Reportedly the largest choose-and-cut tree operation in North Dakota at roughly 60 acres, but nothing newer than a 2013 directory entry confirms it's still running, so this is a call-first listing, not a plan-around-it one.
The pitch on paper is a good one: about 60 acres of Scotch pine, blue spruce, and white pine, described by regional directories as the largest choose-and-cut Christmas tree operation in North Dakota, with saws provided so you show up empty-handed. If that’s still accurate, it’s a genuinely notable farm for anyone in the northeastern part of the state. The problem is that “if.”
No hours, no 2026 season dates, and no pricing turned up in any source checked. That alone isn’t unusual this early in the year – plenty of small farms don’t publish specifics until closer to Thanksgiving. What’s more unusual is the total absence of anything else: no working farm website, no active Facebook page, no customer reviews (a Yelp listing exists but shows zero), and a christmastreegrowers.org directory entry that was last updated in 2013 on a site that currently appears down or suspended. For a farm marketed as the state’s largest, that’s a striking silence.
There’s also a loose thread worth flagging rather than resolving with a guess: a similarly large (~70-acre) tree farm on the same highway corridor, run by the late Craig Brumbaugh until his death in May 2024, was covered in a 2017 newspaper feature under the Brumbaugh name, not this one. Whether that’s a coincidence of two large operations in the same area, or some connection to this listing, isn’t something this record can answer. It’s mentioned here so you have the same information we do, not to imply a link that hasn’t been established.
If the farm is operating as described, the visit format is straightforward: choose-and-cut across a large planted acreage, with saws provided so you don’t need your own equipment. That’s a real convenience – one less thing to load into the car – but it’s also the only concrete visitor-experience detail available. No activities, concessions, hayrides, or other amenities are listed anywhere, so plan for a tree-cutting trip, not an outing.
There is no dollar figure to give you here, and inventing a “typical” price for a farm this size would be worse than useless – it would set an expectation this record can’t back up. The honest version of this listing is: the tree selection sounds genuinely good, the scale sounds genuinely large, and none of it has been independently confirmed recently enough to plan around. Call 701-265-4254 before you commit a Saturday to the drive, and if you can’t get through or can’t get a straight answer, treat that itself as useful information about whether the operation is still active.
Not published for 2026; if the farm is operating, the general North Dakota pattern of a short late-November-through-December window would apply, but that is a general inference, not a confirmed date from this farm.
Not documented. A 60-acre choose-and-cut lot with saws provided suggests you could spend anywhere from a quick in-and-out to a longer walk hunting for the right tree, depending on how far the good trees are from parking.
Not documented. Sixty acres is large for a choose-and-cut operation, so if it's running at the scale described, crowding would likely be less of an issue than at smaller farms -- but that's a general inference from the acreage, not a reported fact.
Not documented in any source checked.
Not documented. Most cut-your-own tree lots are unpaved fields, so expect uneven, possibly muddy or snowy ground if you go -- a general inference for this type of farm, not a specific claim about this one.
Skip planning around this farm until you've called and confirmed it's actually operating this season, since no website, social media, review, or news mention newer than a 2013 directory listing was found anywhere.
Campbell Beach Farm and Nursery, also in Cavalier and covered elsewhere in this directory, is a much smaller honor-system operation in the same Pembina County area -- worth checking as a second option if you strike out confirming this one.
Unconfirmed. It's described in tree-farm directories as North Dakota's largest choose-and-cut operation, but no independent website, social media, review, or news coverage newer than a 2013 directory entry was found. Call 701-265-4254 before planning a visit.
Not published anywhere we checked. There's no price to report, so budget flexibly and ask when you call or arrive.
Scotch pine, blue spruce, and white pine, across roughly 60 acres, according to regional tree-farm directories.
No -- saws are reportedly provided on site.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. 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.
13711 Hwy 5, Cavalier, ND 58220, in Pembina County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Northeast ND.
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Checked September 2026.