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Masonville Orchard Locations

Our four orchards are located in the beautiful Masonville Valley, in the foothills near Stove Prairie, on the plains close to Briggsdale, and our largest and newest orchard just north of Fort Collins overlooking the entire Front Range. These four locations provide unique and very different conditions for growing our fruit.

With the four different micro climates, we have the opportunity to grow a wide variety of fruit for your enjoyment.

The Masonville Valley is a historical area with a rich history of fruit orchards. The elevation of the Masonville orchard is 5500 feet where it is subject warm days and cool nights. Late frosts in the spring make it challenging for some of our pears and apples.
The Stove Prairie Orchard is located at an elevation of 7500 feet where the trees bloom much later than the other orchards and avoid late frosts. However, the growing season is much shorter. Our greatest challenge with the Stove Prairie Orchard is keeping the bears and elk from enjoying our fruit before we get to!
The Briggsdale Orchard is located at an elevation of 4600 feet on the edge of the Great Plains, where we are challenged by high winds in the winter and spring and sometimes an over abundance of rattlesnakes in the summer.
The orchard north of Fort Collins is situated on Cobb Lake, a 700 acre reservoir that can significantly influence our microclimate in late spring when there is the greatest potential for damaging frost. The Cobb Lake orchard is our newest and largest orchard. Planting was completed in the Spring of 2011.