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 Seattle 5 places within 100 miles
Every one of them sells a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Olympic National Forest, about 25 miles from Seattle in a straight line. The closest on sale today is BLM's Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane District, whose area takes in Seattle. 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 25 milesOn sale nowNov 14 to Dec 31cutting days$10 per tree
BLM offices, nearest first
- BLM Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane DistrictIts area takes in SeattleOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Ranger districts nearest Seattle
Mt Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Snoqualmie Ranger District, about 25 miles. Office: (360) 825-6585. Office: (425) 888-1421.
Skykomish Ranger District, about 30 miles. Office: (360) 677-2414.
Darrington Ranger District, about 40 miles. Office: (360) 436-1155.
Mt. Baker Ranger District, about 55 miles. Office: (360) 856-5700 515.
Hood Canal Ranger District, about 25 miles. Office in Quilcene: (360) 765-2200.
Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest
Cle Elum Ranger District, about 45 miles. Office in Cle Elum: (509) 852-1100.
Naches Ranger District, about 55 miles. Office in Naches: (509) 653-1401.
Wenatchee River Ranger District, about 55 miles. Office in Leavenworth: (509) 548-2550.
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 Seattle 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
On the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie, people cut off the Canyon Creek and Glacier Creek road spurs out of Glacier and Maple Falls, and go high for subalpine fir. The Mountain Loop area can be all western hemlock.
From r/Bellingham, "National Forest Xmas Tree" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.
From the forests' own pages
On the Okanogan-Wenatchee, the Three Queens and Little Giant fire areas are closed to cutting.
From Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest on Recreation.gov, read Nov 11, 2026.

