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Christmas tree farms in York County

9 farms from Dillsburg to Fawn Grove. Four have a 2026 opening date and five have not posted one yet, so ring those before you drive — and one of them sells any tree in the field, whatever its size, for a flat $84.

Farms listed
9
2026 dates posted
4
Any tree, any size
$84
Last checked
14 Nov

Christmas tree farms in York County: the 2026 position

All 9 we can list properly. Tap a name for hours, species and how to get in touch.

  1. 21 Nov2026Brown’s Tree FarmYork · 10 min north-east of the cityFraser, Canaan, Douglas$84, any field tree
  2. 27 Nov2026McCurdy’s Tree FarmDillsburg · 25 min west of YorkEight varietiesno price published
  3. 27 Nov2026Cornerstone PlantationGlen Rock · seven speciesSeven species$60–$70
  4. 1 Dec2026Family Tree FarmRed Lion · 20 min south-east of Yorknot statedno price published
  5. tbcHaring Tree FarmsGoldsboro · 30 min north-west of YorkFive species, namedpre-cut from $79
  6. tbcElicker’s Tree FarmDillsburg · Facebook onlyCut your ownno price published
  7. tbcMcPherson Tree FarmHallam · tagging openDouglas, Fraserno price published
  8. tbcLloyd’s Tree FarmFawn Grove · southern York CountyChoose and cut$50 (2025)
  9. tbcOld Forge Family FarmBrogue · south-east York CountyChoose and cutno price published

Four dates, five to come

Brown’s opens first, on Saturday 21 November, the Saturday before Thanksgiving by its own rule. McCurdy’s in Dillsburg and Cornerstone in Glen Rock open on Black Friday, 27 November, and Family Tree Farm in Red Lion on Tuesday 1 December, weekdays only. Haring, Elicker’s, McPherson, Lloyd’s and Old Forge have not posted 2026 dates. Ring those five before you drive.

The one price in the county

Brown’s charges $84 plus tax for any field tree, whatever its size — a flat price, where almost every farm in America charges by height. For a tall tree that is one of the cheapest ways to buy in Pennsylvania: at Hunt’s in Lancaster a 12–14 ft white pine is $300.

Dogs: 1 farm on this page welcomes them. Every dog-friendly farm in Pennsylvania, with each farm’s rule.

9 York County farms that publish enough to plan around

Brown’s Tree Farm

York, PA · 10 min north-east of the city

Lee Brown started this farm with a shovel and some saplings in 1979 and has been selling Christmas trees off it since 1988; Pat Brown makes the wreaths and sashes. Every tree in the field is the same price whatever its size, which is close to unique, and the crew drill, shake, bale and load it for you.

  • OpensThe Saturday before ThanksgivingSat 21 Nov 2026, by the farm’s own rule
  • Any field tree$84plus PA sales tax, any size
  • SpeciesThreeFraser, Canaan and Douglas fir
  • TaggingNonethe farm says so plainly
  • Field treesMon–Fri 11am–5pmSat and Sun 9am–5pm
  • Pre-cutMon–Fri 11am–7pmSat and Sun 9am–7pm

2026 prices, published by the farm

  • Any field tree, any size$84 plus PA sales tax
  • Fresh-cut treespriced individually, on the lot daily
  • Wreathsmade daily — ring Pat for special orders

What’s there

  • Fraser fir
  • Canaan fir
  • Douglas fir
  • Flat $84 for any field tree
  • Tree drilling
  • Shaking
  • Baling
  • Crew help loading
  • Fresh wreaths daily
  • Tree stands, bags and food
  • Roping, swags and window sashes
  • Grave easels and mailbox covers

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentcash preferred — cards accepted
  • Restroomsnot stated

Worth knowingA flat $84 is one of the cheapest ways to buy a tall tree anywhere we list. Almost every farm in the country charges by height, so at Brown’s a 12 ft tree costs what a 5 ft one does — at Hunt’s in Lancaster a 12–14 ft white pine is $300. Fresh-cut trees on the lot are priced one by one and are not covered by the flat rate. The pre-cut lot also stays open two hours later than the field in the evening.

