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 Salt Lake City 13 places within 100 miles
8 of them sell a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, about 2 miles from Salt Lake City in a straight line, and it's on sale today. The nearest that publishes its own cutting-area map is BLM's Salt Lake Field Office.
National forests, nearest first
- Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National ForestAbout 2 milesOn sale nowNov 10 to Dec 31cutting daysOn the permit pageRecreation.gov's records disagree
BLM offices, nearest first
- BLM Salt Lake Field OfficeIts area takes in Salt Lake CitySales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Vernal Field OfficeIts area starts about 55 miles outSales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Fillmore Field OfficeIts area starts about 55 miles outSales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Richfield Field OfficeIts area starts about 70 miles outOn sale nowNov 3 to Dec 24cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Price Field OfficeIts area starts about 75 miles outSales open Nov 17Nov 17 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Pocatello Field OfficeIts area starts about 85 miles outSales open Nov 18Nov 18 to Dec 24cutting daysOn the permit page
Not posted yet
- Curlew National GrasslandAbout 95 milesNot posted yet
Opening next near Salt Lake City
BLM's Salt Lake Field Office opens sales Nov 17.
Ranger districts nearest Salt Lake City
All 7 permits the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest lists on Recreation.gov are for the Salt Lake, Ogden, Heber-Kamas, Evanston-Mountain View and Logan Ranger Districts. The Salt Lake district is the one nearest Salt Lake City.
Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest
Salt Lake Ranger District, about 1 mile. Office in Salt Lake City: (801) 733-2660.
Pleasant Grove Ranger District, about 20 miles. No office listed.
Ogden Ranger District, about 25 miles. Office in Huntsville: (385) 405-7100.
Heber-Kamas Ranger District, about 35 miles. Heber Office, Heber City: (435) 654-0470. Kamas Office, Kamas: (435) 783-4338.
Spanish Fork Ranger District, about 40 miles. No office listed.
Evanston-Mountain View Ranger District, about 40 miles. Evanston Office, Evanston: (307) 789-3194. Mountain View Office, Mountain View: (307) 782-6555.
Logan Ranger District, about 50 miles. Office in Logan: (435) 755-3620.
Duchesne Ranger District, about 55 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 Salt Lake City 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
Heber-Kamas permits sell out fastest. Locals point to the canyons above Samak, Oakley and Woodland, Murdock Basin up the Mirror Lake Highway, Mill Hollow and Daniels Canyon, and say the Kamas office on a weekday is the best place for tips.
From r/Utah, "Where to cut down Christmas tree near Utah County?" (2023) and r/SaltLakeCity, "Heber Kamas Christmas Tree" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.
When Heber sold out, the Logan district still had permits and fir. The Salt Lake district permit is juniper in the Stansbury Mountains, where one family found pines 3 to 4 miles in from Johnson Pass.
From r/SaltLakeCity, "What is it like to cut a Christmas tree in the Stansbury Mountains?" (2023) and r/Utah, "Where to cut down Christmas tree near Utah County?" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.

