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Keeping up with Clark

Meet Clark the Camel

Most tree farms have a dog. We have Clark, a camel who arrived as a baby, got his name from a suggestion box full of guest votes, and now has a bigger fan club than the trees.

Clark the camel standing in the sun beside a wooden shelter, purple halter on, looking straight at the camera

Picture day · Spring 2026

Clark, holding still for exactly one frame.

The naming contest

How a baby camel became Clark

He showed up one season as a baby camel with no name, and for a while that's exactly what everyone called him. So we put a suggestion box on the counter. Guests dropped in names by the handful, some sensible, most not, and when the votes were counted, Clark it was.

He's grown into the name. These days he's the star of a running series on our TikTok, he's the first thing kids ask about when they get out of the car, and he's considerably more patient about photos than most Minnesotans in December.

Keeping Up With Clark on TikTok
Visitors taking selfies with Clark the camel at the farm

Camel selfies, event weekend

Clark works the camera

More in the gallery

The rest of the crew sat for professional portraits this spring. Clark, naturally, insisted on his own session, and he has kept hamming it up since. The profile, the walk, a summer afternoon, and the face he makes when a snack runs late.

Head-and-shoulders portrait of Clark the camel in a purple halter, ears forward, against green trees
The profile.
Clark the camel walking toward the camera across a sunlit dirt yard, wooden barn behind him
The walk.
Clark the camel standing beside Jo, who is holding his lead rope and smiling, in the shelter yard
On his best behavior.
Clark the camel in a purple halter on a summer afternoon, standing in the green yard with a stock trailer behind him
A summer afternoon.
Close-up of Clark the camel pulling a goofy face with his lower lip out, purple halter on
Caught mid-mew.
Aerial view of Clark the camel standing in his green-fenced shelter with a light dusting of snow around it
The shelter, from above

December, from reindeer altitude.

How to meet him

Free event weekends

Clark is out on the grounds during our free event weekends, right alongside Santa, the petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, horse-drawn wagon rides, the playground, and the fire pit, no ticket, no line-jumping fee, just show up. Check Hours & Events for which dates have the full lineup running, since Santa, Clark, and the rest of the crew don't all keep the same schedule.

Bring the whole family: the tire playground, wagon rides, and fire pit tend to keep everyone busy while you wait your turn for a camel selfie.

Clear Lake farm Event weekends
Kids climbing the red tire playground at the farm while their family shops for a tree nearby

Next time there's a vote

The naming contest is over. Clark won. If there's ever another one, the mailing list hears first.

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