Discover NYS black walnuts, North America's native walnut.
Our farm is open for tours and visits starting May 23, 2024.
Want to learn about black walnuts, their place in the landscape and how we get them from tree to table? Take our guided outdoor black walnut tour. Come hear the story of a tree that doesn’t grow in the woods and how it fits into our landscape. Consider the black walnut tree from a whole new perspective, learn about the history of black walnut processing, see our own approach and taste them yourself. Black Squirrel Farms is the home of the first licensed black walnut processing facility in NYS. Come experience how we are making this unique North American renewable resource more accessible, useful and appreciated. Tours are outdoors, last 45 minutes and include a chance to crack and maple-glaze your own black walnuts. Additionally, our tour guests are welcome to spend as much or as little time exploring our self-guided site activities. Create a black walnut craft, make s'mores, learn how to estimate the age of a tree, play corn hole, look at found things under a microscope and more! We've got something for everyone.
Access to our self-guided activities without the guided tour is available through our "Day Pass". Guided tour tickets are $25 / ticket ($15 for children ages 3-12 yrs, 2 yr and under free) and Day Passes are $10 / ticket (4 yr and under free). Each tour ticket includes a day pass. Because everything we offer is outdoors, both guided tours and day passes may be cancelled for weather. Weather-related cancellations will be rescheduled or fully refunded.
Click through the pictures below to see some of what we offer. Availability is limited so book now!