Mackey’s Orchards

Every year this is our second stop after cutting down our Christmas tree. We fill up on the delicious, hot, spiced cider, and a bag of cider doughnuts. Of course I don’t forget the apple cider itself along with their apple butter. It’s, «apple overload!» ;)

Apple cider donuts are great. Apples are delicious. A great outing for the whole family.

We ordered 8 dozen apple cidar donuts for our wedding. They were beyond delicious. Every guest loved them and were raving about them!

We had a really great time on a recent weekend. Apple picking.
It can get pricey. You can easily spend $ 30-​$ 40 on an apple picking trip. But, you’re in a well to do area (aka rich people) and an autumn hayride apple picking experience is obligatory.
You won’t spend a ton of time apple picking (less than half hour depending on how fast you go to fill the small-​ish bag), but there’s other activities — like a playground for kids, and a small store where they sell apple based products. You could spend maybe ½ day here then move onto something else.
Overall, we really enjoyed our time here. Check out the baked goods in the store. They’re very reasonably priced for large portions.

Love this place so much, had my Wedding reception here!
My wife & I take the family on special occasions or just for a pick me up and when we want the irresistible taste of Mackey’s awesome ice cream and soft-serve…Love their Pumpkin!!!

Best ice cream in the area. I had the cinnamon bun frozen yogurt and it was divine. I wish they would make it again.

Nice shop with a wide selection of produce, not just apples. Lots of canned items too. Staff was very friendly and helpful.

Mackey’s Apple Orchard in Belvidere is a wonderful place to go apple picking with the family. Beautiful views and contrary to Warwick, NY, no traffic and crowds. It easy an east ride on Rt 519 off Rt 80. Mackey’s gets the Hatler family double thumbs up.

nice little stop off here, sad it was sort of between seasons but now i have another destination for possible road trips. decent vegetable selection. greenhouse was between seasons and picked over. friendly staff. didnt get to try the ice cream but it looked nice.

I mean, it’s apple picking, right? I guess this is a big east coast thing. I actually had fun among the bickering of my nieces and trying to find the apples we wanted after a VERY long explanation for the man who was running the thing… They need signs or something. I just went along and picked an apple and just ate it to see if I liked it. It’s really pretty up there and I had a good time with family. I wanted to get the sheep nose apple (aka banana apple) and once we found it, and I tried it… it was disappointing. :(
The ride up to the orchards was interesting. If they didn’t litter the sides of the road to go up in that tractor/​hayride, then it would be less… ratchet looking. Also, don’t sit right behind the tractor unless you want a face full of exhaust. Oh, and wear closed toe shoes, you’ll look like an idiot wearing flip flops (I was not the idiot lol)
Their cider is pretty tasty but their cider doughnuts are not. We got ice cream after and it was pretty good! I got the apple pie and it tasted… just like apple pie but it was pretty dang sweet.

My siblings and I had picked here once last year, but last weekend decided not only to go again but try taking our severely disabled sister. Things like apple picking are always tricky with someone in a wheelchair so it’s infrequent that we even attempt to include her (though she loves being able to particiapte in whatever we’re doing and we do our best to always include her in family activities) — it’s just one of the things we do without her. We decided to try though and arrived at the Orchard where it’s necessary to take hayride up to the field. We assumed this meant someone would have to wait behind with her, but decided to just check and see if they’d be willing to accommodate — and they were. EVERY single member of their staff that we interacted with was not only willing but eager to assist us in having her be apart of the entire experience. And once we got up to the top they even offered to let us pick apples from some rows of trees that required us to push her across the uneven ground a shorter distance. I already told the owner personally, but hands down it was one of the BEST experiences I’ve had with her in terms of the staff and owners willingness to accomodate her wheelchair and our needs as her caregivers. The apples, doughnuts and cider are/​were FANTASTIC, but you can arguably find those things at any numer of places. The service and attitude of those running this one though make it well worth driving a bit farther from home for our family though and we will not only be back but reccommending it to all of our family and friends.

best apple cider donuts anywhere… too bad only available during the fall… get the sugared ones… its easy to shovel your way through the whole bag because they are that good!

Neat place to check out in the fall. They have a wide array of great items. The real star of Mackey’s are the apple cider doughnuts. These are little bit size spicy doughnuts with granulated sugar on them. They are great but very addictive!

UMMM, pumpkin ice cream!!!

Picked up a whole load of pumpkins at $ 0.50 a pound to decorate our yard. Grabbed a few bags of apples at reasonable prices in addition to having some hot cider. Also picked up some baked good.
The storefront also has hot foods as well as a home made ice cream stand. Everything was clean and dandy, left with about $ 100 worth of goods and the place was way more reasonable than that «really» popular pick your own up in Warwick, NY that price gouges their customer. The ride to the orchard’s pick your own is only $ 2 a person. Had a great time visiting this past Sunday.

Mackey’s is good for the fresh local produce, but that is about it. The doughnuts were pretty dry and bland, and their pies, though seemingly STUFFED with apples turned out to be a huge pocket of air when cut into with only about an inch of apple filling. I thought that I’d enjoy the cider, but It seemed very watered down and had an almost tap water taste to it.

This has become a tradition fall activity for us. Mackey’s has a hayride up to the orchard where you can pick your own apples. You will ride in a rickety wagon lined with hay while a tractor that has seen better days spews exhaust fumes into the air and the people in the wagon all the while singing «I think I can» to itself. Once at the top of the mountain you will reach the orchard. The view is amazing. Once you hop off the wagon you will hear some instructions from one of the farmhands and your off. Bring bug spray, the bugs are pretty active. The trees all look alike and are unlabeled, the apples can be pretty picked over depending on when you go so we suggest getting the smaller bag. Once back at the farm stand you can check out the shop. The apple cider donuts are fantastic and worth the trip all by themselves. We always have some pumpkin ice cream to cap off a great trip. Mackey’s can get pretty busy on a nice fall day so be prepared, also the orchard area does not offer a lot in the way of shade.
enjoy

Went there with my in-​laws, who purchased mums, apples, cider, and doughnuts. Everybody seemed pleased with their purchases. I did pick up some doughnuts… which the kids gobbled up and seemed to enjoy, but were not the kind that I’d actually ordered. In-​laws seemed to think that the apple cider doughnuts were well worth the trip, but that the cider was not.
I did not spend much time in the «shop» area to look around for anything more than doughnuts. It smelled nasty in there! No fresh produce aroma, just the stink of some sort of soup, maybe? Off putting enough to make me not want to spend any time inside browsing.
Want to try the playground? Play at your own risk… this place is a poorly maintained accident waiting to happen… chunks of exposed concrete under the head bonking see-​saws, exposed nails on the ladder to the slide, a ladder that pops loose on the pirate ship… I could go on, but I won’t.
Did not try the apple picking, as you had to purchase tickets just to go to the apple picking area, and prices were based on the size of your bag, not the actual weight of what you picked.
Unfortunately, this was not my first visit (went because of the company, not because we chose it), but I do hope that it will be my last.