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 Portland 9 places within 100 miles
Every one of them sells a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, about 20 miles from Portland in a straight line. The closest on sale today is BLM's Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane District, about 5 miles out. The nearest that publishes its own cutting-area map is BLM's Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane District.
National forests, nearest first
- Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National ForestAbout 95 milesOn sale nowNov 14 to Dec 31cutting days$10 per tree
BLM offices, nearest first
- BLM Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane DistrictIts area starts about 5 miles outOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Prineville DistrictIts area starts about 35 miles outOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Not posted yet
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic AreaAbout 10 milesNot posted yet
- Crooked River National GrasslandAbout 90 milesNot posted yet
Ranger districts nearest Portland
Zigzag Ranger District, about 15 miles. Office in Zigzag: (503) 622-3191.
Clackamas River Ranger District, about 30 miles. Office in Sandy: (971) 333-4100.
Hood River Ranger District, about 35 miles. Office in Parkdale: (541) 352-6002.
Barlow Ranger District, about 55 miles. Office in Dufur: (541) 467-2291.
Gifford Pinchot National Forest
Mt. Adams Ranger District, about 20 miles. Office in Trout Lake: (509) 395-3400.
Cowlitz Valley Ranger District, about 60 miles. Office in Randle: (360) 497-1100.
Detroit Ranger District, about 50 miles. Office: (503) 854-3366.
Hebo Ranger District, about 50 miles. Office in Hebo: (503) 392-5100.
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 Portland 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
From Portland, people head to the Zigzag area and Lolo Pass Road, park at a turnout and walk in past the road buffer. Cell service drops soon after you leave US 26.
From r/oregon, "Anyone get their Christmas tree up on Mt. Hood?!" (2023) and Oregon Essential, "How to (EASILY) Cut Your Own Christmas Tree in a National Forest" (Mt. Hood couple), read Nov 11, 2026.
From the forests' own pages
Last season Mt. Hood sold permits in person only at its Sandy and Zigzag offices, and a permit bought there or from a vendor has no online fee.
From Mt. Hood National Forest (its page still shows the 2025 season), read Nov 11, 2026.

