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
Christmas tree permits near Bend 15 places within 100 miles
Every one of them sells a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Deschutes National Forest, about 3 miles from Bend in a straight line. The closest on sale today is BLM's Prineville District, whose area takes in Bend. The nearest that publishes its own cutting-area map is BLM's Prineville District.
National forests, nearest first
- Rogue River-Siskiyou National ForestAbout 80 milesOn sale nowNov 13 to Dec 24cutting days$5 per tree
BLM offices, nearest first
- BLM Prineville DistrictIts area takes in BendOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Swiftwater Field Office - Roseburg DistrictIts area starts about 45 miles outOn sale nowNov 11 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Klamath Falls Field Office - Lakeview DistrictIts area starts about 65 miles outOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM South River Field Office - Roseburg DistrictIts area starts about 70 miles outOn sale nowNov 11 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Burns DistrictIts area starts about 75 miles outOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Butte Falls Field Office - Medford DistrictIts area starts about 95 miles outOn sale nowNov 12 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Vale DistrictIts area starts about 100 miles outOn sale nowNov 9 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Not posted yet
- Crooked River National GrasslandAbout 25 milesNot posted yet
- Umpqua National ForestAbout 60 milesNo dates on its page yet
Ranger districts nearest Bend
Bend/Fort Rock Ranger District, about 1 mile. Deschutes National Forest Headquarters and Bend Fort Rock Ranger District, Bend: (541) 383-5300.
Sisters Ranger District, about 10 miles. Office in Sisters: (541) 549-7700.
Crescent Ranger District, about 35 miles. Office in North Crescent: (541) 433-3200.
McKenzie River Ranger District, about 25 miles. Office: (541) 822-3381.
Middle Fork Ranger District, about 35 miles. Office: (541) 782-2283.
Detroit Ranger District, about 35 miles. Office: (503) 854-3366.
Sweet Home Ranger District, about 40 miles. Office: (541) 367-5168.
Lookout Mountain Ranger District, about 30 miles. No office listed.
Districts from the Forest Service's ranger district layer, read Nov 11, 2026. Offices from each permit's listing on Recreation.gov, read Nov 12, 2026.
Every distance here is a straight line from the Census Bureau's point for Bend city (read Nov 11, 2026) to a boundary, not road miles and not to the trees. The forest's own map shows where you can cut.
What locals say
Locals head up Skyliner, the Cascade Lakes Highway roads (4612 and 4614) and the Tumalo Falls roads. Crescent Cutoff Road south of town is quieter after Thanksgiving.
From r/Bend, "Christmas tree" (2022), r/Bend, "Christmas Tree Hunting" (2020) and Garden Betty, "Locals' Secret: Where to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree in Oregon's National Forests" (Bend author), read Nov 11, 2026.
For firs they go west of Sisters toward the upper Metolius and Santiam Pass, and they say the forest roads around Bend close to cars around December 1.
From r/Bend, "Christmas tree" (2022), r/Bend, "Where to find a Fir Christmas tree?" (2024), Garden Betty, "Locals' Secret: Where to Cut Your Own Christmas Tree in Oregon's National Forests" (Bend author) and r/Bend, "Harvesting Christmas Trees" (2024), read Nov 11, 2026.

