One of the older choose-and-cut farms in Northeast Florida, but with no official website, no confirmed pricing, and one review flagging possible unannounced closures — call before you make the drive out.
Rudolph’s Christmas Tree Farm sits about 12 miles north of Glen St. Mary in Baker County, and it’s described as one of the older choose-and-cut operations in Northeast Florida. That longevity is a point in its favor, but the documentation trail here is thinner than you’d expect for a long-running farm — there’s no official website, and the only social media presence the directory references is described as an “unofficial,” fan-run Facebook page rather than one the farm itself operates.
Sand Pine, Red Cedar, Leyland Cypress, and Arizona Cypress are all available for cutting. Sand Pine is worth calling out specifically: it’s a genuinely Florida-native species, adapted to the state’s sandy soil, and it’s been used regionally as a Christmas tree substitute since roughly the 1950s. Its natural form tends to be sparser and more open than a sheared fir or the denser cypress varieties — not a flaw, just a different, more regionally authentic look than what you’d find at a farm importing every species from further north.
Most farms in this dataset get a general “confirm before you go” recommendation as standard caution. Rudolph’s gets it more specifically: at least one review flags that closure periods are possible and directly recommends calling ahead before visiting. Combined with the absence of an official website and the reliance on an “unofficial” Facebook page for any social presence at all, that’s a farm where checking current status through normal online channels genuinely may not work — you can’t necessarily trust a public page to reflect the farm’s own current hours or closure status, because it isn’t the farm’s own page.
No pricing information for cutting a tree here was found in any source, and no end date for the season is published — only the “daily after Thanksgiving” opening pattern, with hours given as 8am-6pm. That means the safer planning assumption is to visit earlier in the season rather than counting on the farm still being open and stocked in the final week before Christmas, since there’s no confirmed close date to plan around.
Rudolph’s has real history and a distinctly regional species offering going for it, but the documentation gaps here are more specific and more concerning than a typical “we don’t have this year’s hours yet” situation — a review-level warning about possible closures is a real signal, not routine hedging. Call 904-259-7703 before making the drive, and don’t treat a lack of an answer as a reason to assume the farm is open anyway.
The record projects a 2026 season starting Nov 27, based on a recurring 'daily after Thanksgiving' opening pattern; no end date is published anywhere found. Given the lack of a confirmed close date, earlier in the season is the safer bet if you want to be sure the farm is still open and stocked.
Not stated in the record, though a hayride is offered alongside tree cutting, so plan for more than a strictly transactional stop.
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Skip Rudolph's if you need a confirmed, guaranteed-open destination without a backup plan, since there's no official farm website or verified active social media, and at least one review specifically flags that closure periods are possible and recommends calling ahead.
Not available in the record.
Uncertain. There's no official farm-run website — only an 'unofficial' fan-run Facebook page is referenced by the directory — and one review specifically notes that closure periods are possible, recommending visitors call ahead. Call 904-259-7703 before making the drive.
Sand Pine, Red Cedar, Leyland Cypress, and Arizona Cypress. Sand Pine is a Florida-native species adapted to sandy soil, used regionally as a Christmas tree substitute since roughly the 1950s — a sparser, more open natural form than a sheared fir, and genuinely distinctive to this part of the country.
A hayride is listed as an activity here, per the directory. No other attractions are described in the sources checked.
No pricing was found anywhere in the sources checked. Ask directly when you call or arrive.
Opens November 27, 2026 (closing date not published). Daily after Thanksgiving, 8am-6pm; no confirmed end date found.. Hours: 8am-6pm daily.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own.
11965 O.C. Horne Road, Sanderson, FL 32087, in Baker County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Northeast FL.
pickyourownchristmastree.org
Checked September 2026.