Before you set offThey publish a rule rather than a date: “Opening Day Saturday before Thanksgiving”, which is on the site now, as a banner across every page, with no year attached. That rule would put opening day on Saturday 21 November 2026 — but that is our arithmetic from their rule, not a date the farm has posted, so treat it as likely rather than certain. Ring 717-757-4324 or write to info@brownstreefarm.net. There is no tagging here, so there is nothing to do before opening day but turn up.

Contact

Checked 28 Oct 2026

McCurdy’s Tree Farm

Dillsburg, PA · 25 min west of York

Almost a hundred acres of trees in northern York County, farmed by the same family since 1966 and by about eleven generations in the county. Eight varieties, named, in sizes from tabletop to twelve feet, cut your own or fresh-cut or dug live to plant — and one of three farms in the county with a 2026 opening date.

  • OpensFri 27 Nov9am — the farm’s own 2026 date
  • Hours in seasonMon–Sat 9am–6pmSun 9am–5pm
  • Christmas EveCloses 2pmthe last day
  • Pre-taggingNot availablethe farm says so plainly
  • VarietiesEight, all namedtabletop to 12 ft
  • AdmissionFreeyou pay for the tree and nothing else

The eight varieties, and the sizes each comes in

  • Concolor fircut your own 5–9 ft, fresh cut to 12 ft, live 4–5 ft
  • Canaan fircut your own 5–10 ft, fresh cut to 12 ft, live 4–5 ft
  • Douglas fircut your own 5–10 ft, fresh cut to 12 ft
  • Fraser fircut your own 5–9 ft, fresh cut to 12 ft
  • Nordmann fircut your own 6–8 ft, fresh cut to 12 ft
  • Koreana fircut your own 5–9 ft
  • Norway sprucelive to plant, 4–5 ft
  • White pinelive to plant, 4–5 ft
  • Pricesnot published — ring 717-432-4017

What’s there

  • Eight named varieties
  • Cut your own
  • Fresh cut
  • Live trees to plant
  • Tractor-wagon rides
  • Farm animals
  • Weekend entertainment
  • Kennedy’s Kitchen food trailer
  • Gift shop
  • No admission fee
  • Stands Strait stands and tree preservative sold

Practical

  • Dogson a lead — “No unleashed pets”
  • PaymentVisa, Mastercard, Discover and cash — no cheques
  • Restroomsnot stated

Worth knowingEight varieties is the widest named choice in either York or Lancaster County, and the sizes differ by species — Koreana fir is cut-your-own only, Norway spruce and white pine are sold live to plant rather than cut, and only concolor and Canaan come all three ways. If you want a particular species at a particular height, that table is worth reading before you drive out rather than after.

Before you set offThe farm has posted a 2026 date with the year on it, which no other farm in the county has done. Pre-tagging is not available — so unlike the Lancaster farms an hour east, there is no way to claim a tree in October and come back for it. Hours change in bad weather by the farm’s own warning, and outside the tree season the farm keeps shorter hours and closes on Sundays. Prices are still not published for any of the eight varieties.

Contact

Checked 28 Oct 2026

Cornerstone Plantation

Glen Rock, PA · 25 min south of York

David Hall’s family farm, twenty acres on Young Road and selling trees since 1985. Seven species, open Monday to Saturday from Black Friday.

  • OpensFri 27 Nov“2026 Christmas season on November 27, 2026”
  • HoursMon–Sat 9am–5pmclosed Sundays
  • Fraser fir$702024 prices
  • Other species$602024 prices

Choose-and-cut prices (the farm’s 2024 list)

  • Fraser fir$70
  • Every other species$60

What’s there

  • Choose and cut
  • Fraser fir
  • Douglas fir
  • Canaan fir
  • Concolor fir
  • Norway spruce
  • Blue spruce
  • White pine
  • Spring trees for planting

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentnot stated
  • Sundaysclosed

Before you set offClosed on Sundays. The prices are the farm’s 2024 list, the latest it has posted.

