Christmas in the Park at Longview Lake
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Frank White Jr. Softball Complex to Longview Lake Campground, Kansas City, Missouri
When: Late November through end of December
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
over one million lights200 animated displaysself-guided drive-throughbuilt by Jackson County crewsdrive-thru
Jackson County's signature drive-through runs from the Frank White Jr. Softball Complex to the Longview Lake Campground and ranks among the metro's biggest light events. County crews design and build the roughly 200 animated displays in-house, totaling over a million lights.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Kansas City is around 4:57 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:27 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 23°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 4 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 42 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Holiday Reflections at Union Station
- Mayor's Christmas Tree at Crown Center
- Coleman Christmas Show
- Country Club Plaza Lights
- Timberline Drive Lights
- 48th Street Christmas Display
- Deckard Family Christmas Display
- County Line Road Nativity
Make a night of it. This is stop 1 on our 6-stop Kansas City lights loop — about 35.2 miles and 109 minutes of driving in total.