
18 farms near San Francisco pick sweet cherries, running April to June and peaking in May. The biggest cluster is around Brentwood with 14 of them. 17 ask you to check before you drive out.
sweet cherries near San Francisco
farms: Sweet Lou's opened April 28, 5 Star gives middle of May to the beginning of June, Long Shadow late May, U Pick Orchards three to four weeks in late May or early June, Diablo early May to early June
18 farms across 4 towns, biggest cluster first.
Each one read against its own website. Where a farm publishes nothing, this says so rather than guessing.

Brentwood5.0
Closed for the season. The farm runs a U-Pick Kickoff in May alongside a farmers' market and children's activities, and publishes little else.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$4.50/lbBrentwood4.6
Cherry season 2026 is over. In a normal year picking runs early to mid-May into early June at $4.50 a pound, with buckets provided that hold ten to twelve pounds.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.6
Open 16 May to 23 August, 9am to 6pm daily. There is no entrance fee: you pay only for what you pick or buy.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$4.00/lbBrentwood4.5
U-pick cherries at $4.00 a pound with no entry fee and no minimum purchase. Buckets are supplied to pick into and bags at the checkout. The season is the short Brentwood one, May into June.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.5
Open seven days a week through the summer. Cherries and strawberries run May and June, peaches June to September, and the pumpkin patch mid-September to Halloween. General admission starts at $4.32 and includes a five-pound pumpkin credit in autumn.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.4
Closed for the 2026 u-pick season, with 2027 dates not yet announced. The orchard picks eight cherry varieties in a normal May and June.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$4.50/lbByron4.4
Closed for u-pick cherries in 2026. In a normal year they come in late May at $4.50 a pound, with no entrance fee and no appointment. Ladders and bags are provided; buckets are not.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.4
Open for the 2026 season. The ranch runs four separate picking locations and publishes the dates and hours on each location page rather than in one place.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$4.50/lbBrentwood4.4
Closed for the 2026 season. Picking normally starts in May and runs through June, at $4.50 a pound with no entry fee.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.4
The 2026 u-pick season has closed. 2027 will be the farm's hundredth year. In season it opens 8am to 4pm, though it warns that closing time moves with the fruit.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$4.00/lbBrentwood4.4
U-pick cherries at $4.00 a pound with no entry fee and no minimum purchase, in two varieties, Coral and Lapin. Buckets are provided and you may bring your own ladder.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$4.50/lbBrentwood4.4
The 2026 season opened on 28 April. U-pick cherries are $4.50 a pound and pre-picked $6.50, cash only, open 9am to 5pm every day but Monday.
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Brentwood4.4
Picking runs late April to October across twenty-four acres of orchard: stone fruit and citrus in spring, apples, stone fruit and figs in summer, then apples, figs, pomegranates and persimmons in autumn. Produce is priced by weight at the on-site store, daily.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Gilroy4.3
Temporarily closed, in the farm's own words, with no reopening date given.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.3
The 2026 cherry u-pick is closed and so is the pumpkin u-pick. Farm produce is sold June through October. The farm is best known for its sweet corn, which is not picked by the public.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Morgan Hill4.3
Closed for the 2026 season. In the orchard's own words, "Please Join Us Again in 2027 Around May 15th". It picks cherries and apricots.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21

Brentwood4.2
The season is short and early: usually the middle of May until the beginning of June. Three varieties are picked, Coral, Lapin and Rainier.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21
$7.50/lbMorgan Hill4.1
Sold out for 2026 and closed until 2027. The orchards typically open for three to four weeks in late May or early June at $7.50 a pound, depending on weather and fruit maturity.
Read from the farm's own site on 2026-08-21