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Carving toolsThere's one place to pick your own fruit in Orange Park. Another 11 are within 25 miles. It's about 10 miles from Jacksonville, FL, heading south.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: blueberries from early April.
Based on the typical seasons for Florida. Treat the dates as a guide and check the farm's own update before you drive out.
Counting Orange Park itself, we list 12 U-pick farms within 25 miles, spread over 4 towns: 6 with blueberries, 3 with grapes, 2 with blackberries and 1 pumpkin patch. For 6 of them we have a website or Facebook page, which is the best place to check what's ripe.
Orange Park's own U-pick farm is Heritage Pumpkin Patch, with pumpkins. It sits on 156 Park Avenue (Hwy 17). When it has nothing ripe, the table below points to the nearest alternatives.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blueberries | Dowless Blueberry Farm Jacksonville | 5 mi | 6 |
| Grapes | Grapes U Pick / Muscadine U-Pick Jacksonville | 9 mi | 3 |
| Blackberries | Blackberry Hill Farm Middleburg | 14 mi | 2 |
| Pumpkins | Heritage Pumpkin Patch Orange Park | in town | 1 |
Farm counts in brackets cover 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Florida; each farm sets its own dates.
In a typical year Orange Park sees its last frost around February 1 and the first one of fall around January 5. That leaves about 330 frost-free days for the farms. Fall comes early here, so apple and pumpkin picking near Orange Park often winds down by the middle of October.
| Crop | Typical season in Florida | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | October | 82 °F | 5 | 1 |
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Orange Park, 4 miles away. The actual dates in Orange Park 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 Orange Park, 4 mi away.
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Carving toolsWe know of one farm in Orange Park: Heritage Pumpkin Patch. Within 25 miles there are 11 more.
The farms here list pumpkins most often. A warm spring or a cold snap shifts the dates, so confirm with the farm before you drive out.
Around February 1 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around January 5. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Orange Park, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Dowless Blueberry Farm in Jacksonville, about 5 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 6 farms with blueberries in total. The usual season in Florida is April to June.
Grapes U Pick / Muscadine U-Pick in Jacksonville, about 9 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 3 farms with grapes in total.
Blackberry Hill Farm in Middleburg, about 14 miles away in a straight line. Within 25 miles we list 2 farms with blackberries in total. The usual season in Florida is May to June.
If a farm is missing here, Send us a tip, we update the list regularly.