One of the widest species selections in this research -- seven types including Colorado Blue Spruce and Balsam Fir -- plus hayrides and a petting zoo, but hours vary sharply by day and the farm's own website had an expired SSL certificate as of this research.
Goebel Farms, on the far west side of Evansville, offers one of the widest tree species selections found anywhere in this research: seven types, Fraser Fir, Eastern White Pine, Scotch Pine, Colorado Blue Spruce, Virginia Pine, Balsam Fir, and Canaan Fir. That range covers firs, pines, and a spruce in one place, genuinely useful if you want to compare species rather than choosing between just two or three options.
Beyond individual family sales, Goebel Farms also offers wholesale trees for commercial buyers, suggesting an operation with real production scale behind it. On the family-visit side, hayrides and a petting zoo round out the experience, positioning this as more of a planned outing than a quick in-and-out tree pickup.
Here’s the detail most likely to trip up a visitor: posted hours vary sharply by day. A third-party directory lists Tuesday through Thursday and Friday as 1pm-5pm, a relatively short four-hour weekday window, Saturday as a fuller 9am-5pm, Sunday as 1:30pm-5pm, and Monday as closed entirely. That’s a meaningfully uneven schedule compared to farms with a flat daily window, and it means you genuinely need to check which day you’re planning to visit rather than assuming any weekday will work the same way a Saturday would. Showing up on a weekday afternoon expecting a full day’s worth of hours could mean arriving to a closed gate.
The farm’s own website returned an expired SSL certificate error during this research and could not be read directly. As with other certificate-error sites in this research, that typically signals a lapsed security certificate rather than the business being closed, but it does mean the hours, species list, and other details described here come from third-party sources, Yelp, a Southern Indiana tourism site, GoFarmHop, and the ICTGA tree-farms-list, rather than the farm’s own current page. Treat the specific hours as needing phone confirmation before you drive out, especially given how much they vary by day.
Tree pricing and 2026 season dates weren’t found in the sources checked. Given the width of the species selection, pricing likely varies by type and size, which makes a call to 812-963-3001 worthwhile before committing to a specific species or budget.
Goebel Farms’ species variety and family-outing extras make it a strong candidate on paper, but the day-by-day hour variation and closed Mondays mean you need to plan the exact day of your visit carefully rather than assuming standard farm hours apply.
Per a third-party directory: Tuesday-Thursday and Friday 1pm-5pm, Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 1:30pm-5pm, closed Monday. Hours are limited and vary a lot by day, so plan around the posted window rather than assuming long hours.
An hour or more if you're taking advantage of the hayride and petting zoo alongside the tree cutting.
Not specified directly, but the farm's family-outing extras (hayrides, petting zoo) suggest a fuller agritourism draw than a simple tree lot, which could mean more weekend traffic.
Not specified in available sources.
Not specified in available sources.
you're hoping to visit on a Monday -- the farm is closed that day per available listings -- or you need long weekday hours, since weekday hours run as short as four hours some days.
Not established from available sources.
Seven types: Fraser Fir, Eastern White Pine, Scotch Pine, Colorado Blue Spruce, Virginia Pine, Balsam Fir, and Canaan Fir -- one of the widest selections found in this research.
No, it's closed Monday per a third-party directory listing. Hours the rest of the week vary significantly by day, from limited weekday afternoon windows to a fuller Saturday schedule.
Yes, hayrides and a petting zoo, positioning this as a family outing rather than a quick tree pickup.
Yes, the farm offers wholesale trees for commercial buyers, in addition to retail cut-your-own and pre-cut sales.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Tue-Thu & Fri 1pm-5pm, Sat 9am-5pm, Sun 1:30pm-5pm, closed Monday (per third-party listing). Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
4745 W Boonville New Harmony Rd, Evansville, IN 47720, in Vanderburgh County. It is one of 3 farms we track in Southern Indiana.
We track 3 farms in Southern Indiana, 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has a petting area, which most Southern Indiana 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 3 farms we track in Southern Indiana had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
goebelfarms.com
Checked September 2026.