xmas-tree-farm_kkidl8 Where to Find a Christmas Tree Near Portland

It’s Christmas tree hunting season again for Portlanders who celebrate. With over 1,000 farms, Oregon produces the most Christmas trees of any state in the US out, which means there are plenty of places around to find your ideal living room centerpiece.

One popular option for the hardiest among us is getting a $5 permit and finding your tree on national forestland. Permits are available at local vendors, including Sportsman’s Warehouse in Portland, Ace Heritage Hardware in Sandy, and other locations, or on the US Forest Service’s website, where you can also find maps pointing you toward where to legally hunt for trees. Through the federal government’s Every Kid Outdoors program, fourth graders can get the $5 permit for free at the Zigzag Ranger Station (open for limited walk-up service) or online (plus a processing fee).

If you aren’t the type to drive into the snowy forest with a Swede saw, here are a few spots to buy a tree instead.

Furrow Farm

10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 9am–5p, Sat & Sun | 25877 NW West Union Rd, Hillsboro

In operation for more than 30 years, Furrow Farm offers noble, Nordmann, and grand firs for $12 per foot, or $10 per foot for Douglas firs. Options include both U-cut (with saws available; shaking and bailing included) as well as precut, higher-elevation trees. Also look out for farm-made freeze-dried candy, wreaths, garland, and a handsome herd of cattle to ogle—the same ones seen on season two of NBC’s Grimm.

Harrison Road Farm

9am–4pm Fri, Nov 29; 9am–4pm Sat & 10am–4pm Sun thru Dec 15 | 37603 Harrison Rd, Banks

This conservation-focused tree farm prioritizes wildlife preservation, native plant growth, and groundwater protection. You’ll find noble firs ($80 per tree, any size) and Douglas firs ($55 per tree, any size), as well as handmade wreaths for $25.

Helvetia Christmas Tree Farm

9am–4pm, Dec 2–3 & 7–8 | 12814 NW Bishop Rd, Hillsboro

There’s a slim window to get trees here. U-Cut and precut trees cost $75, whether noble, grand, or Nordmann fir, and wreaths range from $35–45. While you wait for your tree to be shaken and baled, which costs an extra $5, explore the farm’s gift shop, hang out by the open firepit with refreshments and free marshmallows, scope the hobby train display, or snap a photo with Santa in his sleigh.

Nob Hill

9am–7pm Fri–Sun, 11am–7pm Thu & Mon | 2034 NW 26th Ave

This inner city stand started hawking trees outside the Nob Hill Historical Society’s Santa Land in 2013. Working with area farms, they cut fresh trees each weekend, aiming to avoid waste, while offering a huge range of color and size specifications. “This is not a fake tree on Amazon!” their site reminds, though they do offer preorder and delivery. “Table top” trees, two- to three-foot Douglas firs, are $35, and full-size Nordmanns and nobles start at $60.

Plumper Pumpkin Patch & Tree Farm

9am–5pm Fri–Sun thru Dec 15 | 11435 NW Old Cornelius Pass Rd

A giant selection of trees and wreaths, plus an experience: fire pits to make your own s’mores, a farm store with homemade pumpkin doughnuts, and adorable animals you can feed. Pricing: $13 per foot for precut or U-cut noble, grand, and Nordmann firs, or Blue Spruce; $11 per foot for Douglas.

Pollard Ranch

noon–4:30 Fri, 9am–4:30pm Sat & Sun thru Dec 22 | 13225 NW Skyline Blvd

Pollard Ranch is a pig and Christmas family tree farm 20 minutes Northwest of City Center. Opened in 2010, it sells U-cut and fresh-cut trees, with options for delivery. Noble, Douglas, grand, and Nordmann firs start at $40, if you cut them yourself. Wreaths strewn with juniper, incense cedar, and ponderosa cones start at $30.

Rainy Mountain Farms

10am–4pm Sat & Sun thru Dec 15 | 49400 SE Marmot Rd, Sandy

Each year, Rainy Mountain Farms plants around 1,000 trees—mainly noble firs, with the odd blue spruce—in effort to catch up from the 2021 drought and heat dome. If you’re not quite ready to trek into the wild for a tree, but also balk at the mail-order approach, this might be your farm. Trees are $50 regardless of size. “Bring gloves and boots,” the website instructs. You won’t find coco, Santa, or a petting zoo, but they do have loaner saws and farmers on hand to help bale your tree.

Sleighbells of Sherwood

10am–5pm daily (trees till 4pm) thru Dec 23 | 23855 SW 195th Pl, Sherwood

If you want to make a day of meeting Santa, sipping free coco, and swaying to live holiday brass while you nosh fistfulls of red and green kettle corn, Sleighbells might be your place. On top of the eggnog, pies, and festive miniatures and ornaments, the farm front gift shop sells precut noble, Nordmann, Douglas, and grand firs for $12 per foot. Check the shop’s Instagram for Santa’s schedule and brass performances.

Thorntons’ Treeland

10am–5pm Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm Sat & Sun | 7617 NE 119th St, Vancouver

Glen and Nancy Thornton sold their first tree in 1974 and have been at it ever since; these days, they work alongside their kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids. After picking the perfect tree at this U-cut farm, grab some coffee or hot cocoa and find barn animals waiting to be fed and pet, or hop on a hayride. Four varieties of trees are available and priced individually.

U-Cut Christmas Trees Pacific Northwest Nobles

9am–4pm Fri–Sun thru Dec 15 | 24730 NW Dixie Mountain Rd, North Plains

U-Cut Nobles started selling, uh, U-cut nobles back in 1996. They offer all the supplies you need to take the best noble fir tree home, including saws, step stools, and twine to tie it all up. Only trees under 10 feet tall are available. All trees are noble firs and cost $90, or $95 if paying with a credit card.

Zurbrugg Christmas Trees

Open during daylight | 16875 NW Germantown Rd, Portland

A U-pick farm, with grand, noble, Fraser, and Nordmann firs on offer for a $65 flat rate. Show up on any day during daylight hours to handpick and hand-cut your tree. (Employees are available to lend a helping hand, and saws are provided).

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