A 35-year-old, well-documented Central Florida attraction with a real admission price, a signature zip line, and roughly 17,000 trees grown per year — but this is a reservation-oriented, some-days-sell-out operation, not a casual walk-up farm.
$10 general admission (2 and under free) as of Dec 2025, per a Tripadvisor/local-news-sourced summary; separate charges apply for pony rides and other add-ons.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Santa’s Christmas Tree Forest in Eustis is one of the best-documented and longest-running Christmas tree destinations in Central Florida — 35 years in operation as of the 2025 season, according to a Spectrum News 13 feature, owned by Jodi and Tom Utsman, and growing roughly 17,000 trees per year. That scale and tenure put it in a different category from most farms in this batch: this reads less like a tree lot and more like a seasonal attraction that happens to be built around a working tree farm.
General admission was $10 as of December 2025, with children 2 and under free — a specific, sourced figure rather than a guess. Pony rides and other add-ons are billed separately from that admission fee, per the source, so the $10 gets you in the door but doesn’t cover everything on-site. The farm is also confirmed cash-only, which is worth planning around directly since there’s no indication of card acceptance anywhere in the sources checked.
A 400-foot zip line is described as the farm’s signature attraction — a genuinely unusual feature for a Christmas tree farm, and one that sets this entry apart from nearly everything else in this dataset. Beyond that, the farm offers pony rides, a petting zoo, a hayride, a bonfire area with s’mores, a jumping pillow, a gift shop, and a kettle corn concession stand. Taken together, this is built for a half-day family visit, not a quick in-and-out tree purchase.
Cutting happens across Arizona Cypress and Eastern Red Cedar, both well-suited to Central Florida’s climate. The farm also lists Blue Spruce, Douglas Fir, Fraser Fir, and Scotch Pine among its tree types, which — consistent with the broader pattern across this dataset — likely represents shipped-in precut options for visitors who want a true cold-climate species rather than trees actually grown in the Eustis heat.
Here’s the detail that should shape your planning more than any other: the farm’s own materials explicitly state that some days sell out and reservations may be required, and the recommendation — again, from the farm itself — is to check the website or social media immediately before visiting. That’s a direct, farm-stated warning, not a general caution this page is adding on its own. It also explains why the hours themselves vary so much between sources: one 2024 review cites 11:30am-3:30pm on weekdays, while a specific Dec 20, 2025 listing shows 10am-5pm — those aren’t necessarily in conflict so much as reflecting a farm that runs different hours on different days, exactly the kind of schedule that requires checking the specific date you plan to visit rather than assuming one standard hours block applies every day.
No specific 2026 season start or end date was found in any source. Given the farm’s own emphasis on checking immediately before visiting, that’s arguably less of a gap here than at other farms — the practical advice is the same either way: check right before you go, not weeks in advance.
Santa’s Christmas Tree Forest offers a genuinely full, well-established attraction experience with real pricing to plan around. Just treat the reservation guidance as load-bearing — this is the one farm in this batch where showing up without checking ahead carries a real, farm-stated risk of being turned away or capped out.
No specific season start or end date was published in any source checked, and hours themselves vary by day — one 2024 review cites 11:30am-3:30pm weekdays, while a specific Dec 20, 2025 listing shows 10am-5pm. The farm's own guidance, per research notes, is to check its website or social media immediately before visiting, since some days sell out and reservations may be required.
With a zip line, pony rides, a petting zoo, a bonfire area, and a jumping pillow on top of tree selection, this reads as a half-day destination rather than a quick errand — plan accordingly.
The farm's own stated need to cap some days at capacity is itself a strong signal of real demand — treat any day as a potential sellout risk rather than assuming walk-up access, especially on weekends.
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Skip Santa's Christmas Tree Forest if you're hoping to show up without checking ahead, since the farm's own guidance explicitly warns that some days sell out and reservations may be required — this is not a farm where a casual, unplanned visit is reliably possible.
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General admission was $10 as of December 2025 (children 2 and under free), per a Tripadvisor/local-news-sourced summary. Pony rides and other add-ons carry separate charges, and the farm is cash-only.
Possibly. The farm's own guidance, referenced in research notes, is that reservations may be required and some days sell out entirely — check the farm's website or social media immediately before visiting rather than assuming walk-up access.
A 400-foot zip line is the farm's signature attraction, alongside pony rides, a petting zoo, a hayride, a bonfire with s'mores, a jumping pillow, a gift shop, and concessions — a genuinely full slate of activities beyond tree selection.
35 years as of the 2025 season, per a Spectrum News 13 feature, owned by Jodi and Tom Utsman, growing roughly 17,000 trees per year across Arizona Cypress and Eastern Red Cedar for cutting.
2026 dates had not been published when we last checked. In past seasons it has run: Reservation-based; hours vary by day, check the website/social media before visiting — some days sell out and admission is halted at capacity.. Check with the farm before driving out.
Trees start at $10. $10 general admission (2 and under free) as of Dec 2025, per a Tripadvisor/local-news-sourced summary; separate charges apply for pony rides and other add-ons.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
35317 Huff Road, Eustis, FL 32736, in Lake County. It is one of 2 farms we track in Central Florida.
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santaschristmastreeforest.com · mynews13.com · pickyourownchristmastree.org
Checked September 2026.