A Nevada County farm with an unusually varied fir selection, including Colorado blue spruce, but with no current website found, this record leans on older sources and should be confirmed by phone before visiting.
Rainbow Ridge Christmas Tree Farm presents a genuinely useful piece of information alongside a real caveat about how current that information is. The useful part: per older local press coverage and a garden-directory listing (titled “Rainbow Ridge Choose & Cut Tree Farm”), the farm offers a wider fir selection than most competitors in this research — Douglas fir, White fir, Grand fir, and notably Colorado blue spruce, a species that doesn’t show up elsewhere in this batch of California farms.
No dedicated, current farm website was located during this research. What’s known comes from local news archives (theunion.com) and a garden directory (davesgarden.com), neither of which could be cross-checked against a primary, current source. That means the hours and species information here may be pulled from an older listing rather than reflecting this year’s operation. This is a meaningfully different situation from a farm whose own current site simply hasn’t posted 2026 dates yet — here, there’s genuine uncertainty about whether the farm is operating on the same terms described, or operating at all this season.
The honest recommendation is straightforward: call (530) 477-0639 before making the drive, specifically to confirm the farm is still operating this season. That’s a stronger recommendation than the usual “confirm hours before you go” advice given elsewhere in this research — it’s a genuine open question whether the described version of this farm still exists as described.
If the farm is still operating as described, the species list is a real draw. Colorado blue spruce, with its distinctive silvery-blue color, is uncommon among Christmas tree farms generally and doesn’t appear at any of the other California farms covered in this research. Grand fir and White fir round out a solid, varied selection for a smaller operation.
Season dates, pricing, saw policy, and payment methods were all absent from the sources reviewed. The hours found — Thursday through Monday, 10am to 5pm — come from a source that didn’t specify which year that schedule applied to, adding another layer of the same uncertainty that runs through this whole record.
Rainbow Ridge’s species selection, especially the Colorado blue spruce, is genuinely distinctive if the farm is still operating as described, but the lack of any current website or recent confirmation means this is a call-first, not a drive-by, and you should be prepared for the possibility that details have changed since the sources reviewed here were published.
No season dates were found for this farm in current sources. Hours found (Thursday-Monday, 10am-5pm) come from a source that didn't specify the year, so treat this as a starting point to confirm by phone rather than a locked-in schedule.
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Skip Rainbow Ridge, or at least call first, if you can't independently confirm current operating status, since no current website was located and the most recent information found may be from an older listing.
The record notes Rainbow Ridge is in the same Nevada County / Grass Valley area as McBurney Tree Farm and Ott's Tree Farm & Produce, both also covered in this research.
Not published. No price_from or price_note figure was found in the sources reviewed for this record — call (530) 477-0639 to ask.
Douglas fir, White fir, Grand fir, and Colorado blue spruce, per older local press coverage — the spruce in particular is a less common offering among nearby farms in this research.
Likely, but this wasn't independently confirmed. No current website or recent reviews were found in this research, so calling ahead to confirm the farm is still operating this season is recommended.
Thursday through Monday, 10am-5pm, per a source that didn't specify the year — treat this as a starting point to confirm rather than a locked-in schedule.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Thu-Mon. 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).
10737 Rainbow Ridge Road, Grass Valley, CA 95949, in Nevada County. It is one of 7 farms we track in Sierra Foothills CA.
We track 7 farms in Sierra Foothills CA, 7 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.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 2 of the 7 farms we track in Sierra Foothills CA had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
There are 2 other farms we track in Nevada County. All Sierra Foothills CA farms →
theunion.com · davesgarden.com
Checked September 2026.