Sandy Hollar is a Buncombe County option closer to Asheville than the High Country cluster, with a hayride, Christmas shop, and an on-site vacation rental, but its site had no live 2026 season details at last check.
Sandy Hollar Farms sits in a different part of the region than many of the farms in this dataset: Buncombe County, west of Asheville, rather than the higher-elevation Ashe, Avery, and Watauga county cluster. If you’re based near Asheville and would rather avoid a longer mountain drive north, that geography alone might make this farm worth considering over farms further into the High Country.
The activity list includes hayrides during the Christmas season, a Christmas shop, and wreaths and garland for sale, pointing to a farm built for a family outing rather than a bare tree lot. A more unusual feature: the property also includes a separately-marketed vacation rental, available year-round, which is worth knowing about if you’re considering extending a visit into an overnight stay, or if you’re looking for lodging in the area independent of the Christmas season entirely.
At the time of this research, the farm’s website displayed a banner stating the prior season had closed and inviting visitors to check back later in 2026 for updated dates. That’s a normal off-season message for a seasonal business’s site to display in late summer, not a sign of a permanent closure, but it does mean no current opening date, hours, tree species, or pricing were available to include here.
Because nothing about the 2026 season was live at the time of research, this listing can describe what the farm generally offers, hayrides, a Christmas shop, wreaths, garland, and the vacation rental, but can’t tell you when to show up or what a tree will cost this year. That’s an honest limitation rather than a gap in research effort; most seasonal tree farms simply haven’t published their coming-season details this early in the year.
If Sandy Hollar’s location or the vacation-rental option appeals to you, put it on a list to check again as Thanksgiving approaches, when 2026 season details are more likely to be posted, or call 828-683-3645 directly for an earlier answer. In the meantime, treat the general shape of the offering, hayride, shop, greenery for sale, on-site lodging, as reliable, and everything about specific dates and cost as still to be confirmed.
Farms in the higher-elevation Ashe, Avery, and Watauga county cluster tend to see colder temperatures and a greater chance of an early cold snap than a Buncombe County farm closer to Asheville. If you’d rather visit somewhere less likely to be affected by an early mountain freeze, or you simply want to minimize drive time from the Asheville area, that’s a genuine, honest reason to consider Sandy Hollar over a farm further north, independent of any of the specific amenities discussed above.
Not published. The farm's site displayed a banner saying the prior season had closed and to check back later in 2026, so no current opening date, hours, or pricing was available.
45 minutes to 1.5 hours if you take the hayride and browse the Christmas shop; less for a quick tree pickup.
Not specified, and with no live season information published, this record has no honest basis for a crowd estimate.
Not specified in available sources.
Not specified in available sources.
Skip if you need confirmed 2026 season dates, tree species, or pricing right now - none was published at the time of this research.
Asheville-area attractions, since this farm sits closer to Asheville than the higher-elevation farm cluster covered elsewhere in this region.
At the time of this research, the site displayed a banner saying the prior season had closed and to check back later in 2026 for new dates.
It's in Buncombe County, west of Asheville, rather than the higher-elevation Ashe/Avery/Watauga cluster where many other farms in this region are located.
Hayrides during the Christmas season, a Christmas shop, and wreaths and garland, according to research notes.
Yes - the property includes a separately-marketed vacation rental available year-round.
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 choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you).
63 Sandy Hollar Lane, Leicester, NC 28748, in Buncombe County. It is one of 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC.
We track 19 farms in Blue Ridge NC, 1 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.
What sets it apart locally: it has a hayride or sleigh ride, a gift shop or farm market, which most Blue Ridge NC farms on our list do not.
One caveat worth repeating: this farm had not published its 2026 dates when we last checked, while 6 of the 19 farms we track in Blue Ridge NC had. Treat any date you see elsewhere as last year's until the farm confirms it.
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
sandyhollarfarms.com
Checked August 2026.