This certified organic Hood River orchard with views of Mt. Adams and Mt. Hood is home to 10-year-old apple trees yielding Honey Crisp and Gala apples. Chickens roam the farm while visitors feed the Alpacas handfuls of grass; families pop by the petting zoo to visit the goats and pigs post-apple picking. The farm provides ladders, buckets, and bags for u-pickers. Hood River U-Pick’s website and Facebook page provide updated information. Apple season starts in mid-September. Cash and checks preferred.

Driving in to this Sauvie Island spot, customers pass the original work trucks and signs from when George Douglas started the farm with his three sons. Since then, five generations of Douglas farmers have grown everything from berries to Italian plums to pumpkins. Information and the current fruit available for u-pick is listed on the farm’s website. Pets aren’t allowed at the farm, and food and drink must be left in the car.

Open for more than 100 years, this Parkdale farm has welcomed visitors in the summer and fall to pick peaches, pears, and apples from the farm’s picturesque orchards. With its mountain views and well-stocked farm stand, Kiyokawa is a favorite for fall apples and cherries and peaches in the summer. Kiyokawa’s fruit stand sells local honey, jams, and peaches to take home, for those looking for some easier loot. Fruit availability is updated on the website.

This Parkdale, Oregon orchard recently skyrocketed into national fame, after Top Chef contestants picked fruit from the trees to make a savory fruit dish on Season 18. That being said, Katrina McAlexander and her family have farmed this 50-acre apple and pear orchard for more than fifty years. Through the season, visitors pick summer flowers, stonefruit, and cherries, before transitioning into fall apples, pears, and pumpkins. Even outside the world of u-pick fruit, Mt. View has plenty of activities for visitors. Drinkers flock to sip McAlexander’s wine, cider, and beer at her onsite tasting room and brewery. Families dine on wood-fired pizza ranging from plain cheese to Mt View Orchard pear with Bosc pear slices, gorgonzola cheese, and bacon. And on fall Saturdays, kids line up for hayrides during peak harvest festival season.

For 40 years, this family farm in Oregon City has grown strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, marionberries, peaches, apples, corn, tomatoes, and more. A cold spring prevented pollination and damaged branches so apples aren’t abundant this year, but peaches ripened late this year, which means Albeke’s popular Veteran peaches may be available into September. Call ahead for current u-pick availability, and bring boxes for carrying fruit home.

This off-the-beaten-track u-pick orchard in North Plains is a nice spot for u-pick, minus the crowds. A wet spring delayed the apple crop at this family-friendly orchard 18 miles west of Portland; cool temperatures during blossom time kept the bees away and led to less pollination. Nonetheless, this tri-county orchard will have Gravenstein, Honey crisp, Jonagold, and Melrose apples to pick this fall.

Peter Jossy founded Jossy Farm in 1885, and the Jossy family continues to grow peaches, apples, pears, walnuts, and hazelnuts on their 195-acre Hillsboro farm. Apples and pears will run short this year, but the Jossy family will open the farm for u-pick apples on August 25. Updates will be posted on the website and available on a recorded phone line. Apple varieties include Gravenstein, Early Gold, and Red Clapp.

Theresa Draper and her three daughters run the farm her parents founded in 1962, where customers gather to pick strawberries, cherries, blueberries, apricots, peaches, nectarines, apples, pears, and plums from June through October. Visitors enjoy panoramic views of Mt. Hood while visiting with the petting zoo and picnic area, before heading to the farm store stocked with local preserves, Draper Girls cider, freezer packs of grass-fed sheep, goats, and hogs, fresh fruit, antiques, and curios.