Contact

Checked 5 Nov 2026

Family Tree Farm

Red Lion, PA · 20 min south-east of York

A Red Lion farm of thirty-five years that also runs an apple orchard, a vegetable market and a pumpkin patch, and whose choose-and-cut starts later than anyone else’s in the county — 1 December, weekdays only, one o’clock to five. The family has handed the farm on, and what happens to the Christmas trees under the new owners is the open question.

  • OpensTue 1 Dec“Choose and Cut Christmas Trees start December 1st” — no year given
  • OpenWeekdays only1pm–5pm
  • Under new ownersYesthe farm has been handed on
  • AlsoOrchard, market and pumpkinspick your own

What’s there

  • Choose and cut from 1 December
  • Weekdays only
  • Apple orchard
  • Vegetable market
  • Pumpkin patch

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentnot stated
  • Restroomsnot stated

Worth knowingThe farm trades under two names. The header says Flowing Springs Farm and the logo says Family Tree Farm, and the choose-and-cut note sits under the first of them. Both are the same place at 4802 Dairy Road.

Before you set offRead the farm’s own “Special Message” before you plan around the 1 December start. The family who built the farm say age and health meant passing it on, that they put it into the Farm and Natural Lands Trust so it stays farmland, and that the new owners will carry on the vegetable market, the apple orchard and the pumpkin patch. Christmas trees are not named in that list. The choose-and-cut note is still on the front page, with no year on it and a copyright line reading 2024, and their Instagram was last updated in 2023. None of that means the trees have stopped — but ring 717-332-6365 or write to karen@familytreefarm.com before you drive to Red Lion on a December afternoon.

Contact

Checked 5 Nov 2026

Haring Tree Farms

Goldsboro, PA · 30 min north-west of York

Three farms under one name, started by Lester Haring in 1979 and now run by his daughters Tracy and Jackie. Choose and cut happens at the Valley Road farm in Goldsboro, where the saws and carts are free and every tree in the field is signposted by variety; two large pole barns hold pre-cut trees from all three farms in sizes up to fourteen feet.

  • 2026 datesnot publishedtheir site still shows last season
  • SpeciesFive, namedmore than any York neighbour
  • Choose and cutFour of the fiveFraser, Douglas, Canaan and concolor
  • Pre-cut5 to 14 fttwo indoor pole barns
  • Wreaths12 to 48 incheshand-made daily, plain or decorated

The five species the farm names

  • Fraser firchoose and cut, or pre-cut
  • Douglas firchoose and cut, or pre-cut
  • Canaan firchoose and cut, or pre-cut
  • Concolor firchoose and cut, or pre-cut
  • Blue sprucethe strongest branches of the five
  • Pricesnot published for any of them

Prices, published by the farm (no year given)

  • Pre-cut, 5 to 14 ft$79 & up — Fraser, Douglas, Canaan, concolor
  • Choose and cutnot published

What’s there

  • Fraser fir
  • Douglas fir
  • Canaan fir
  • Concolor fir
  • Blue spruce
  • Saws and carts provided
  • Staff will cut it for you
  • Every field tree signposted by variety
  • Pre-cut to 14 ft
  • Wreaths, swags, garland and cemetery wreaths
  • Balled live trees

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentall major cards — Visa, Mastercard, Discover
  • Restroomsnot stated

Worth knowingChoose and cut is at the Valley Road farm in Goldsboro only — the Cly farm on River Drive sells pre-cut, and there is a third farm in Columbia County. The wreaths are made daily from cuttings off their own trees, which is why the sizes run all the way to 48 inches; cemetery wreaths and garland are made the same way.

