3 choose-and-cut farms east of Austin, all three with 2026 dates. Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm opens first, on 21 November, and entry there is free all season. Not one of the three has published a price yet — this page says so rather than printing last year’s.
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Christmas tree farms near Austin: 2026 dates
All 3, soonest first. Tap a name for the hours, what’s there and how to get in touch.
Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm opens on
Saturday 21 November, six days before the other two, and its own page says
“entry is always free during Christmas season”. Once the Thanksgiving
week is past it is open every day — 9am to 5pm Friday to Sunday, 12 to 5pm
Monday to Thursday — which makes it much the easiest of the three to get to.
Evergreen Farms, a few minutes further along the same road,
opens on Friday 27 November.
Still open in late December
Lee County Christmas Trees is the one to know
if you leave it late: open every Saturday and Sunday to Christmas Eve, four days
later than anyone else. Elgin stops on
Sunday 20 December, and Evergreen Farms names no last
day at all and runs until the field is empty. Lee County publishes no hours, though, so
phone first.
3 farms east of Austin, soonest to open first
Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm
Elgin, TX · 35 min east of Austin
The big one, and the farm most people near Austin mean when they say they are going to cut a tree. It has been going for more than thirty-five years, and it opens six days before the other two farms near Austin. Entry is free all season, which is worth knowing — Devine Acres, the big event farm near San Antonio, charges admission to walk in. You cut your own pine from the field and ride a wagon back with it; the pre-cut Fraser firs on the lot are trucked from North Carolina and kept standing in water.
2026 season21 Nov – 20 Dec
NovDec
OpensSat 21 Novlast day Sun 20 Dec
Fri, Sat & Sun9am–5pm
Mon–Thu12–5pmfrom Mon 30 Nov
Closed23–26 Novincluding Thanksgiving Day
EntryFree“always free during Christmas season”
Cut your ownPinegrown on the farm
AlsoPre-cut Fraser firfrom North Carolina, kept in water
Tree pricesnot published“will be posted here in the Fall”
What’s there
Free entry
Choose and cut pine
Wagon rides to the field
Pre-cut Fraser fir
Crazy maze (free)
Hay mountain (free)
Ball toss (free)
Playground (free)
Inflatables (ticketed)
Train ride (ticketed)
Petting zoo (Thanksgiving weekend only)
Snack shack
Practical
Dogsnot stated
Paymentnot stated
Attraction ticketssold separately from free entry
Worth knowingThe farm is open far more days than its attractions are. Food vendors and the attractions run on Saturdays, Sundays and Thanksgiving Friday only, so a Tuesday visit is for cutting a tree and little else. Of the attractions themselves, walking in, the crazy maze, hay mountain, the ball toss and the playground are free, and so is the wagon ride out to the field if you are cutting a tree; the inflatables, the train and the petting zoo need tickets, and the petting zoo is Thanksgiving weekend only.
Before you set offPrices are the one thing still missing. The farm’s prices page has said “Christmas season prices will be posted here in the Fall” for a month, and the attraction ticket sheet linked from the site is still last season’s file, so we have printed neither tree prices nor attraction prices. Everything else here comes from the farm’s own 2026 calendar. One caution in their words: “calendar dates are subject to change based on availability of trees”, and they suggest the weekend before Thanksgiving for the best choice.
The fullest published timetable of any farm outside Houston — every day of the week has stated hours, including weekday afternoons right through December. Three species grown on the place, Virginia pine, Leyland cypress and Arizona cypress, and the farm hands you the saw. They shake the tree out, net it, and have twine if you need to tie it to the roof.
2026 seasonfrom 27 Nov
NovDec
OpensFri 27 Novthe day after Thanksgiving
Fri after Thanksgiving10am–5pm
Saturdays10am–5pm
Sundays1–5pm
Mon–Fri3–5pmthrough the season
Cut your ownVirginia pineLeyland and Arizona cypress
AlsoPre-cut Fraserand Noble fir, trucked in
Tree pricesnot publishedthe farm’s price page is broken
What’s there
Choose and cut
Saws provided
Virginia pine
Leyland cypress
Arizona cypress
Pre-cut Fraser fir
Pre-cut Noble fir
Tree shaken and netted
Twine for the drive home
Practical
Dogsnot stated
Paymentnot stated
Sawsthe farm provides them — bring your own tape measure
Worth knowingThe weekday 3 to 5pm slot runs all season, which makes this the easiest farm near Austin to visit without giving up a weekend morning — and it is only 35 minutes out. Sundays start late, at 1pm, so it is the one day not to turn up early.
The one that runs latest: open the Friday after Thanksgiving and then every Saturday and Sunday right up to Christmas Eve, four days beyond either Elgin farm. Two you-cut varieties this year, Murray cypress and Virginia pine. It is the furthest out of the three, in Lee County proper rather than on the Elgin road.
2026 season27 Nov – 24 Dec
NovDec
OpensFri 27 Novthe day after Thanksgiving
ThenSat & Sunto Christmas Eve
Runs latestTo Christmas Evefour days beyond Elgin
You-cutMurray cypressand Virginia pine
Hoursnot publishednot published
Tree pricesnot publishednot published anywhere
What’s there
Choose and cut
Murray cypress
Virginia pine
Open every weekend to Christmas Eve
Practical
Dogsnot stated
Paymentnot stated
Restroomsnot stated
Worth knowingIf you leave the tree late, this is the one still open. Elgin closes on 20 December and Evergreen gives no last day at all and simply runs until the field is empty, so by the last weekend before Christmas this is the only one that has committed to being open.
