Blueberry U-Pick Orchards in Northeast Wisconsin 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.

Bayfield County

• Blue Vista Farm - ORGANIC, Apples, blueberries, pumpkins, raspberries, pumpkin patch-pick in the field, pumpkin patch- already gathered from the field, and prepicked produce, gift shop, snacks and refreshment stand, restrooms, picnic area
  34045 South County J, Bayfield, WI 54814. Phone: (715) 779-5400. Email: ericcarlson@centurytel.net. Open: May and June, Saturday and Sunday, 8am to 5PM July - October, Every day 8am to 5PM, Closed Tuesdays. Directions: Blue Vista Farm is located on the corner of Hatchery Road and South County J. Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . Fax: . . Crops are usually available in May, June, July, August, September, October. Off season, by appointment. Raspberries: July 15- August 15, Blueberries: July 25 - Labor Day, Apples: August 20 - Late October, Pumpkins: Mid Sept.- Oct. We are certified organic for some crops. We offer pick your own in Wisconsin's largest certified organic blueberry field.
• Erickson Orchard and Country Store - apples, strawberries, raspberries, blueberries, pumpkins
  RR l, Betzold Road, Bayfield, WI . Phone: 715-913-0717. Email: ericksonorchards1@gmail.com. Open: Memorial Day weekend through October. Click here for a map and directions.
  Erickson Orchard and Country Store Facebook page. . 12 Monday-Saturday 9am to 5pm and ​Sunday 10am - 4pm; except extended Sunday hours during apple harvest. Fresh picked apples, apple cider, baked goods, gift baskets, honey, jams and jellies, maple syrup, strawberries. Pick your own in season. Family owned apple orchard and strawberry farm since 1954. Together we have kept the farm growing - planting and selling apples & strawberries for pick-your-own and ready-picked. Erickson's Orchard has apples, cider, strawberries, raspberries, pumpkins, vegetables and more.Strawberries LATE JUNE TO MID-JULY; Raspberries from LATE JULY TO MID AUGUST; Blueberries from LATE JULY to MID AUGUST and Apples in SEPTEMBER and OCTOBER. They also have a strawberry festival in the Spring and apple festival in the Fall.
• Good Earth Gardens - strawberries, fall raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, Juneberries, gooseberries and black and red currants
  87185 County Road J, Bayfield, WI . Phone: 715-779-5564. Click here for a map and directions. . Pick-your-own and prepicked. Usual availability: Strawberries: late June; Mid-July for gooseberries and Juneberries. Blueberries and currants in late July. Fall raspberries and blackberries in late August. Phone: for price.
• Highland Valley Farm - Uses integrated pest management practices, blueberries, raspberries (red), Honey from hives on the farm, Maple Syrup from trees on the farm, U-pick and already picked, porta-potties are available, picnic area
  87080 Valley Rd, Bayfield, WI 54814. Phone: 715-779-5446. Email: highlandvalleyfarm@gmail.com. Open: See our website for regularly updated hours and picking conditions. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check.
  Highland Valley Farm Facebook page. . . Picking updates: Click here for picking updates. We use integrated pest management practices. pioneered blueberry production at Bayfield and is recognized as a leading producer of blueberries in the State of Wisconsin. Our Food Alliance certified ''Bayfield Blues'' are seasonally available at retail stores across the Upper Midwest and available to Bayfield vistors as ''ready-picked'' or ''pick-your-own'' at the farm. In addition, grows raspberries and currants and produces fine quality honey and maple syrup.
• North Wind Organic Farm - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, Strawberries, raspberries and blueberries available pick- your- own or pre-picked in season.
  Rt 1, Bayfield, WI . Phone: 715-779-3254. Open: all day when snow is off the ground. Click here for a map and directions. North Wind Organic Farm. Apples, pumpkins and cider in October. Jams and jellies all year. (UPDATED: September 19, 2016, JBS)
• Rocky Acres Berry Farm - blueberries, raspberries (red), strawberries, U-pick and already picked
  87340 County Highway J, Bayfield, WI 54814. Phone: 715-779-3332. Email: tlc1116@gmail.com. Open: seven days a week - 8am to 6pm, beginning with strawberries in mid - June and continuing for eight to ten weeks. Directions: Located on County Highway J, one mile past Hauser\'s Orchard and just before the Bayfield Apple Company. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, WIC Vouchers, SFMNP Vouchers. . Alternate Phone: 715-373-2925. . Located on County Highway J, one mile past Hauser's Orchard and just before the Bayfield Apple Company. Strawberries are typically ripe around the second and third week in June; They are closely followed ( and sometimes overlap)by the raspberries, blueberries. Strawberries mid June - early July; Raspberries early July - August; Blueberries late July - early September. Call anytime during berry season for the daily .

