South Dakota Christmas Tree Farms 2024

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My Christmas Tree guide has photos and descriptions of more than 2 dozen varieties of Christmas trees, along with a simple comparison chart!

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Tips:

• If the name of the farm is blue with an underline; that's a link to their website or Facebook page. Click on it for the most current hours and information.
• ALWAYS call the farm or store BEFORE YOU GO - many farms have closed in the past year, and of course, we won't know until the season starts and we find they aren't open! Call to confirm their supply, their hours and whether they have trees, are allowing choose-and-cut or just precut trees; and which attractions or winter activities are available. All three can change during the short Christmas season, due to weather, demand and the farmer's business conditions! Farms get sold, shut down or run out of trees, and they don't all update me every day, let alone every year. For more tips to make your trip fun and successful, click here !
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Updates for April 2024

April 2024:

After Christmas, click here to find how how and where to easily recycle or dispose of your Christmas tree! And to recycle used, broken or old Christmas lights and electronics See this page for local options to easily recycle your Christmas holiday lights

When should you take the Christmas tree, lights and decorations down? See this page for traditions and standards

In March, you'll want to take your children to a free Easter egg hunt - see our companion website to find a local Easter Egg hunt - (www.EasterEggHuntsAndEasterEvents.org) . It's the ONLY website that is updated every Easter for all Easter Egg hunts in the U.S.

Christmas tree farms, lots and activities, sorted by county

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Brookings County

Clay County

• Mannings Garryowen Tree Farm - Have wreaths, Santa's sleigh pictures, crafts, gift shop, featuring hand-crafted figurines.
  Hwy 46, Burbank, SD. Phone: 402-393-0181. Email [email protected]. Open: the day after Thanksgiving and every weekend until Christmas; 9 am to 5 pm. Directions: Burbank, SD; I-29 north to Exit 31 (Hwy 46), 1/2 mile west, 1/2 mile south.
  Christmas tree varieties:
  U-Choose and Cut your own: Scotch Pine

Grant County

• Rocky Gardens - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas trees- you choose and we cut, Precut Christmas trees,
  Koopman Drive, Milbank, SD 57252. Phone: 605-432-4871. Email: [email protected]. Open: Weekend afternoons, 1 pm to 4 pm starting the weekend after Thanksgiving until Christmas or sold out. Directions: 3 miles north east of Milbank on Highway 12 and 1\4 mile south. Click here for a map and directions. Cut trees available at our stand in Milbank 7 days a week during daylight hours beginning the weekend before thanksgiving. Payment: Cash, Check.
  Christmas tree varieties:
  You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Austrian Pine, Balsam Fir, Black Hills Spruce, Blue Spruce, Canaan Fir, Colorado Blue Spruce, Red Pine, Scotch Pine, White Pine.
  You Choose and We cut varieties: Austrian Pine, Balsam Fir, Blue Spruce, Canaan Fir, Colorado Blue Spruce, White Fir (Concolor Fir), Red Pine, Scotch Pine, White Pine.
  PreCut varieties: Colorado Blue Spruce, Red Pine, Scotch Pine, White Pine.
  

Lincoln County

• Beaver Creek Plantation - Cut your own and precut Christmas trees, snack bar, Santa Claus, free cider and hay rides, gift shop, custom made wreaths.
  27873 SD HWY 115, Worthing, SD 57077. Phone: 605-372-4558. Toll Free: 1-866-973-2841. Fax: 605-372-4897. Email: [email protected]. Directions: Located 10 miles south of 69th and Minnesota (Sioux Falls) or two miles east and one and one-half miles north of Worthing. Open: 10 am to 4 pm Weekends from mid November to mid December. Click here to download and print a $3.00 off Tree Dollar Bill!!!
  Christmas tree varieties:
  U-Choose and Cut your own: Scotch pine, White pine, Colorado spruce, Fraser fir, (u cut)
  Pre cut varieties: Scotch pine, White pine, Fraser fir.
  Comments from a visitor on December 05, 2014: "I do not thing this is open anymore -- unless someone new purchased it within the past year -- it was closed the last two years
• Christmas Tree Acres - choose and cut your own Christmas tree
  27269 State Highway 115, Harrisburg, SD 57032. Phone: (605) 743-5883. Open: 11 am to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday, and from 4 pm to 6 pm on weekdays.
• Rivertree Christmas Tree Farm and Pumpkin Patch - Cut-Your-Own Christmas Trees, Pre-Cut Christmas Trees, Wreaths, Swags and Garland, Coffee, Cider, Santa Visits, Christmas Treats, Holiday Shopping and Wine Tasting, gift shop, hay rides, Nativity stable with live animals. Music is played over speakers outdoors, tree shaking and wrapping, a sleigh is used for family picture-taking, hay bales for kids to play on, saws provided.
  48392 278th Street, Canton, SD 57013. Phone: 605-743-0521. Email [email protected]. Open: from the last weekend in September through mid- October Saturday/Sunday from 10 am to  6 pm; Haunted Trail: (Two (2) Nights Only)
  October 1 and 8 from 7-9:30 p.m. (Last ticket sold at 9 p.m.). Directions from SE Sioux Falls: ​Head south on Highway 11 to 276th Street. Turn left (east). Join the fun! Bring out your family and friends to enjoy a fall day at Riverview Christmas Tree Farm's Pumpkin Festival. Pumpkins will be available in multiple varieties from large to small. And as always, we offer FREE ADMISSION! 
  Christmas Experience
  November 19 and 20, 24 and 25, 26 and 27, December 3 and 4, 10 and 11, 2022, Hours: Saturday/Sunday from 10 am to 5 pm; Thanksgiving Day: 2:30 pm-5 pm.
  Start your Christmas Holiday with a memorable experience selecting and cutting down your own fresh tree. Families have made this a tradition for 30+ years!
  We provide the saw for you to cut down your own tree and the tractor/trailer to bring you and your tree back to the lodge to enjoy hot drinks and holiday treats. While you' re here, enjoy the beautiful scenery, shopping for holiday crafts and Christmas wreaths. Pet the animals in the pen and don' t forget to stop and see Santa!
   Rivertree Christmas Tree Farm and Pumpkin Patch facebook page.
  Christmas tree varieties:
  U-Choose and Cut your own: Scotch Pine, White Pine, Black Hills Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Balsam Fir, Fraser Fir, Concolor Fir