Before you set offPhone before you drive out. This farm publishes no hours and no prices anywhere, and no email address — the number above is the only way to ask. Its website loads but still shows the 2024 season, so ignore what it says.
Where these dates come fromThe dates here come from the farm’s own Facebook post of 23 September 2026: “65 days until Opening Day … Mark your calendars for Opening Day, Friday, November 27”. Counting 65 days from 23 September lands exactly on Friday 27 November 2026, so the farm’s arithmetic, its stated date and the calendar all agree. We have used it in preference to the farm’s own website, which still shows 2024.
When do Christmas tree farms open near Austin in 2026?
Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm opens first, on Saturday 21 November 2026 — its own page says “Christmas Season 2026 begins on Saturday, November 21st”. It then closes from Monday 23 to Thursday 26 November, Thanksgiving Day included, and from the Friday it is open every day until Sunday 20 December. Evergreen Farms, also at Elgin, and Lee County Christmas Trees at Lincoln both open on Friday 27 November, the day after Thanksgiving.
How much is a Christmas tree near Austin?
None of the three publishes a price, which is unusual and worth saying plainly. Elgin’s price page says prices “will be posted here in the Fall”. Evergreen Farms has a pricing link, but it leads to a page headed “2025 Christmas tree prices” with no figures under it. Lee County publishes nothing anywhere. For a sense of the going rate in Texas, farms near Houston and Dallas that do publish range from about $12 a foot to $89 flat for any tree. We have written to Elgin and Evergreen and will put real figures here as soon as they give them.
Is entry free at Austin Christmas tree farms?
At Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm, yes — its own page says “entry is always free during Christmas season”, and the maze, hay mountain, ball toss and playground are free too, as is the wagon ride out to the field if you are cutting a tree. The inflatables, the train ride and the petting zoo need tickets bought separately. Evergreen Farms and Lee County state no admission charge. Free entry is not universal in Texas: Devine Acres near San Antonio charges to walk in.
What kind of Christmas tree grows near Austin?
Pine and cypress, not fir — fir will not take the Texas heat. Evergreen Farms grows Virginia pine, Leyland cypress and Arizona cypress; Lee County offers Murray cypress and Virginia pine to cut; and Elgin grows pine without naming the variety on its site. The Fraser and Noble firs sold at Elgin and Evergreen are pre-cut and trucked in from North Carolina and Washington State, which is why they cost more. The southern trees compared goes through what each is actually like in a room.
Which farm is open on a weekday?
Both of the Elgin farms, and Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm has much the longer hours: 12 to 5pm Monday to Thursday from 30 November, and 9am to 5pm Friday to Sunday. Evergreen Farms, a few minutes away, publishes Monday to Friday 3 to 5pm — a tighter two hours. Both are 35 minutes out, so either works around a working day. Lee County is the Friday after Thanksgiving and then weekends only. One thing to know about Elgin: its food vendors and attractions run on Saturdays, Sundays and Thanksgiving Friday only, so a weekday visit there is for the tree alone.
Which farm stays open longest?
Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm has the longest season and much the most opening days: 21 November to 20 December, open every day of it once Thanksgiving week is past. Lee County Christmas Trees runs latest — every Saturday and Sunday to Christmas Eve, four days beyond Elgin — but only at weekends. Evergreen Farms publishes no last day at all and runs until the field is empty, and Texas farms are small enough that this genuinely happens. If you want a tall tree, go on the opening weekend rather than the last one.
Nobody here publishes a price
It is the one real gap on this page, and it is the farms’ gap rather than ours.
Elgin says prices are coming “in the Fall”.
Evergreen Farms has a pricing link that leads to a page headed
“2025 Christmas tree prices” with nothing underneath it.
Lee County publishes nothing at all, and has no email
address to ask at.
We could have put last season’s figures up, or the growers’ directory’s, and
nobody would have known until they got to the till. We would rather say we don’t know.
Elgin and Evergreen have both been written to, and the figures go up here the day they answer.
In the meantime, farms near Houston and
Dallas that do publish run from about $12 a
foot to $89 flat, which is the range to budget for.
Two farms on one road
Elgin CHRISTmas Tree Farm and
Evergreen Farms are both at Elgin, about 35 minutes east of
Austin and a few minutes apart. If one has sold out of the size you want, the other is barely a
detour — which is worth knowing in the second half of December, when Elgin stops on the
20th and Evergreen names no last day at all and simply runs until the field is empty.
Lee County is another twenty minutes on, in Lincoln.
Further, but it is the only one of the three that has committed to staying open to Christmas
Eve.
How these were checked
Each listing comes from the farm’s own website, read on 22 Oct 2026. We do not use the
growers’ association directory for dates, prices or whether a farm is open: it was wrong
twice this season about farms that were trading normally.
Lee County is the exception to “its own
website”, and deliberately so: its site loads but still shows the 2024 season, so the dates
here come from the farm’s own Facebook post of 23 September 2026. Its card explains the
arithmetic.
Three farms near Austin are not on this page, and it is worth saying why. Jenschke
Orchards at Fredericksburg has not dated its Christmas trees and its site no longer opens for us.
Grigsby Farms at Salado sells pre-cut only — it planted its own pines in February, about
five years from harvest. Brungot Farms at Cedar Park is a retail lot and a delivery service, not
a farm you can cut at; its own page calls itself “the closest experience you can get to”
a choose-and-cut farm.
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