6 farms within about an hour of Chicago · 4 in season now · 2026 season
Pick-your-own strawberry, raspberry and blueberry farms within about an hour of Chicago. Berries are the most changeable u-pick crop there is — a busy weekend can close a farm the next day while the fruit ripens back up — so every farm here posts its own daily picking conditions, and every one of them asks you to check before you set out. Ring the number on the card first: it is a real drive, and a field that was picking yesterday can be closed today. Season windows come from each farm's own website or their own social channel, never a listings site, with the date we last read them on every card.
Call ahead before any drive — confirmed ones included. A confirmed date is not a promise the gate is open on the day.
Jun 15 – Oct 15 · closing date is our estimate
3709 Miller Rd, McHenry, IL 60051 · 49 mi
U-pick strawberries mid-June to early July; raspberries early July, then again mid-August to early/mid-October. $10 minimum per person
Always call 815-675-6396 before you set off. Dates are confirmed, but plans change at short notice — weather, staffing, a crop finishing early, and the closing date is our estimate. It's 49 miles each way.
Checked Sep 29, 2026 · Check the source
Aug 19 – Oct 31 · closing date is our estimate
7825 144th Ave, Bristol, WI 53104 · 51 mi
Their raspberry page: Fall Raspberries Aug 19 - October, still NOW OPEN. Sep Wed-Sun 10am-5pm, closed Mon and Tue
U-pick raspberries $16/qt, no admission fee until fall festival season
Also: U-pick strawberries are at their other gate, 6521 156th Ave; raspberries, sunflowers and pumpkins are all at 144th Ave
Always call 262-857-2353 before you set off. Dates are confirmed, but plans change at short notice — weather, staffing, a crop finishing early, and the closing date is our estimate. It's 51 miles each way.
Checked Sep 29, 2026 · Check the source
Jun 8 – Oct 20 · closing date is our estimate
1106 N Queen Anne Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098 · 51 mi
Their own site, Tue 29 Sep: OPEN daily 9-5, u-pick strawberries and raspberries. The fall run goes until a hard freeze
Open daily 8-5 in season, no entry fee, free parking; $24 per 4-quart strawberry basket, raspberries $5.50-$6.50 a pint. They close early once picked out - check their updates page that morning
Always call 815-338-0301 before you set off. Dates are confirmed, but plans change at short notice — weather, staffing, a crop finishing early, and the closing date is our estimate. It's 51 miles each way.
Checked Sep 29, 2026 · Check the source
Jul 10 – Oct 15 · closing date is our estimate
15908 Hebron Rd, Harvard, IL 60033 · 61 mi
Their raspberry page prints July 10 to early September for 2026, yet flags the fields OPEN on a limited basis past it. Mid-Oct is ours
$12/person half peck, $5 extra bag. Mon-Thu 10-5, Fri-Sun 10-6; last entry to orchard, maze or flowers is an hour before close
Always call 815-648-4141 before you set off. Dates are confirmed, but plans change at short notice — weather, staffing, a crop finishing early, and the closing date is our estimate. It's 61 miles each way.
Checked Sep 29, 2026 · Check the source
Jul 1 – Jul 31 · closing date is our estimate
2701 Glenwood Dyer Rd, Lynwood, IL 60411 · 25 mi
Their site: the 2026 u-pick blueberry season has ENDED and they point to 2027. Farm still open for honey, garlic and preserves
Blueberries $6/lb, buckets $3 to borrow. Out of the July walk-up season it is booking-only: $5 a head toward a $15 minimum
Always call 312-767-8226 before you set off. Dates are confirmed, but plans change at short notice — weather, staffing, a crop finishing early, and the closing date is our estimate.
Checked Sep 29, 2026 · Check the source
roughly Aug 15 – Sep 26
3712 Greenwood Rd, Woodstock, IL 60098 · 52 mi
Their u-pick page now reads closed for the season on every crop. The fall-raspberry table we read on 26 Sep is gone, so this end is ours
U-pick daily 9-5. Every guest must buy a SunBerry bag to enter and pick into; outside bags are not allowed. Gala apples $2/lb, raspberries from $7 a pint
⚠ Not confirmed for this year — call 847-701-4010 before you drive. It's 52 miles each way.
Checked Sep 29, 2026 · Check the source
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