Belltown Hill Orchards
Orchard · South Glastonbury · Connecticut
A fruit farm above the Connecticut River that has grown apples in South Glastonbury for a century, with pick-your-own hours that shift daily depending on what's ripe. A haunted corn maze runs some fall nights alongside the regular daytime picking, and the farm market stays open into December.
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Color nearby peaks: October 18–October 22
Color builds from October 7 · mostly bare by November 11
Sampled at Belltown Hill Orchards’s own coordinates and elevation (117 m) rather than a regional average.
This window comes from 4 weather points across Connecticut, nudged 1 day later to match 1 published peak date from smokymountains.com. Against Connecticut's own climatology, the 2026 weather puts the peak 2 days earlier. How the forecast works
When to go to Belltown Hill Orchards
You get about 22 days of color here, from the first turn through to roughly October 29. That runs roughly 1 day earlier than the rest of Connecticut.
It is in Hartford, close enough to reach without planning a drive around it.
Belltown Hill Orchards on the map
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Frequently asked
- When does Belltown Hill Orchards peak in 2026?
- Peak color is predicted for October 18–October 22 (best estimate October 20). Color starts around October 7 and is mostly bare by November 11.
- How do I get to Belltown Hill Orchards?
- Belltown Hill Orchards is in South Glastonbury. The closest city is Hartford, about 9 mi away (it's right in town). It's part of Connecticut's fall lineup.
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