North of Chicago and Rockford · 11 farms, 9 with 2026 dates — McHenry, Lake and Winnebago counties
West and south of Chicago · 13 farms, 8 with 2026 dates — Kane, DeKalb, Will, Kankakee, LaSalle and Cook counties
Northwest Illinois · 7 farms, 6 with 2026 dates — Galena, the Quad Cities, Dixon and Oregon
Central Illinois · 22 farms, 16 with 2026 dates — Peoria, Bloomington, Champaign, Decatur and Springfield
Southern Illinois · 9 farms, 5 with 2026 dates — the Metro East and the far south
Illinois Christmas tree farm questions
When do Christmas tree farms open in Illinois?
Grady near Peoria, Cinnamon in Brimfield and Dollinger in Shannon are open already. Williams Tree Farm in Rockton opens on Saturday 14 November 2026 and Grohmann's in Gilson on the 15th. Abbey Farms, Conifera, Helmig's, Hager, 4 E's, Phillips, Dahnke's, Mathews, Daniken, Eckert's, No Bad Days, Gengel's pre-cut sale and Timber Lane's pre-cut barns open on Saturday 21 November, Lee's Trees on the 22nd, Tate Trees on the 23rd and Cupola House on Thanksgiving. Most of the others open on Friday 27 November.
Where can I cut my own Christmas tree near Chicago?
Abbey Farms in Aurora is the closest, with free timed tickets. North of the city are Richardson in Spring Grove, Ben's and Conifera in Harvard, Pioneer and Bill's in McHenry, M & M in Huntley and Sullivan in Lake Villa. West and south are Lee's Trees in Lily Lake, Larson's in Sandwich, Whispering Pines in Shabbona, Tammen in Wilmington, Fisher in Marseilles, Indian Creek in Leland and Cupola House in Bourbonnais.
Where can I cut a Christmas tree near Peoria, Bloomington or Springfield?
Around Peoria are Grady and the Ol' Dairy Barn in Trivoli, Cinnamon in Brimfield, Pine Grove in Chillicothe, Talbott's in Green Valley, Vanne in Morton and Grohmann's in Gilson. Near Bloomington are Helmig's in Saybrook and Phillips in Heyworth, and near Springfield North Fork in Mount Pulaski and 4 E's near Decatur.
How much does a Christmas tree cost at an Illinois farm?
Mathews in Liberty charges $45 for any pine you cut, Larson's and Bybee $70, Fisher $80, Richardson $98 and Pioneer $100. Williams charges $59 for a 5 to 8 ft pine and $89 for a fir, Grohmann's $8.50 a foot for pine and $11.50 for fir, and Eckert's $65 for a white pine.
Which Illinois farms are open only a few days?
Whispering Pines in Shabbona and M & M in Huntley open only on Thanksgiving weekend, 27 to 29 November. Bybee in Lee opens on 27 and 28 November only, and Pioneer and Ochs on Thanksgiving weekend and the weekend after.
Which Illinois farms sell only pre-cut trees?
No Bad Days Farm in Shelbyville sells pre-cut trees only, from 21 November. Gorman in Monee, Puckerville in Lemont, Sunset in Mansfield and Kirk Rawlins in Beardstown also sell only pre-cut trees and haven't posted 2026 dates yet.
Can I bring my dog to an Illinois Christmas tree farm?
Richardson welcomes dogs on a lead, Abbey Farms welcomes leashed dogs except on hay rides, and Lee's Trees and Sinnissippi welcome pets. Larson's, Dollinger, Oney's, Dahnke's and Gorman ask you to leave dogs at home. The other farms don't say, so ring before you bring one.
How these were checked
Every Illinois farm here was read on its own website or Facebook page on 7 or 8 November 2026, and each card quotes the farm’s words. Where a farm states its opening as a rule — “the day after Thanksgiving”, “the Saturday before Thanksgiving” — or prints a day with no year, the card gives the 2026 date that rule makes (Thanksgiving is Thursday 26 November this year) and says so. Prices printed without a year are marked that way.
Farms that sell only pre-cut trees are listed because people look for them, and each says so on its card. Farms that haven’t posted a 2026 date are at the end of their region, with what they said last season. The Illinois Christmas Tree Association’s directory, county directories and news roundups were used only to find farms, never for a date or a price.