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 Santa Fe 7 places within 100 miles
5 of them sell a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Santa Fe National Forest, about 4 miles from Santa Fe in a straight line, and it's on sale today. The nearest that publishes its own cutting-area map is BLM's Taos Field Office.
National forests, nearest first
BLM offices, nearest first
- BLM Taos Field OfficeIts area takes in Santa FeSales open Nov 24Nov 24 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM San Luis Valley Field OfficeIts area starts about 90 miles outSales open Nov 20Nov 20 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Tres Rios Field OfficeIts area starts about 95 miles outOn sale nowNov 9 to Dec 24cutting daysOn the permit page
Not posted yet
- Cibola National GrasslandsAbout 90 milesNot posted yet
Opening next near Santa Fe
BLM's San Luis Valley Field Office opens sales Nov 20.
Ranger districts nearest Santa Fe
Espanola Ranger District, about 1 mile. Office in Espanola: (505) 753-7331.
Pecos-Las Vegas Ranger District, about 6 miles. Office in Pecos: (505) 757-6121.
Jemez Ranger District, about 20 miles. Office in Jemez Springs: (575) 829-3535.
Coyote Ranger District, about 40 miles. Office in Coyote: (575) 638-5526.
Camino Real Ranger District, about 25 miles. Office in Peñasco: (575) 587-2255.
Tres Piedras Ranger District, about 40 miles. Office in Tres Piedras: (575) 758-8678.
El Rito Ranger District, about 40 miles. Office in El Rito: (575) 581-4555.
Sandia Ranger District, about 35 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 Santa Fe 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
One Santa Fe family hunted blue spruce near Grass Mountain off NM 63, at about 9,400 feet, and found all-wheel drive helped on the snowpacked hills.
From Santa Fe New Mexican via Yahoo, "Tree cutting a holiday tradition for some New Mexicans", read Nov 11, 2026.
From Albuquerque, families call the Jemez a fair weekend trip. One went up through Cuba and across NM 126 into the Santa Fe for a 9-foot tree.
From r/Albuquerque, "Xmas tree" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.
Other Forest Service offices in Santa Fe
Santa Fe National Forest Headquarters, Santa Fe National Forest: (505) 438-5300
From each permit's listing on Recreation.gov, read Nov 12, 2026.

