Shawnee Trail Tree Farm

It’s now become a family tradition to go to the gem that is Shawnee Trail Tree Farm each Christmas time to find the perfect live tree.
The location is hidden off Terex Rd, but once you take the winding road back towards the lake, you’ve entered a magical winter wonderland!
There’s plenty of parking and the staff are extremely courteous and helpful. They have a great selection of pre-​cut trees at fair prices (perhaps fair prices for Hudson, as the other tree seller at the center of town was a charitable organization that charged through the roof).
Here we take a pull cart, grab a hack saw and go hunt for the perfect tree. They have most every common Christmas tree that you can imagine. We hunted for 90-​mins until we found the perfect live tree for the height, width and proportion of a tree we were looking for.
Once we cut it down and put it on the cart, we brought the tree back to the main house, paid for the tree and the staffers shook off the leaves, bundled the tree and put it on the roof of my car.
My children were entertained by the livestock in the back of the farmhouse. They had a pig, goat and rooster with staff showing off these animals.
It’s a beautiful tree farm that’s very picturesque. We saw three separate families on professional photo shoots. I’ve been here in two snow storms in years prior and can tell you it really helps the moment. Something so magical about the precious white snow falling as you find the perfect Christmas tree. Like a scene out of a Hallmark Channel movie with a washed up actor from Full House or Doogie Houser.