Windswept Mountains View Christmas Tree Farm

Our take

Windswept Mountains View stands out in this batch for two things: an unusually wide range of species, and a hands-off approach where staff, not customers, do the actual cutting. Rather than handing you a saw and pointing you toward a field, this farm’s model has employees cut, shake, and bale the tree for you - a meaningfully different visit than the typical cut-your-own experience, closer to a choose-and-have-it-cut arrangement.

Seven species, not two

Most NH farms in this batch grow Balsam and Fraser fir, maybe with a spruce or two. Windswept grows both of those plus a Fraser x Balsam hybrid, Turkish fir, Greek fir, Blue Korean fir, Nordmann fir, and Grand fir - seven distinct varieties. That’s a real point of differentiation if you want to compare needle shape, color, or shed rate beyond the usual choices, though this record doesn’t have farm-specific detail on how each variety performs; general horticultural knowledge is that Fraser fir tends to hold its needles longer than many alternatives, but that’s a broad fact, not a Windswept-specific claim.

The view and the warming hut

The farm sits on a hilltop with a reported 75-mile view spanning four states - a genuine scenic draw beyond the trees themselves. There’s also a wood-stove-heated warming hut, called the “Elves Nook,” where complimentary coffee, hot chocolate, and mulled cider are available. Between the hut and the hot drinks, this reads as a farm built for lingering rather than a quick in-and-out.

A real sell-out risk

Here’s the detail that matters most for planning: the record notes the farm has sold out of trees before Christmas in at least one recent season. Combined with limited hours (weekends plus the day after Thanksgiving, 10am to 4pm, rather than daily access), that’s a genuine constraint. If you’re the type to wait until mid-December to get a tree, this may not be the farm to count on that year - earlier visits carry real value here beyond the usual “better selection” argument common to cut-your-own farms.

Pre-cut trees, too

Pre-cut trees are available each day before the field itself opens, which is a useful option if you want to grab something quickly without waiting for staff to walk out and cut a specific tree for you, or if you’re visiting outside the exact hours the choose-and-cut field is staffed.

Cost: an honest gap

No price is published anywhere in the record - not a starting figure, not a note about how pricing works. Given the staff-cut model and the wider species selection, it wouldn’t be a surprise if pricing here differs from a bare cut-your-own field, but this page has no real number to offer, and won’t guess at one. Call ahead if budget is a factor in your decision.

A note on the cause

Windswept is tagged for participation in Trees For Troops, a program that sends farm-donated trees to military families - worth knowing if that kind of program factors into where you choose to buy.

Bottom line

The species range and the hilltop setting make this one of the more distinctive stops in this batch, but the combination of limited weekend-only hours and a documented history of selling out before Christmas means this isn’t a farm to leave for late in the season. Go early, and call ahead about price since none is published.