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Carving toolsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Filer. Another 6 are within 25 miles.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: apples from early August.
Based on the typical seasons for Idaho, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 25). Weather moves harvests by a week or two, so check with the farm before you go.
Counting Filer itself, we list 7 U-pick farms within 25 miles, spread over 5 towns: 3 orchards with apples, 3 corn mazes and 1 with lavender. 5 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
In Filer itself you'll find Kelley Orchard, with apples. It posts updates online and sits on 903 River Road. If it's closed or picked out, the table below shows the next-closest farm for each crop.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | Kelley Orchard Filer | in town | 3 |
| Corn maze | The Twin Falls Corn Maze Twin Falls | 9 mi | 3 |
| Lavender | Valley View Lavender Farm Buhl | 8 mi | 1 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Idaho; each farm sets its own dates.
In a typical year Filer sees its last frost around April 25 and the first one of fall around October 15. That leaves about 172 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Idaho | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apples | August to October | 63–87 °F | 1 | 1 |
Plan for heat if you go for apple picking: August highs near Filer average 87 °F, so arrive when the farm opens and bring water. Late in the season it gets cool: October averages a high of 63 °F and a low of 38 °F near Filer.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Filer, 6 miles away. The actual dates in Filer can shift by a few weeks from one year to the next.
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 monthly normals (average daily high; days with at least 0.1 inch of rain) at the station nearest Filer, 6 mi away.
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Carving toolsWe know of one farm in Filer: Kelley Orchard. Within 25 miles there are 6 more.
The farms here list apples most often. Picking dates around Filer move with the weather, so call or check online first.
Around April 25 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 15. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Filer, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Right in Filer: Kelley Orchard. Within 25 miles we list 3 farms with apples in total. The usual season in Idaho is August to October.
The Twin Falls Corn Maze in Twin Falls, about 9 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 3 farms with corn maze in total. The usual season in Idaho is September to October.
Valley View Lavender Farm in Buhl, about 8 miles away in a straight line. It's the only one we list within 25 miles.
Know a farm we don't list yet? Let us know.