Curtis Orchard

Answer:  This is a quintessential activity key to having a complete Fall season in Champaign.

Question:  What is a visit to Curtis Orchard?

You don't have to be a Jeopardy contestant to know that a visit to the Curtis Orchard apple & pumpkin farm is a key piece of a successful Fall season in Central Illinois.  

Nestled in the Southwest corner of Champaign County where Champaign meets Savoy, Curtis Orchard is an 80 acre working farm complete with 4,500 apple trees, a 20 acre pumpkin patch, a 6,000 square foot country store & bakery, and a petting zoo that houses goats who like to re-enact the childhood tale Billy Goat's Gruff by climbing up a goat bridge all day long (it's the little things in life that make it great, right ;) ).  

In my humble opinion, there are multiple reason to go to Curtis Orchard, but only 3 really matter:

• Crisp, juicy honey crisp apples
• The world's greatest unfermented apple cider
• Pillowy-soft apple donuts

Our relatively quick visit to Curtis Orchard yielded the best apples I have ever had in my life-you could hear the crunch as you bit into a slice & the flesh was equal parts sweet and tart.

SO, if you're out & about in Champaign County on a clear, sunny day, find your way out to Curtis Orchard and have an apple for me!