Cider Hill Farm

Cider Hill Farm started with a dairy farm, a poultry farm and a newly married couple planting apple trees.

Ed and Eleanor Cook bought the former Battis Dairy Farm in 1978. Three years later, Glenn and Karen Cook bought the Vedrani Poultry Farm next door and planted their first apple trees in what is still called the Honeymoon Orchard.

The two farms became Cider Hill, which now covers 145 acres in Amesbury. In 2025, Jenny and Chris Durocher joined the Cooks as co-owners.

The Honeymoon Orchard is still there.

What You’ll See

Apple orchards cover much of the farm, with the farm store and family areas closer to the center of things.

For kids, there are chickens and goats, along with a giant sandbox, trikes and horse-tire swings. Pick-your-own crops change with the growing season, while fall brings apple picking, pumpkins, hayrides and the annual rush on cider donuts.

With little kids, that’s where the afternoon goes.

Good to Know

Cider Hill is a working farm, which means the reason to come changes throughout the year and sometimes from one week to the next.

Pick-your-own availability, hayrides and seasonal activities have their own schedules, so check what’s running before you leave home.

Pets aren’t allowed on the farm.

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