Adams Street Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Adams Street near Victory Road, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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A Dorchester stretch known for more than 20,000 bulbs plus neon accents, including a handcrafted manger scene among the decorations.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Boston is around 4:12 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:44 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 11 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 21 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Commonwealth Avenue Mall Lights
- Lighting of the Ship in Martin's Park
- Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park
- Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall Holiday Lights
- Holiday Lights on Boston Common
- Boston Common and Frog Pond Holiday Lights
- Beacon Hill Holiday Decorations
- Boston Public Garden Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 5 on our 10-stop Boston lights loop — about 3.6 miles and 49 minutes of driving in total.