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 Spokane 10 places within 100 miles
8 of them sell a permit today. The nearest national forest is the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, about 30 miles from Spokane in a straight line. The closest on sale today is BLM's Border Field Office - Spokane District, whose area takes in Spokane. The nearest that publishes its own cutting-area map is BLM's Border Field Office - Spokane District.
National forests, nearest first
- Nez Perce Clearwater National ForestAbout 45 milesOn sale nowOct 13 to Dec 31cutting days$5 per tree
BLM offices, nearest first
- BLM Border Field Office - Spokane DistrictIts area takes in SpokaneOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Coeur D'Alene Field OfficeIts area starts about 20 miles outSales open Nov 15Nov 15 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Cottonwood Field OfficeIts area starts about 40 miles outSales open Nov 15Nov 15 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
- BLM Wenatchee Field Office - Spokane DistrictIts area starts about 70 miles outOn sale nowNov 1 to Dec 25cutting daysOn the permit page
Not posted yet
- Colville National ForestAbout 30 milesNot posted yet
Opening next near Spokane
BLM's Coeur D'Alene Field Office opens sales Nov 15.
Ranger districts nearest Spokane
Idaho Panhandle National Forest
Coeur d'Alene River Ranger District, about 25 miles. Office in Coeur d'Alene: (208) 664-2318. Office in Smelterville: (208) 783-2363.
Sandpoint Ranger District, about 30 miles. Office in Sandpoint: (208) 263-5111.
Priest Lake Ranger District, about 45 miles. Office in Priest River: (208) 443-2512.
St. Joe Ranger District, about 45 miles. Office in St. Maries: (208) 245-2531.
Colville National Forest, no permit posted yet
Newport Ranger District, about 30 miles.
Three Rivers Ranger District, about 35 miles.
Sullivan Lake Ranger District, about 60 miles.
Nez Perce Clearwater National Forest
Palouse Ranger District, about 45 miles. Office in Potlatch: (208) 875-1131.
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 Spokane 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
Spokane cutters cross into the Idaho Panhandle. The Kingston exit and Bumblebee Bridge is the lowest, best-kept road in; Fourth of July Pass and the Coeur d'Alene River Road past Prichard are the others they name.
From r/Spokane, "Help me cut a Christmas tree in the woods!" (2021) and r/Spokane, "Christmas Tree" (2023), read Nov 11, 2026.
Others go in by the Sherman exit and stop at the Coeur d'Alene ranger office on the way.
From r/Spokane, "Help me cut a Christmas tree in the woods!" (2021), read Nov 11, 2026.

