76-Foot Upstate Spruce Makes Its Way to Rockefeller Center for Christmas

WHO:

NY Post - The Rockefeller Center Christmas tree is a Norway spruce.

IJR - The tree is a Norway spruce.

NY Post - Festive onlookers gathered for “Meet the Tree Day.”

NBC News - The tree came from West Edmeston, New York.

WHAT:

IJR - The 76-foot, roughly 11-ton spruce was cut at 8:03 a.m. and headed to Rockefeller Center.

NY Post - The tree traveled to New York City on a 100-foot-long trailer.

NY Post - The trailer was driven onto Center Plaza, where the tree made its Midtown debut.

NY Post - An onlooker described New York as “magical.”

NBC News - The tree will undergo a “glow-up” ahead of the lighting ceremony.

WHERE:

IJR - The tree was cut in West Edmeston, New York, and is headed about 200 miles to Rockefeller Center.

NY Post - The tree came from a yard in West Edmeston and arrived in Midtown Manhattan at Rockefeller Center’s Center Plaza.

NBC News - The tree traveled from West Edmeston, New York, to Rockefeller Center.

WHEN:

IJR - The tree was cut at 8:03 a.m. Nov. 5, 2026.

NBC News - The lighting ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 2.

HOW:

NY Post - The tree was transported to New York City on a 100-foot-long trailer, which was driven onto Center Plaza.

(UPDATED November 7, 2026 16:59 UTC)

Rockefeller Center’s 76-foot Norway spruce arrived in Midtown Manhattan from West Edmeston, New York. Transported on a 100-foot trailer, the roughly 11-ton tree drew festive onlookers. It will receive a glow-up before the lighting ceremony scheduled for Dec. 2.