A convenient stop for the Duluth and Iron Range area with a genuine, farm-stated warning about running low on trees late in the season, but 2026 dates aren't confirmed and neither species nor pricing has been published.
Hill Top’s location does real work for it: sitting about 25 miles west of Duluth on Highway 2, it’s one of the more accessible choose-and-cut options for anyone in the Duluth or Iron Range area who doesn’t want a long drive south into the more farm-dense parts of central Minnesota. That geographic convenience is a genuine, documented point in its favor.
The most useful specific detail in this record isn’t a price or a species - it’s a scheduling note from the 2025 season. The farm indicated it would decide, on the day itself, whether to stay open for a second day depending on how much tree inventory remained. That’s an unusually direct piece of information: most farms don’t volunteer that their supply might run thin, but Hill Top effectively did. If you’re the type to wait until later in the season to pick a tree, this is a specific, farm-sourced reason to reconsider that plan here.
The 2025 opening day was found explicitly - Friday, November 28, the day after Thanksgiving, with a Friday-through-Sunday operating pattern and hours around 9am-4pm (9:30am-4pm on the 2025 opening day specifically). No 2026 dates had been published at the time of this research, so treat the 2025 pattern as a reasonable guide to what a typical year looks like, not a confirmed schedule for the coming season.
Saws are provided, so you don’t need your own, and the farm offers winter hayrides along with free hot coffee, cocoa, and cider, plus a gift shop. That’s a modest but real set of extras beyond the cutting itself.
No tree species and no pricing were found anywhere in the sources reviewed. For a farm this specific about its inventory-driven scheduling, that’s a notable gap - you’ll need to ask directly, either by phone or on arrival, to find out what’s actually growing in the fields and what it costs.
Hill Top is a sensible, convenient choice for the Duluth area, especially if you go early rather than late given the farm’s own candor about limited supply. Confirm 2026 dates before you go, since only last year’s pattern is documented here.
Earlier in the season if possible - in 2025 the farm noted it would decide same-day whether to stay open a second day depending on remaining tree supply, a real signal that waiting too long carries risk here.
Not documented directly, though winter hayrides and a gift shop suggest planning for more than a five-minute stop.
Not documented directly, but a farm that decides day-of whether to extend hours based on tree supply is implicitly telling you demand can outpace inventory - a reasonable signal that later visits carry real risk of thin selection.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented in the record.
Skip assuming this farm's 2025 schedule automatically repeats in 2026, since no 2026 dates have been confirmed, and skip planning around a specific species or price, since neither is documented.
Located in Brookston, St. Louis County, about 25 miles west of Duluth on Highway 2 - Hoffbauer Tree Farm, also in St. Louis County and in Duluth proper, is a reasonable comparison if you're weighing options in the same area.
Not confirmed. In 2025, the farm opened Friday, November 28 (the day after Thanksgiving) with a Friday-Sunday pattern, but 2026 dates weren't published at the time of this research.
Possibly. In 2025, the farm noted it would decide same-day whether to stay open for a second day depending on remaining tree supply - a genuine reason to visit earlier rather than later if a good selection matters to you.
Not published in any source found. Ask directly when you arrive.
Not documented in any source reviewed for this farm.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Fridays–Sundays (2025 pattern found). Check with the farm before driving out.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
9358 Highway 2, Brookston, MN 55711, in St. Louis County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Northern Minnesota.
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Checked September 2026.