Cottonwood Light Displays
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Where: 1169 Cottonwood Court, Carmel, Indiana
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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A Carmel court home with static displays and a heavy count of lights.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Carmel is around 5:20 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:51 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 21 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 79 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Beacon Blvd Lights
- Magnificent Monon
- Lights on Puffin
- Charing Cross Road Lights
- 161st & Oak Rd Lights
- 116th Street Lights
- Christmas Projection Show on Lake Point Drive
- Misty Viking Rd Display
Make a night of it. This is stop 9 on our 11-stop Carmel lights loop — about 21.4 miles and 95 minutes of driving in total.