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Apple gadgetsThere are 2 places to pick your own fruit in Timewell. Another 1 is within 25 miles. It's about 67 miles from Springfield, IL, heading west.
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Nothing is typically ripe around here right now. Next up: pumpkins from early September.
Based on the typical seasons for Illinois, adjusted for the local frost dates (last spring frost around April 18). A warm spring or a wet fall can shift picking by a week or more, so call ahead.
Draw a 25-mile circle around Timewell and you get 3 U-pick farms in 2 towns, including 3 pumpkin patches. 2 of them list a website or Facebook page with current hours.
| Crop | Closest farm | Distance | Farms within 25 mi |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | Harvest Moon Pumpkin Patch Timewell | in town | 3 |
The counts are for farms within 25 miles. Months follow the typical season in Illinois; each farm sets its own dates.
The median last frost near Timewell is April 18; the first fall frost arrives around October 21. That leaves about 187 frost-free days for the farms.
| Crop | Typical season in Illinois | Daytime highs | Rainy days / month | Farms here |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pumpkins | September to October | 68–80 °F | 5 | 2 |
By October nights drop to about 43 °F and days reach 68 °F, so a jacket helps for a hayride late in the day.
Frost dates: median of NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals at the weather station closest to Timewell, 11 miles away. The actual dates in Timewell 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 Timewell, 14 mi away.
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The old-school gadget that turns a bag of picked apples into pie filling in minutes.
Apple gadgetsWe list 2 farms in Timewell, including Harvest Moon Pumpkin Patch and Wolf Ridge Pumpkin Patch. Another 1 are within 25 miles.
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 April 18 in a typical year, and the first fall frost comes around October 21. Both are median dates from NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the weather station nearest Timewell, so a given year can be a few weeks earlier or later.
Right in Timewell: Harvest Moon Pumpkin Patch. Within 25 miles we list 3 farms with pumpkins in total. The usual season in Illinois is September to October.
If a farm is missing here, Tell us and we'll add it.