Dressel Farms

Dressel Farms

Dressel Farms
4.5
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Sunday
9:00 AM - 5:30 PM
About
A family-owned and operated fruit farm located in New York's beautiful Hudson Valley. The farmstand is open daily offering seasonal produce, fresh-pressed apple cider, and more. Pick-your-own apples and pumpkins is offered on weekends in September and October. Pick-your-own strawberries is offered on select days in June.
Duration: 1-2 hours
Meets animal welfare guidelines
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4.5
4.5 of 5 bubbles55 reviews
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christina319
Long Island, NY67 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020 • Family
I was pleasantly surprised to find this Orchard with lots of apples, delicious honey crisp, Gala, golden delicious, Ida red varieties, didnt find any Macintosh left. Go down the hill towards the back to find the Golden delicious. After apple picking, you can walk to the Kettleborough ciderhouse and sample at least 5 different types of Hard cider. They have a real pretty spot with seating overlooking the orchards and mountainside, catch a sunset, just beautiful.
Written October 11, 2020
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Expedition823668
Yonkers, NY14 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020
Well organized courteous staff. After apple picking we went to the Kettleborough Cider House which is located at the back of the farm. We were able to spend many hours enjoying both properties. We had a very enjoyable day.
Written October 15, 2020
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Happiness785606
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jun 2022
Tim, Kettleborough Cider House, presented cider tasting to my family while we were staying at the Kettleboro Inn. Tim gave us lots of interesting information about apples and cider making. The ciders we tasted were delicious and of course several of us made purchases to take home. If you are in the area, I highly recommend a visit there!
Written June 29, 2022
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sloxley
Hudson Valley NY5 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Pick your own apples, take a hay ride or wander the corn maze. Eat a doughnut and drink some cider or even indulge with an ice cream and see the fantastic view across the Wallkill Valley to Shawangunk Ridge. I live around the corner and I stop at Dressel's several times a week for veggies and fruit ... and those addictive doughnuts. It is a true family farm and the staff are always friendly and helpful
Written October 9, 2009
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Cendrillion
1 contribution
3.0 of 5 bubbles
After visiting the farm for years, it was interesting to see a change in the offerings, including a new rude attitude on the part of the proprietor and staff. More for adults, less for children. For example, there is now wine tasting (sweet space, but not great wine), but much smaller petting zoo. Not only intolerant of children, but as a staff member was overheard to say, "Tired of city folks".
No doubt, better choices in New Paltz.
Written November 4, 2012
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Molly C
Hudson River Valley, NY71 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2017 • Couples
I visit Dressel Farms often for wonderful apples, sweet cider, strawberries and peaches. Oh and for the BEST view in the Hudson Valley. The view alone is worth the drive. The onsite Kettleborough Cider House is also wonderful, a great selection of hard ciders made at the farm. Very reasonable and fun tastings.
Written September 2, 2017
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Jacqueline B
Wolcott, CT384 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2015 • Couples
Went for ice cream at the dairy stand. The ice cream was good. However the animals in the pens were sad looking and thus took away from enjoying the farm experience.
Written August 27, 2015
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We're sorry you feel that way, but please know that we take animal care very seriously. All of the animals are cared for daily by one of our staff- this includes feeding, watering, cleaning, etc. Most of the animals you see are on loan from a neighboring farm whose owner checks up on their well-being multiple times a week to determine if any advanced care is required. We also have a local traveling vet that does check-ups at least twice a year and is on call when any serious matters arise. We're sorry you feel the animals appeared sad. We promise their health and happiness is always of the utmost importance. Thank you for visiting and we hope to see you again soon!
Written September 21, 2015
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Gunz
New York City, NY455 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019 • Family
This was a small, but fun place to visit. We were two couples with kids and it’s very kid friendly. The views are amazing, especially when looking at the fall foliage. The ciders are awesome and the flights are the way to go.
Written October 14, 2019
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greenteanj
nj144 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2019 • Family
We have been coming to Dressel Farms every year to do our apple picking. Dressel is 2 hours from where we live.
This year was a bit of a let down. We parked our car and looked for a place to spread out our picnic lunch, but there weren’t many picnic tables and the ones that were there were packed with people.
We decided to have our picnic in the car. We had the unfortunate experience of having a bee fly into our car while parked. We didn’t realize at the time that bees would be a major problem that day.
We went over and purchased a $27 bag to fill 20 lbs of apples with and waited for the hay ride to take us out to the orchard. The ride seemed very long. The driver didn’t say a word to us and dropped us off at the bottom of a large hill. In past years, the drivers announced where different varieties of apples are and we could get off the hayride wherever we wanted. When the driver let us off, our only choice in that area were golden delicious and Ida Red, unless we climbed back up the steep hill. We decided to take the hayride back. The driver drove too close to the trees and one time I got slapped hard in the face with a tree branch.
We started to find some decent varieties back at the top of the hill (there were some delicious McIntosh and Empire apples there), but what made the experience close to unbearable was the bees...they were everywhere. I mean everywhere! We never had this experience at Dressel, but it really took away our fun.
We decided to go get some apple cider donuts after putting the apples in our car.
The line was so long and the bees were all over while we were on line, so unfortunately, we skipped the donuts we drove 2 hours to taste and went back to our car. When we were getting in, another bee followed us into our car and it was nerve wracking to shoo it away before leaving our parking spot!
We really used to love this farm, but this year it just wasn’t the experience we were looking forward to.
Written October 13, 2019
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Thank you for your patronage, both this and past years. I'm sorry this years visit didn't live up to past experiences. I feel like your review deserves a few explanations: First, the hayride was longer than before because the varieties that are ready for picking now are much further from the parking lot than others. This also means a slightly longer wait as the tractor makes its circuit, but they always return to bring you back up the hill. Our long-time driver sadly had to have emergency surgery earlier this week, so we had to ask other employees to drive as last-minute replacements. These employees' first language is not English and they have little experience dealing with customers. This is obviously not ideal but it was our best solution on short notice. Very sorry to hear you were hit by a branch. I will certainly make sure to tell them to keep further from trees as they drive. As for picnic tables, we have the same amount we've always had (more, actually, if you include the ones by the cider room), but on busy weekends like this one, they fill up quickly and groups tend to keep them for a long time when they get one, unfortunately. In the future, consider bringing a picnic blanket as we have many great places to set up on the ground. You're right about the yellow jackets. We hate them as much or more than you do since we have to deal with them every day while we work. They're very active this time of year as they're drawn to sugar sources (dropped apples, cider, etc) but the number of them is no worse this year than in the past around this time. Sadly, there's not a lot we can do about them except spraying insecticides, which is obviously not a viable option. May I suggest in the future you consider visiting earlier in the season? The varieties you mentioned (Mac and Empire) are prime for picking in mid-september, a time when we're far less busy than Columbus Day, and when yellow jackets aren't nearly as prolific. The line for donuts is much much shorter and you'd have a far easier time scoring a picnic table. Plus, Mark only had one appendix and that's gone now so it won't be an issue by next September... Joking aside, I'm sorry this year fell short and I hope you'll give us another chance next year. Thanks, Tim
Written October 14, 2019
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Dukeofearl1553
Accord, NY109 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2019
This is where I go to get apples and cider. I live by a few orchards and I drive right by them to go to this place. My granddaughter says it's like drinking an apple.
Written October 8, 2019
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Thanks for the kind words! Glad you enjoy the apples and cider!
Written October 14, 2019
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