A perfect way to enjoy the Great Smoky Mountains AND support this area after the ill-effects of Hurricane Helene this past fall is to combine a visit for some wintertime adventure with the hunt for the ideal Christmas tree to take back home with you!
The North Carolina Fraser Fir Christmas Tree is the most popular Christmas tree in all of North America. More than a dozen have adorned the White House over the past 50 years.
North Carolina Fraser Firs are known and loved for their delightful and long-lasting fragrance, their soft-to-the-touch needles and their strong, but pliable branches to hold all of those fun decorations. Sold yet? Come to the Great Smokies and find yours!
Boyd Mountain Christmas Trees
This farm has been in the Boyd family for over 100 years, and in addition to being a working farm, offers rustic cabins for rent year-round. Explore, choose and cut trees at the Farm or visit their retail lot conveniently located in Waynesville to pick your already cut tree for the season. And worth noting, a visit to the farm is so much more than just picking a tree – it’s an experience to have with your entire family – a keepsake of holiday memories.
Chimney Pond Farm
This farm in Glenville, NC, has been around for decades and offers another enchanting place to buy a Christmas Tree. They have over eighty acres dedicated to growing the finest Fraser Firs, ranging from 3’ to 12’ tall. The farm has a perfect location for growing Frasers. Grown at an elevation of 3,800 feet and near Lake Glenville, providing moist rain-forest-like air, these trees are grown and nurtured with love, for sure.
Join for some family fun for their magical events taking place November 27th, 29th, 30th and December 1st – 8th. Santa will be there! Live music, hayrides, a bounce house for the kids and of course, to find your Christmas tree.
Mehaffy Tree Farms
Growing Fraser Firs in Haywood County since 1984, Mehaffy Tree Farm is open once again beginning November 21st through December 15th for you to choose and cut yours to take home. Here you can find Fraser trees ranging from 5 to 11 feet high. Bundle up and come on out!
Bear Valley Farm
This mountainside farm grows the NC signature Fraser Fir and also has mini-donkeys! Cute Critter Bonus Points on this one. Look for that red caboose and be prepared to get a big dose of holiday cheer while tracking down your tree. Open Thursday – Sunday starting November 23rd.
Fir Heaven Sake Christmas Tree Farm
Well, this definitely wins for the most appropriate name! And what an experience they serve up every season in Topton, in Cherokee County, NC, with choose and cut trees, sleigh rides with Santa, holiday scenery and a gift shop with wreaths and decor. Holly Jolly!
Smoky Mountain Christmas Tree Farm
Located in Waynesville, NC, specializing in Fraser Firs up to 10 feet tall, this family-owned working farm welcomes visitors between November 23rd through Christmas Eve to shop trees, wreaths and garlands. And if you are also looking for a special place to stay during your visit to the Great Smoky Mountains, check out their Christmas Tree Cabins.
Darnell Farms
Darnell Farms is no stranger to family-friendly events, festivals and celebrations and this is so obvious when you choose to find your Christmas tree there. Christmas Tree sales begin November 26th. Be sure to shop on November 30th to get to experience Santa’s Workshop on the farm with vendors for holiday shopping, food trucks, kid activities and more.