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Benson's Trees

📍 3330 South 3rd Street, Missoula, MT 59801🗓 Season dates not yet published for 2026🏷 Pricing TBD

A thin, unverified listing with a name, address, and phone number but no confirmed hours, pricing, species, or even certainty that this address hosts public cut-your-own visits at all.

Aerial view of Benson's Trees in Missoula, MT

How you get your tree

This farm offers

cut-your-own

Our take

Benson’s Trees is the thinnest kind of listing in this directory: a name, an address on South 3rd Street in Missoula, a phone number, and a single phrase describing the offering, “Christmas trees, you choose and you cut.” Beyond that, nothing. No hours, no season dates, no pricing, no species, no activities, and no working website or confirmed current social media presence turned up in any source checked.

A real reason for caution, not just thinness

Most thin listings in this batch are simply under-documented. This one has an added wrinkle. A 2014 newspaper article about a California seasonal tree-lot business referenced a “Benson’s Trees, based in Missoula” as a prior owner of tree lots that were bought out, implying that business was a supplier to retail tree lots elsewhere rather than an operation hosting the public for on-site cutting. It’s genuinely unclear whether that’s the same Benson’s Trees as this listing, or a related but different side of the business, or entirely unconnected. That distinction matters a lot for a visitor. A source farm that wholesales trees to lots in other cities is not the same thing as a field open to the public with a saw in hand, and if this address is the former, driving out expecting the latter would be a wasted trip.

A small address discrepancy

Adding to the uncertainty, the record notes that the address given for this listing geocodes to zip code 59804 rather than the 59801 stated in the original source. That’s a minor detail on its own, but combined with the lack of any independent confirmation, it’s one more reason to treat this as an unverified lead rather than a plan-ready destination.

What to actually do with this listing

If Benson’s Trees interests you, mainly because it’s one of the few Missoula-area cut-your-own mentions in this batch, the only responsible next step is a phone call before you go. Ask directly whether the address hosts public cut-your-own visits, what the hours and season are, what a tree costs, and whether the person on the other end recognizes the description of the business you’re asking about. None of that can be answered from the record.

It’s worth contrasting this with other Missoula-area listings in this same batch that carry real, if unconfirmed, operational detail, like a farm with a stated schedule and payment policy even without a published season date. Benson’s Trees doesn’t clear that bar. It sits below even the thinnest of the farms that at least have a research_notes narrative describing a working operation, which is why this page treats it as a phone-call-first lead rather than a farm worth planning around.

The honest bottom line

There isn’t enough here to recommend a visit or rule one out. Benson’s Trees may be a legitimate, overlooked local cut-your-own option, or it may be a supplier-side business that isn’t set up for public visits at all. Treat it as a lead worth one phone call, not a farm worth a drive without one.

Planning your visit

Best time to go

No season dates, days, or hours are published anywhere in the record.

How long to budget

Not stated in the record.

Crowds

Not stated in the record.

Parking

Not described in the record.

Strollers and accessibility

Not addressed in the record.

What to bring

  • A phone call before you leave, since this is the single most important step for a listing this thin, to confirm the farm exists, operates in 2026, and welcomes cut-your-own visitors
  • A backup plan, given the record's own uncertainty about whether this address matches a public field or a different part of the business

How to spend less here

  • No price_from or price_note exists in the record, so no dollar figure can be given here, and there isn't enough other information to reason about cost even in general terms

Who it suits

Good for

  • Callers willing to verify a lead before treating it as a real visitor destination
  • Anyone specifically in the Missoula area who wants to check one more possibility beyond the better-documented farms nearby

Skip it if

Skip Benson's Trees unless you call first and confirm it's actually a public cut-your-own operation, since the only detail beyond a name, address, and phone number is the phrase "you choose and you cut," and a 2014 newspaper reference to a Missoula-based Benson's Trees supplying tree lots elsewhere raises real doubt about whether this address is set up for on-site visits at all.

Worth pairing with

No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.

Common questions

Is Benson's Trees a cut-your-own farm?

The one description found says "Christmas trees, you choose and you cut," but no hours, pricing, or species were published anywhere, and a separate 2014 news reference to a Missoula-based Benson's Trees describes it supplying tree lots rather than hosting on-site cutting. It's unclear if that's the same operation.

What's the address, and can I trust it?

The listed address is 3330 South 3rd Street, but the record notes a zip code discrepancy between the source (59801) and the map geocode (59804), which is a minor but real flag to double-check before relying on GPS alone.

How much does a tree cost?

Not published anywhere in the record.

Is there a website to check?

No website is listed in the record.

When is Benson's Trees open in 2026?

2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. Check with the farm before driving out.

How much does a tree cost at Benson's Trees?

Pricing was not published when we last checked.

Can I cut my own tree at Benson's Trees?

Yes. It's cut-your-own.

Where is Benson's Trees?

3330 South 3rd Street, Missoula, MT 59801, in Missoula County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Northwest Montana.

How Benson's Trees compares in Northwest Montana

We track 5 farms in Northwest Montana, 3 of which let you cut your own tree. The farm has not published a starting price, so it cannot be compared on cost — call before you budget.

One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 0 of the 5 farms we track in Northwest Montana had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.

Other farms near Missoula

There is 1 other farm we track in Missoula County. All Northwest Montana farms →

Quick facts

SeasonSeason dates not yet published for 2026
Days openNot published
HoursNot published
Starting priceNot published
CountyMissoula County
RegionNorthwest Montana

Sources

pickyourownchristmastree.org · farmerspal.com

Checked September 2026.