A generous, full-service family farm for pine and spruce shoppers — but cash or check only, no cards, and remote enough that you should review directions before you leave.
Cash only. This farm doesn't take cards, based on what we found — bring cash or confirm ahead if that's changed.
Yagel Poor Farm is a small, family-run operation with one policy worth knowing before anything else: no cards. The record confirms this plainly — cash or a local-bank check is the only way to pay here, with debit and credit explicitly not an option. That’s a real trip-planning fact, not a minor footnote, and it’s exactly the kind of detail that ruins an otherwise good visit if you find out about it standing at the register with an empty wallet.
Beyond the payment restriction, the farm’s service list reads as unusually complete for its size. Free candy canes, hand saws, tree shaking to knock loose dead needles, mesh baling to compress the tree for transport, cutting and loading assistance, and twine are all listed as provided at no charge. On top of the tree itself, the farm also sells tree stands and a novelty item called “watering elves,” a small, distinctive touch that doesn’t show up elsewhere in this directory’s records.
White pine and Scotch pine lead the selection, with Norway spruce also available and a more limited amount of blue spruce. If you’re set on fir, this isn’t the farm — but if pine is what you’re after, the emphasis here is clear rather than split thin across a dozen species.
Research notes describe the directions as detailed and somewhat remote: several turns off WV Routes 20/55 south of Craigsville, ending at a red farm gate as the final landmark. That’s worth reviewing or calling ahead about before you leave, especially since one business directory listed a different phone number than the state forestry directory used as this record’s primary source — if the number you try doesn’t connect, it’s worth trying the other one rather than assuming the farm has closed.
The source material for this farm includes a specific wrinkle worth being honest about: the state directory’s dates for this farm were literally dated 2024 in a booklet nominally covering the 2025 season, suggesting stale leftover information rather than a real update. Because of that, this record doesn’t trust the printed closing date and instead resolves the opening to the recurring “Friday after Thanksgiving” pattern — Nov 27, 2026 — while leaving the season’s end undated rather than repeating a number that may simply be last year’s page that never got refreshed. That’s a real gap, and it means a late-season visit here should start with a phone call, not an assumption that the farm is still stocked or even still open on a given weekend.
Weekends, Nov 27, 2026 onward — the farm is explicitly closed Monday through Thursday, so there's no weekday option here.
Not documented, though free tree shaking, baling, and loading assistance suggest staff involvement that could add time compared to a fully self-serve farm.
Not documented in the record.
Not documented specifically, though the remote, multi-turn rural route described suggests farm-style parking rather than a paved lot near a main road.
Not documented. Expect an unpaved, working tree field given the rural setting described in the directions.
Skip it if you only carry cards, since debit and credit aren't accepted here, or if you're not willing to review turn-by-turn directions or call ahead — the route involves multiple turns off WV Routes 20/55 south of Craigsville, ending at a red farm gate.
Not documented in this record; other Mountain Lakes-area farms in this directory may be worth pairing with a visit here.
No. The record confirms cash or local-bank checks only — the farm explicitly cannot process debit or credit cards. Bring payment in hand.
Mostly pines — white pine and Scotch pine — with Norway spruce and a more limited amount of blue spruce.
Directions are detailed and somewhat remote: multiple turns off WV Routes 20/55 south of Craigsville, ending at a red farm gate. Review the directions or call ahead (304-575-2787) rather than relying on a GPS pin alone.
Free candy canes, hand saws, tree shaking, mesh baling, cutting and loading assistance, and twine are all provided at no charge, per the record. Tree stands and novelty 'watering elves' are also sold on site.
Opens November 27, 2026 (closing date not published). Fri, Sat, Sun (closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu per 2025 listing). Hours: 9:30 AM-5:00 PM.
Pricing was not published when we last checked.
Yes. It's cut-your-own and choose-and-cut (staff cuts it for you), and a saw is provided.
726 Eureka Road, Craigsville, WV 26205 (mailing address PO Box 638, Summersville, WV 26651), in Nicholas County. It is one of 5 farms we track in Mountain Lakes WV.
We track 5 farms in Mountain Lakes WV, 5 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.
There is 1 other farm we track in Nicholas County. All Mountain Lakes WV farms →
Map pin is set to the town centre. Navigate to the street address above, not the pin.
facebook.com · wvforestry.com
Checked September 2026.