Fuji, Gold Rush, Golden Delicious, Keepsakes, Northern Spy, Pink Lady, Spy Gold, Stayman Winesap

PUTNAM COUNTY

Outhouse Orchards

139 Hardscrabble Road | Croton Falls, NY 10519 | 914-277-3188
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Varieties: McIntosh (September), Cortland (September), Rhode Island Greenings (September), Rome (October), Baldwin (October), Red Delicious

ULSTER COUNTY

Apple Hill Farm

124 Route 32 South | New Paltz, NY 12561 | (845) 255-1605
Hours: Thursday - Monday, 10AM-5PM
Varieties: Macintosh (September), Cortland (September), Opalescent (September), Spartan (September), Red Delicious (October), Golden Delicious (October)

Dressel Farms

271 Route 208 | New Paltz, NY 12561 | (845) 255-0693
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10AM-5PM
Varieties: Honeycrisp (early September), McIntosh (early September), Gala (early September), Macoun (mid-September), Cortland (mid-September), Red Delicious (late September), Empire (early October), Fuji (early October), Golden Delicious (early October), Staymen (early October), Mutsu (mid-October), Ida Red (mid-October), Rome (mid-October), Cripps Pink Lady (mid-October), Granny Smith (late October)

DuBois Farms

209 Perkinsville Road | Highland, NY 12528 | (845) 795-4037
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 10AM-5PM

Hurds Family Farm

2187 Route 32 | Modena, NY 12548 | (845) 883-7825
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Varieties: Gala Sweet (early September), Ginger Gold (early September), Honeycrisp Sweet (early September), Jonamac (early September), McIntosht (late September), Cortland (late September), Crispin (late September), Empire Tasty (late September), Early Fuji (late September), Golden Delicious (late September), Jonagold (late September), Macoun (late September), Red Delicious (late September), SnapDragon (October), Fuji Sweet (October), Idared Crisp (October), Rome (October), RubyFrost

Jenkins - Lueken Orchards

69 Yankee Folly Road | New Paltz, NY 12561 | (845) 255 - 0999
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-6PM
Varieties: Macintosh (early September), Empire (mid-September), Fortune (mid-September), Fuji (mid-September), Jonagold (mid-September), Macoun (mid-September), Red Delicious (late September), Golden Delicious (late September), Ida Red (early October)

Maynard Farms

326 River Road | Ulster Park, NY 12487 | (845) 331-6908
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10AM-5PM
Varieties: Empire, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Ida Red, Braeburn, Stayman Winesap

Minard Farms

250 Hurds Road | Clintondale, NY 12515 | (866) 632-7753
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 10AM-5PM
Varieties: Empire (early September), Red Delicious (early September), Jonamacs (early September), Golden Delicious (early September), Stayman Winesap (late September), Rome (late September), Fuji (early October), Granny Smith (mid-October)

Prospect Hill Farms

73 Clarks Lane | Milton, NY 12547 | (845) 795-2383
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 9AM-4PM

Tantillo's Farm Market

730 New York 208 | Gardiner, NY 12525 | (845) 256-9109
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-4:30PM

Weed Orchards and Winery

43 Mount Zion Road | Marlboro, NY 12542 | (845) 236-2684
Hours: Monday - Friday, 10AM-5PM; Saturday & Sunday, 9AM-5PM
Varieties: Early Fujis, Jonamacs, Cortland, Honeycrisps, Gingergold, Golden Supreme, Gala, Macintosh

Westwind Orchard

215 Lower Whitfield Road | Accord, NY 12404 | (845) 626-0659
Hours: Saturday & Sunday, 9AM-6PM

Wilklow Orchards

341 Pancake Hollow Road | Highland, NY 12528 ‎ | (845) 691-2339
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Varieties: Macintosh, Gala, Cortland, Jonamac, Empire, Jonagold, Mutsu, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Winesap, Rome, Northern Spy

Wrights Farm

699 New York 208 | Gardiner, NY 12525 | (845) 255-5300
Hours: Sunday - Saturday, 8AM-4:30PM
Varieties: Macintosh (mid-September), Cortland (mid-September), Empire (mid-September), Golden Delicious (late September), Red Delicious (late September), Macouns (late September), Mutsu (early October), Rome (early October), Braeburn (late October)