How this works
79 national forests list a 2026 Christmas tree permit on Recreation.gov, and 65 Bureau of Land Management offices list one in BLM's permit store. We read both on Nov 12, 2026 and print what they say: the dates, the price, the limit and the rules, each with its source. Sale times are in each place's own time zone. Recreation.gov prints them in Eastern, and we convert. A permit is the agency's to sell, and the rules on it are the agency's. We quote them and link them. We don't sell permits, and nothing here is one.
2 forests have pages on Recreation.gov with no permit type named and no dates on them. We print what the page says and no date. 53 more Forest Service units and 50 BLM field offices don't list a permit in either store. We say "not posted yet" for those, never "no program": some sell at the office and never post one online. Distances are straight lines to a forest's boundary, not to the cutting area and not by road. The forest's own map shows where you can cut. How we read the agencies · Not a permit, not the agency
Read from the agencies Nov 12, 2026
Arizona Christmas tree permits 6 places have a permit online
5 national forests and 1 BLM office in Arizona list a 2026 Christmas tree permit online, and 4 sell one today. Of the prices printed here, the lowest is $15, at 3 places. Coconino National Forest opens next: Nov 14, 8 a.m. Mountain. All 6 publish their own cutting-area maps.
- Coconino National ForestSales open Nov 14, 8 a.m. MountainNov 14 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit pageRecreation.gov's records disagree
Not posted yet
- Coronado National ForestNot posted yet
Good to know in Arizona
The Mogollon Rim is the go-to. Forest Road 300 between Woods Canyon and Bear Canyon lakes on the Apache-Sitgreaves made a two-hour day trip from Phoenix.
From Expedition Portal, "Our 1st Annual Christmas Tree Hunt" (Payson, AZ, 2014), read Nov 11, 2026.

