One of the more attraction-heavy South Jersey options - an indoor model train display, a Thomas the Train exhibit, and weekend hayrides to a 'Santa's House' - across roughly 1,200 trees and eight species, which likely means busier weekends than a plain tree lot.
Exley’s leans harder into the “family outing” side of tree shopping than most farms in this research. Beyond roughly 1,200 trees across eight species, the farm offers an indoor working model train display, a separate Thomas the Train display, and weekend hayrides that make a stop at a “Santa’s House.” If your visit is as much about entertaining kids as it is about finding a tree, this is one of the stronger options in South Jersey for that combination.
Eight varieties are documented: blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine, Douglas fir, concolor fir, pre-cut Fraser fir, Canaan fir, and Korean fir. That last one is genuinely uncommon among the farms covered in this research - most stick to the familiar firs and spruces, so Korean fir being available here is a distinguishing detail if you’re looking for something less typical.
A “November 27th - December 24th” window shows up in sources referencing the farm’s own site, and it happens to line up exactly with the day-after-Thanksgiving-through-Christmas-Eve pattern for 2026. That alignment is worth being honest about: it could be a coincidence of undated, recurring copy landing on the right dates this year rather than a fresh, dated 2026 confirmation. Treat the window as a reasonable planning estimate rather than a guarantee, and call ahead if your visit depends on precise dates.
The farm runs Tuesday through Sunday, 9am-5pm, closed Monday - so there is a full weekday window available if you’d rather skip the hayride crowds and just focus on picking a tree. Given that the hayride and Santa’s House stop are described as weekend features, a Tuesday or Wednesday visit is likely to feel noticeably calmer than a Saturday.
No pricing was found for trees or for the hayride itself, and payment method isn’t specified. Given how much family-attraction infrastructure this farm has clearly built out (train displays, a themed hayride stop), it seems like an established, actively run operation - which makes a phone call for pricing details a reasonable, low-friction step rather than a sign of uncertainty about whether the farm is operating this season.
A weekday, if avoiding crowds matters more than the hayride and Santa's House experience, since those run on weekends and are likely to draw the most families. The farm is open Tuesday-Sunday, 9am-5pm, closed Monday.
Longer than a basic tree stop if you're doing the hayride and visiting the train displays - budget for a fuller outing on weekends especially.
Not directly documented for wait times, but with about 1,200 trees, eight species, hayrides, and a Santa's House stop, this reads as one of the more attraction-heavy South Jersey farms in this research - a reasonable inference that weekends draw more visitors than a bare tree lot, not a confirmed crowd report.
Not documented.
Not documented. Assume an unpaved field for the tree-cutting area; the hayride and displays suggest additional visitor infrastructure exists.
Skip if you want a quick, low-key tree pickup without crowds, since the hayride, Santa's House, and train displays are likely to draw heavier weekend traffic than a plain lot.
None documented in this record.
November 27 through December 24, 2026 - a window that aligns with the day-after-Thanksgiving-through-Christmas-Eve pattern, though the source snippet didn't state an explicit year, so this alignment is pattern-based rather than a dated 2026 confirmation.
Eight varieties: blue spruce, Norway spruce, white pine, Douglas fir, concolor fir, pre-cut Fraser fir, Canaan fir, and the less-common Korean fir, across roughly 1,200 trees.
An indoor working model train display, a Thomas the Train display, and weekend hayrides that include a stop at a 'Santa's House.'
Tuesday through Sunday, 9am-5pm, closed Monday.
November 27 – December 24, 2026. Tuesday-Sunday. Hours: 9am-5pm (closed Monday).
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
1535 Tanyard Road, Sewell, NJ 08080, in Gloucester County. It is one of 4 farms we track in South Jersey.
We track 4 farms in South Jersey, 1 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.
Its season runs about 28 days against a regional average of 28, so it is broadly in line with the rest of the region.
What sets it apart locally: it has a hayride or sleigh ride, which most South Jersey farms on our list do not.
exleyschristmastreefarms.com · njchristmastrees.org
Checked September 2026.