Apple Picking Destinations in Berkshire County

By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
10:00AM / Saturday, October 11, 2025Print Story | Email Story

It's apple season! Here are some great locations to spend your day picking your own apples to enjoy the crisp taste or bake into your favorite dishes.

Most apple picking is through October, so get yours while you can. Bring your family and friends and spend a day enjoying the Berkshires and their local farms, while learning about where apples come from and be how they grow.

Lakeview Orchard

94 Old Cheshire Rd., Lanesborough

Open: Thursday through Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

With over 4,500 fruit trees it's not hard to pick the apple or other fruit that is perfect for you. Guests also have the option to get already picked fruit. More information here.

Jaeschke’s Orchard

23 Gould Rd. Adams

Open: Daily from 9 to 5 p.m.

This 55 acre orchard grows 33 varieties of apples to choose from. You can also enjoy a delicious apple cider donut with a cup of apple cider. More information here.

Hilltop Orchards

508 Canaan Rd, Richmond

Open: Daily from 9 to 5 and until 6 on Friday and Saturday.

This orchard has been providing apples for over a century. It grows 27 different varieties of the popular fruit and has an on-site cidery where you can enjoy cider and wine tasting. The farm is 187 acres where you are guaranteed to pick the apples that are right for you. More information here.

Bartlett’s Orchard

575 Swamp Rd., Richmond

Open: Monday through Friday from 7 to 5; Saturday and Sunday from 8 to 5

For 75 years generations of the Bartlett family have been growing delicious apples for people to come and pick for a good snack, apple pie, or other dishes. More information here.

Sandisfield Orchard

101 New Hartford Rd. Sandisfield

Open: Friday thru Sunday from 8 to 5

Sandisfield Orchard has 12 varieties of apples to choose from on their farm with great views. You can bring the family to pick apples and other fruits as well as enjoy their newly opened cafe. More information here.

Windy Hill Farm

686 Stockbridge Rd., Great Barrington

Open: Daily from 9 to 5

Enjoy the scenic seven acre farm while picking from 25 varieties of apples and blueberries for an extra snack. More information here.

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Youth Alive & ROPE: Stepping Toward the Future

By Sabrina DammsiBerkshires Staff
10:07AM / Sunday, November 16, 2025

Youth Alive step, dance and drumline participants.

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Every year, the nonprofits Youth Alive and the Rites of Passage and Empowerment step toward a stronger, more equitable community.

This year marked Youth Alive's 30th anniversary and ROPE's 15th anniversary. It was no coincidence that the organizations celebrated it with multiple step performances during their fundraising dinner last Saturday at the Berkshire Innovation Center.

"Every step that they took, we knew that they were stepping further away from oppression. They were stepping further away from social injustice," said keynote speaker the Rev. Nakeida Bethel-Smith, pastor of Hood-Shaw Memorial AME Zion Church of Providence, R.I.

"They were stepping further away from all the things that we were told that we couldn't be in the community that was supposed to hug us."

Bethel-Smith is also an eligibility and outreach specialist for the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance.

"It was people like Shirley Edgerton, [referred to as Misses E to her students] it was people like the late [Bishop Jerome Edgerton Sr.,] that saw their potential to step with their purpose, to step boldly into that thing and say, 'we see you, even if nobody else sees you.'

"Every time they stepped, they took their authority back. Every time they stepped, they reclaimed their voice. Every time they stepped, you knew that they were stepping with purpose. You knew that they were stepping with a mission.

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