A cash-only, flat-$80-per-tree cut-your-own farm near DeKalb with saws, twine, and a baler provided, plus free hot chocolate and cookies, but a farm website that had a certificate problem at the time of research.
Flat $80 per tree for the 2025 season. Cash or check only — the farm says it is not set up to take credit cards.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Camelot Christmas Tree Farm, south of DeKalb on Somonauk Road, runs a straightforward flat-rate model: $80 for any tree, cash or check only, for the 2025 season. That’s a genuinely simple number to plan around, with no size-based math needed the way per-foot farms require. The farm also removes some of the usual friction of a cut-your-own visit by providing the saw, twine, a mechanical tree shaker, and a baler on-site — you don’t need to own or borrow any of that gear beforehand.
The 2025 season ran from November 28 through December 22, opening the Friday after Thanksgiving and running roughly a full month. That’s a wider window than several nearby farms that close by early-to-mid December, which gives more flexibility about when to go. The 2026 season wasn’t confirmed at the time of this research, so treat that date range as a likely pattern based on last year rather than a promise.
Beyond the cut-your-own field, Camelot sells wreaths, 25-foot roping, swags, and porch trees — a wider greenery selection than some smaller farms in this batch. It also offers free hot chocolate, coffee, and homemade oatmeal cookies, which is a real value beyond the tree price itself; farms that charge for refreshments effectively add to your total cost, and this one doesn’t.
At the time of this research, Camelot’s own website (camelottrees.com) could not be reached directly — the browser reported a certificate hostname mismatch, the kind of error that can mean an expired security certificate or a misconfigured domain. That doesn’t necessarily mean anything is wrong with the farm itself, but it does mean the details here are drawn from a web search aggregating Yelp, the DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau, and other directories rather than the farm’s own current page. If you’re used to checking a farm’s website the week of your visit for last-minute hour changes or closures, that option may not work reliably here — a phone call or the farm’s social media presence is the more dependable path.
The farm says directly that it isn’t set up to process credit cards, so bring cash or a checkbook. This is worth planning for specifically since $80 in cash is a different ask than tapping a card.
Camelot offers a simple, transparent price and removes the gear-and-hassle barrier to cutting your own tree, with genuine extras like free cocoa and cookies thrown in — but the unreachable website means you should verify current-year dates and hours by phone rather than assuming last year’s calendar repeats.
The 2025 season ran Nov 28 through Dec 22, opening the Friday after Thanksgiving. 2026 dates weren't confirmed at the time of this research, so treat this as a likely pattern rather than a guarantee.
Not stated directly, but with a baler, tree shaker, hot chocolate, coffee, and homemade cookies all part of the on-site experience, this reads as more than a five-minute cut-and-leave stop.
Not stated directly, but a full month-long season (Nov 28-Dec 22 in 2025) spreads visits out more than farms with a compressed two-to-three-week window; even so, expect the first weekend after Thanksgiving to be the busiest.
Not described in the record.
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Skip Camelot if you can't pay cash or by check, since the farm says it isn't set up for credit cards, and skip relying on the farm's own website for last-minute details, since it couldn't be reached directly during this research due to a certificate error — call or check social media instead.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
A flat $80 per tree for the 2025 season, cash or check only, per the farm's own site.
No. Saws, twine, a tree shaker, and a baler are provided on-site, per the record.
At the time of this research, the farm's own site could not be reached due to a browser-reported certificate hostname mismatch. Details here come from a web search of third-party sources instead, so calling ahead or checking social media is the safer way to confirm current information.
Yes — hot chocolate, coffee, and homemade oatmeal cookies, per the record.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $80. Flat $80 per tree for the 2025 season. Cash or check only — the farm says it is not set up to take credit cards.
Yes. It's cut-your-own, and a saw is provided.
16380 S. Somonauk Road, DeKalb, IL 60115, in DeKalb County. It is one of 10 farms we track in Chicago Suburbs.
We track 10 farms in Chicago Suburbs, 9 of which let you cut your own tree. At $80 to start this one sits below the regional median of $85, undercutting 4 of the 8 priced farms we track here.
What sets it apart locally: it has wreaths and garland for sale, free netting/baling, which most Chicago Suburbs farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 10 farms we track in Chicago Suburbs had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
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camelottrees.com
Checked September 2026.