Before you set offTheir site reads “Opening day will be: November 22, 2025” — last season, stated with the year on it — and no 2026 equivalent has gone up. The species, the sizes and what the farm provides are not dated and do not change from year to year, so those are printed here; the dates are not. They publish an email, lindseykeiser4@gmail.com, which is more than most York farms manage, and we have written to it. One address conflict to know about: their own page gives 1707 Valley Road, Goldsboro, while pickyourownchristmastree.org lists 1705 Valley Road, Etters. We have printed the farm’s own.

Contact

Checked 28 Oct 2026

Elicker’s Tree Farm

Dillsburg, PA · 30 min west of York

A cut-your-own farm on East Ridge Road that runs its season through Facebook. Last year it sold to 14 December and finished with $40 pre-cuts.

  • 2026 datesnot posted yetlast season ended 14 December
  • Cut your ownYes
  • Tree pricesnot published

What’s there

  • Cut your own
  • Wreaths

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentnot stated

Before you set offNothing posted for 2026 yet. Ring 717-979-4713 before you go.

Contact

Checked 5 Nov 2026

McPherson Tree Farm

Hallam, PA · 15 min east of York

Back to selling trees after a break: the farm opened for tree tagging in October and planted 1,750 Douglas and Fraser fir by hand this spring. Hilltop fields on Mt. Pisgah Road.

  • TaggingOpen now“Open for tree tagging”, posted 12 Oct
  • Cutting datesnot posted yet
  • SpeciesDouglas and Fraser fir
  • Tree pricesnot published

What’s there

  • Tree tagging
  • Douglas fir
  • Fraser fir

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentnot stated

Before you set offTagging is open but the cutting dates are not posted. Ring 223-203-0572 or email before you go.

Contact

Checked 5 Nov 2026

Lloyd’s Tree Farm

Fawn Grove, PA · southern York County

A small farm near the Maryland line that opens for just two weekends a year — last season 28 to 30 November and 6 to 7 December, at $50 for any tree. Outside those days you can tag a tree and ring to arrange a time to collect it.

  • 2026 datesnot publishedtwo weekends again; days not readable yet
  • 2025 season28–30 Nov, 6–7 Dec9am till dark
  • Any tree$502025
  • PaymentCash or chequeno credit cards

What’s there

  • Choose and cut
  • Tagging
  • One price for any tree
  • Cash or cheque only

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentcash or cheque — “please NO CREDIT CARDS”

Before you set offThe farm posts its days on Facebook. If two weekends don’t suit you, it says you can tag a tree and call 717-862-3298 to arrange a time to pick it up.

Contact

Checked 14 Nov 2026

Old Forge Family Farm

Brogue, PA · south-east York County

A choose-and-cut farm in the south-east of the county with a Christmas shop run by Guinston Church, stocked through the year with wreaths and decorations, plus hot chocolate, peanut butter fudge and donut snowmen.

  • 2026 datesnot publishednone posted yet
  • HoursFri & Sun noon–duskSat 10am–dusk, per a local guide; no year given
  • Tree pricesnot publishednot published

What’s there

  • Choose and cut
  • Christmas shop
  • Hot chocolate
  • Fudge

Practical

  • Dogsnot stated
  • Paymentnot stated

Before you set offThe farm’s Facebook page was busy on 10 November but had not posted an opening day. Ring 717-887-5077 before you drive.

Contact

Checked 14 Nov 2026

Three listings that are not what the directories say

Flinchbaugh’s Orchard and Farm Market, 110 Ducktown Road, Hellam · 717-252-2540. Listed as a York County Christmas tree farm. Their own Christmas page offers a Christmas market, holiday bakery orders and “Christmas decor — bows, greens, arrangements”, and does not mention trees anywhere. Go for the wreaths and the baking, not to cut a tree.

Mad Radish Farm, 1991 George Street, Dover · 443-643-5684. The directories list it as “formerly 3 Gs Trees Cut Your Own Tree Farm”, and that “formerly” appears to be the whole story: the current farm’s site covers a farm stand and pick-your-own and says nothing about Christmas trees at all. Ring before you count on it.

