A Riverside County farm offering choose-and-cut, pre-reserved, and live potted trees, with unusually long December evening hours, but no species list or pricing was found.
Sand Haven Pines offers something genuinely uncommon among the farms in this research: three distinct ways to get a tree. Alongside standard choose-and-cut, the farm offers pre-reserved trees and live, potted container trees — the kind that can, in principle, be planted or kept for another season rather than discarded after the holidays. That’s more flexibility than most cut-only farms in this batch provide, and it’s worth considering if a live tree specifically appeals to you or if reserving ahead of a busy weekend matters for your plans.
The schedule here shifts meaningfully between November and December. In November, weekday hours run 10am-5pm and weekend hours run 8am-5pm. Once December arrives, both weekday and weekend hours extend to 8pm — a genuinely long window that makes an after-work or evening visit realistic throughout the farm’s busiest month. That’s a notable contrast to some other farms in this research that close by mid-afternoon.
The farm sits near the corner of Wood Road and Cajalco Road outside Perris and Riverside. That’s useful orientation if you’re driving in from either direction, though it’s worth double-checking exact directions against the farm’s own site or a call ahead, since the record doesn’t provide GPS-level detail beyond the general cross-street area.
No dollar figures are available for this farm — the record notes that the site’s dedicated pricing page wasn’t directly fetched during this research, so nothing here should be read as confirmed pricing. That gap is a bit more consequential than at a single-option farm, since Sand Haven Pines offers three different tree types (cut, reserved, live) that likely carry three different price points. Don’t assume a number you hear quoted for one option applies to the others — ask specifically which type you’re pricing when you call.
Tree species, saw policy, and payment methods weren’t found in the sources reviewed. The season’s exact 2026 start date is also unresolved: the farm describes opening “the Saturday before Thanksgiving” as a recurring pattern, but the sources reviewed didn’t pin that description to a specific confirmed 2026 date.
Sand Haven Pines stands out for offering real choice — cut, reserved, or live — and for hours that actually accommodate evening visits in December, but with no species list or pricing confirmed for any of its three tree options, a call to 951-789-8450 is the responsible next step before you commit to a specific plan.
The farm opens the Saturday before Thanksgiving, per its own recurring description, though a specific 2026 calendar date wasn't independently resolved. December hours extend to 8pm daily (weekdays and weekends alike), making evening visits genuinely practical late in the season.
Not stated in the record.
Not stated directly in the record.
Not described in the record. The farm is located near the corner of Wood Road and Cajalco Road outside Perris/Riverside, per the record.
Not addressed in the source.
Skip Sand Haven Pines if you need confirmed species information or a price before committing, since neither was found in the sources reviewed.
No specific nearby-farm comparison is available in this record.
Not published. The site's dedicated pricing page wasn't directly fetched during this research, so no dollar figures can be reported here — call 951-789-8450 to ask.
Yes, per the record — the farm offers choose-and-cut, pre-reserved trees, and live (potted) container trees, giving more flexibility than farms offering only cut trees.
Weekdays 10am-8pm, weekends 8am-8pm, through Christmas, per the record — notably long hours that make evening visits practical.
The farm opens the Saturday before Thanksgiving, per its own recurring description, though the specific 2026 calendar date wasn't independently resolved in this research.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Daily, opening the Saturday before Thanksgiving. 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).
19255 Wood Road, Perris, CA 92570, in Riverside County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Inland Empire CA.
sandhavenpines.com
Checked September 2026.