Picnic Hill Orchard
Orchard · Lincoln · Nebraska
Southeast of Lincoln, Picnic Hill grows more than 25 apple varieties for picking or pre-bagged buying, with the season starting in late July and running into late October. There is no entrance fee, so it is easy to stop by without planning a whole day around it.
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Color nearby peaks: October 19–October 23
Color builds from October 8 · mostly bare by November 12
Sampled at Picnic Hill Orchard’s own coordinates and elevation (412 m) rather than a regional average.
38 weather points cover Nebraska, and the model needs no correction to land on 1 published peak date from smokymountains.com. Against Nebraska's own climatology, the 2026 weather puts the peak 2 days earlier. How the forecast works
When to go to Picnic Hill Orchard
You get about 22 days of color here, from the first turn through to roughly October 30. Against Nebraska overall, that is 2 days later. The elevation is 1,352 ft, which pulls the turn earlier.
You will find it at Lincoln, NE, in Nebraska.
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- When does Picnic Hill Orchard peak in 2026?
- Peak color is predicted for October 19–October 23 (best estimate October 21). Color starts around October 8 and is mostly bare by November 12.
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