Strathmeyer Christmas Trees, 334 Carlisle Avenue, York · 717-292-5683. A large grower with a lot at the York Expo Center rather than a field you walk. Their site is dated 2020 and disagrees with itself about whether the firm started in 1932 or 1936. Fine for a pre-cut tree; not a choose-and-cut.

York County Christmas tree questions

Where can you cut your own Christmas tree in York County, PA?

9 farms publish enough to plan around. Brown’s just outside York is the best known and sells any field tree for $84; McCurdy’s in Dillsburg names eight varieties and has a wagon ride and Santa; Cornerstone in Glen Rock grows seven species; Haring in Goldsboro names five; McPherson in Hallam is tagging again; Elicker’s in Dillsburg is a small cut-your-own; Family Tree Farm in Red Lion opens weekdays only from 1 December; Lloyd’s in Fawn Grove opens for two weekends, at $50 for any tree last year; and Old Forge in Brogue has a church-run Christmas shop.

When do York County Christmas tree farms open in 2026?

Brown’s opens first, on Saturday 21 November: its rule is “Opening Day Saturday before Thanksgiving”. McCurdy’s opens on Friday 27 November 2026 at 9am, and Cornerstone the same day. Haring’s site still reads “November 22, 2025”, Elicker’s, McPherson, Lloyd’s and Old Forge have not posted dates, and Family Tree Farm starts on Tuesday 1 December, weekdays only, 1pm to 5pm. Ring before you go.

How much is a Christmas tree in York County?

Brown’s charges $84 plus Pennsylvania sales tax for any field tree, any size, so a 12 ft tree costs the same as a 5 ft one. Cornerstone’s latest list, from 2024, is $70 for a Fraser fir and $60 for anything else, Haring sells pre-cut trees from $79, no year given, and Lloyd’s charged $50 for any tree in 2025. For comparison, Hunt’s in Lancaster runs $100 to $130 at 6–8 ft, and our what a tree costs page collects every real list we hold.

Which York County farm is best with children?

McCurdy’s in Dillsburg, comfortably. A tractor-wagon ride out to the trees, farm animals, Santa, music and weekend entertainment, a food trailer, and no admission fee — you pay for the tree and nothing else. In tree season it is open Monday to Saturday 9am to 6pm and Sunday 9am to 5pm, and it closes at 2pm on Christmas Eve. Outside the season the farm keeps shorter hours and shuts on Sundays, and the wagon stops boarding well before closing, so go earlier in the day than you think you need to.

Is York County or Lancaster County better for cutting your own tree?

Lancaster, on the evidence. It has more farms, nearly all with a 2026 opening date, a full published price list at Hunt’s and free tagging from 1 October. York has four dated farms of nine. What York has is cheap flat prices: Brown’s $84 for any field tree, and Cornerstone’s $60 to $70 on its 2024 list, and Lloyd’s $50 last year. The two counties are about an hour apart, so you can reasonably choose on that basis.

Can I bring my dog?

At McCurdy’s, on a lead — its rule is “No unleashed pets”. None of the others say either way. Ring first if it matters, because a wasted drive with a dog in the car is worse than the phone call.

Why does this page have fewer farms than the Lancaster one?

Because fewer York farms publish anything we can stand behind. Several in the directories have stopped selling trees, gone quiet for years or let their websites lapse, and some are lots or markets rather than fields you walk. We list the nine we can describe and leave the rest off.

How these were checked

Every listing above was read on the farm’s own website or Facebook page, and each card carries the date it was last read. Four of the seven have a 2026 opening date; Brown’s gives it as a standing rule and Family Tree Farm with no year attached, and the cards say so. For the other three the opening column is left empty rather than carrying last season forward.

Three farms the directories list as choose-and-cut are not, as far as their own sites show, and they are named above with what they actually are. Dates and prices change: ring the farm before you set off, and if something here has gone stale, say so and it gets fixed.

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