This North Shore orchard has a farm stand stocked with honey harvested on-site and pies and hard cider made with the farm’s own fruits, but the doughnuts are the stars of the show. Grab half a dozen hot from the oil (and rolled in sugar), and eat them with a cup of hot apple cider.

Mann Orchards in Methuen is less than an hour’s drive from Boston in the beautiful Merrimack River Valley, full of fall leaves turning fiery orange and red. Grab some mums (grown at the farm), and don’t forget the cider doughnuts. Mann Orchards also sells farm-fresh sandwiches and other baked goods like house-made pies, if doughnuts aren’t your thing — or aren’t enough.

Pepperell is on the New Hampshire border, but it’s still less than an hour away from Boston and worth the drive for the cider doughnuts at Kimball’s Fruit Farm Stand. You can also pick your own pumpkins, apples, and flowers here, as well as find Kimball’s produce at various farmers markets in and around Boston.

Smolak is another farm in the Merrimack River Valley doing a lot of things well, cider doughnuts included. And after gorging on deep-fried apple goodness, you might even procure a custom-made flower box for your kitchen window.

The first of two Ipswich spots on this list. Along with cider doughnuts, Marini Farm Stand offers baked goods and produce, not to mention an impressive eight-acre corn maze.

Go for the adorable sheep, stay for the cider doughnuts. Brooksby Farm is a quick drive up Rte. 1 or I-95 from Boston, so, it’s an easy, gluttonous escape.

Calareso’s in Reading offers fresh fruits and vegetables, a butcher shop with a vast selection of meats, and a laundry list of other specialty foods — just don’t forget the cider doughnuts.

The Bolton Orchards farm stand has been operating since 1945 and sells a variety of produce and other foodstuff, including some of the best cider doughnuts in central Massachusetts.

Like fans of Russell Orchards, Honey Pot Hill evangelists are adamant in their conviction. This Stow orchard has been operational since 1926, and, along with cider doughnuts and caramel apples, offers its patrons the opportunity to pick their own fruit, go on a hayride, and explore three distinct mazes.

This Waltham farm is perhaps best known for its ice cream shop, but stop by seasonally for classic cider doughnuts — and apple cider doughnut caramel core cones to order with ice cream...and apple cider doughnut ice cream sandwiches...and apple cider doughnut sundaes.

Now with five locations around Somerville, Boston, and Brookline, the growing local chain features seasonal treats like a cider cake doughnut made with cinnamon, nutmeg, and Carlson Orchard cider, tossed with cinnamon-clove sugar; a vegan chai cider doughnut, yeasted with a spiced cider glaze; and a ginger apple cider cruller.

Head to Kane’s for a coffee roll the size of a Buick, or head there for cider doughnuts, a seasonal specialty. Remarkably, a gluten-free version of the cider doughnut, glazed with honey, stays on the menu year-round.

This South End-born doughnut chain turns out some of the city’s very best doughnuts, including several takes on cider doughnuts like a spiced cake doughnut with cinnamon sugar and a vegan brioche doughnut with cider glaze and fall sprinkles.

This Needham farm boasts an extensive grow list — from bok choy to celery root to kohlrabi and beyond — and a deli serving soups, salads, and sandwiches. It also makes one of the best cider doughnuts in Greater Boston. And for those Bostonians who can’t make it too far outside of the city, Volante Farms cider doughnuts are available on weekends at Allandale Farm on the border of Brookline and Jamaica Plain.

Ward’s Berry Farm in Sharon is best known as a pick-your-own berry spot with a great farm store and other activities, but don’t forget about it as a stop on the Greater Boston cider doughnut trail (available on weekends).