Burnett County

• Squirrel Ridge Farm - Uses natural growing practices, blueberries, U-pick and already picked, farm market, picnic area, picnic area you may bring your own food
  25862 Normans Landing Road, Webster, WI 54893. Phone: 715-222-9375. Email: Peggy@squirrelridgefarm.com. Open: Thursday thru Sunday, 10 am to 3 pm. Directions: From Webster: east on County Road X 8 miles. Turn left on Gaslyn Road and continue 5 miles. Turn right on Normans Landing Road and continue 1.5 miles, to 25862. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check. . . Blueberries season is generally mid-July through August. We use natural practices, but are not yet certified Organic. Coming in 2015: wood fired pizza and artisan breads. (UPDATED: June 15, 2016)

Iron County

• Saxon Harbor Berry Farm and Farm Market - apples, blackberries, blueberries, pumpkins, raspberries (Spring, red), summer squash, winter squash, strawberries,
  15556 North State Highway 122, Saxon, WI 54559. Phone: (715) 893-2397. Open: daily during berry seasons 8 am to 2 pm; Please call ahead for availability. Directions: Drive north from US 2 on State Highway 122 towards Saxon Harbor 2.5 miles. Farm is on your right. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, only. Saxon Harbor Berry Farm and Farm Market Please call for specific dates and hours; Strawberries start in June, followed by raspberries, then blueberries; Garlic and produce in the fall, including a huge selection of gourds, pumpkins, squash for eating and decorating. Please bring containers to transport your berries home! (UPDATED: September 19, 2016, JBS)

Marinette County

• Pleasant View Orchard and Bakery - Apples, blueberries, restrooms, gift shop, picnic area, pumpkins (harvested and laid out on the ground or lawn), farm animals, tours of the operation, group tours
  W6050 Chapman Road, Niagara, WI 54151. Phone: (320) 361-0112. Email: pvobapples@gmail.com. Open: Bakery: May 1 to November 30, Thursday and Fridays from 10 am to 5 pm. Directions: See their website for directions. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, Discover, AmEx .
  Pleasant View Orchard and Bakery Facebook page. . Orchard: Labor Day - Halloween, Wednesday - Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Sundays 1 pm to 5pm. Hours fluctuate/are seasonal. Pasture-raised pork, lamb. Orchard for u-pick apples; patch for u-pick blueberries. Dairy goats (Oberhaslis for sale or just to interact with). Annual Applefest last Saturday of September. Sometimes they offer wagon rides. Bakery with homemade treats, jams, maple syrup, pre-picked apples, cider. School and group tours. pick your own crops, farm market, pumpkin patch, Locally raised meats, maple syrup, . (ADDED: January 07, 2021, Suggested by a visitor)A visitor writes on January 07, 2021: "Very nice. Friendly people."

Oneida County

• Camp Four Farm - No pesticides are used apples, aronia berries, blueberries, Honey from hives on the farm, U-pick and already picked, porta-potties
  4146 Camp Four Road, Rhinelander, WI 54501. Phone: (715) 272-1781. Email: sjsweeney@frontiernet.net. Open: Hours vary considerably; please see our Facebook or call the farm for current availability and hours. Directions: We are located at 4146 Camp Four Road in Rhinelander. This is 8 miles south of Eagle River off of Highway 17 and then turn west on Camp Four Road - one-half mile off of Highway 17. . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard, AmEx. . . We do not use pesticides on the crops. (ADDED: August 08, 2019)

Taylor County

• Nelson's Berry Farm - Strawberries, Raspberries, Blueberries, maple syrup
  W4929 Gunnar Road, Westboro, WI 54490. Phone: 715-427-3440. Email: nelsonberryfarm@yahoo.com. Click here for a map and directions. . . You pick or prepicked. Fresh garden vegetables. pure maple syrup, high quality hay, shiitake mushrooms and home grown black angus beef.

Washburn County

• Bashaw Valley Farm and Greenhouse - CERTIFIED ORGANIC, blueberries, raspberries (red), raspberries (Spring, red), strawberries, U-pick and already picked, farm market, gift shop, porta-potties are available, picnic area, farm animals, school tours
  W7402 Fox Trail Road, Shell Lake, WI 54871. Phone: 715-468-2591. Email: bashawvalley@gmail.com. Open: Self Service is available August - Mid April, Monday - Sunday, from 7am to 7pm Starting April 15 the greenhouse opens and hours become Monday - Saturday 9am to 5pm The season closes beginning of August. Directions: . Click here for a map and directions. Payment: Cash, Check, Debit cards, Visa, MasterCard.
  Bashaw Valley Farm and Greenhouse Facebook page. . Alternate . Our picking season runs from June through Mid August; But depending on weather the season can very; Please call before you come. We are certified organic for all crops! Bashaw Valley Farm & Greenhouse is a family run retail farm & greenhouse operation. We are Certified organic on all of our fruit which includes Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Cherries, Pears, Plums and Asparagus. We offer pick your own or prepicked by order. We also have frozen fruit & grassfed all natural Angus beef by the cut, quarter, half or whole year around. New for 2013 we now offer on line ordering and shipping of our frozen meat & berries only to speedee delivery area. Our beef is not organic (We are all natural but not USDA approved organic), but all of our produce is!

 

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