Minnehaha County

• Emerald Forest At Stonegate - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas wreaths, Christmas boughs, trees bagged, trees tied, tree shaking provided, trees baled, saws provided, free hot chocolate, gift shop, porta-potties
  48355 265th Street, Brandon, SD 57005. Phone: 605.338.7483. Email: [email protected]. Open: after Thanksgiving through the first week in December6; Hours 10 am to 5 Saturdays, 12 pm to 5 Sundays. Directions: Two miles east of Brandon, South Dakota on Aspen Boulevard, 3 miles south on 484th Avenue and 1/3 mile west on 465th Street. Follow the red and white signs. Click here for a map and directions. Open beginning Thanksgiving weekend and weekends until the 10th of December. Payment: Cash, only.
  Christmas tree varieties:
  You-Choose and You-Cut varieties: Balsam Fir, Black Hills Spruce, Blue Spruce, Colorado Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Eastern White Pine, Norway Spruce, Scotch Pine, White Pine, White Spruce.
  
• Tannenbaum Tree Farm - Choose and cut Christmas Trees, saws are provided.
  46989 W 57th Street, Sioux Falls, SD 57106. Phone: (605) 362-0998. Directions: Tea-Ellis Road is .9 miles west of South Sertoma Avenue. Travel a half mile south past 41st Street on Tea-Ellis Road watching for a low wooden sign on the left, before the "T" in the roadway. Open: 2 to 5 pm, Monday trough Friday, 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday and 2:30 to 5 pm on Sunday. Five varieties of trees.

Yankton County

• Brady's Christmas Tree Farm - Christmas trees-you choose and you cut, Christmas trees you choose and we cut, Precut Christmas trees, Living Christmas trees (to plant later),
  265 Antler Drive, Yankton, SD 57078. Phone: (605) 665-4726. Open: Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 6 pm, Monday to Friday from 1 pm to 6 pm. Directions: call for directions. Payment: Cash, only.. Landscaping trees too.
  (ADDED: December 15, 2016, Suggested by a visitor)
  A visitor writes on December 15, 2016: "Just moved here from VA and drove past the sign this week. Thought I\'d check it out with my family. The owner was fabulously sweet and helpful."

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Want to cut your own from a national forest in South Dakota?

Scroll down the page to see the  map to find trees to cut in the Black Hills national forest . Just hover (position) your mouse over the mouse on that page in your area. You'll need a permit. Here are the conditions: (for more information see the Black Hills National Forest website )

• Cost: $10 (for Christmas 2023).
• Varieties: Ponderosa pine, western juniper, and white spruce trees
• Size: maximum height is 20 feet and the whole tree must be cut, not just the top! Additionally, any branches that you do not take with you must be cut so they lie flat on the ground with a stump of no more than six inches in height.
• The permit must be attached to each tree before you remove the tree from the woods; you may receive a citation otherwise - EVEN if the tag is in your car.
• Trees are for your personal use only and you may not resell them.
• Of course, there are no refunds for uncut trees, unused permits, and the permits expire on December 31.
• Permits to cut up to five trees are allowed per person.
• Trees may not be cut in developed recreation sites, on Forest Service administrative sites, at active timber sites, the Black Hills Experimental Forest near Rochford, the Black Elk Wilderness, the Beaver Park area near Sturgis, or within Spearfish Canyon.

Where to buy Christmas Tree cutting permits:

At these Forest Service offices:
Contact: Rick Hudson (605) 673-9239 or 605-673-9200 ,
or email r2 blackhills [email protected]
Contact: Gary C. Chancey. Phone: (605) 673-9289,
Randy Jost (605) 673-9200,

• Spearfish - Northern Hills District Office, 2014 North Main Street, Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
• Sundance - Bearlodge District Office, Highway 14 East, Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm
• Custer - Forest Supervisor's Office, Highway 16 North, Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 5 pm
• Hill City - Mystic District Office, Highway 16 East, Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
• Hot Springs - Fall River District Office, 1801 Highway 18 Truck Bypass, Monday to Friday 7:30 am to 4:30 pm
• Newcastle - Hell Canyon District Office, 1225 Washington Blvd., Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm
• Rapid City - Mystic District Office, 803 Soo San Dr., Monday to Friday 8 am to 4:30 pm

Permits are also available by mail from the Forest Supervisor's Office, 25041 North Highway 16, Custer, SD 57730. Enclose a check or money order in the amount of $8 for each tree up to a maximum of five trees per individual. The Forest Service will mail permit tags and cutting instructions.