Denver Zoo Lights

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Where: 2300 Steele St., City Park, Denver, Colorado

When: late Nov – Jan 4

Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM

Cost: $19–$30

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Running more than 30 years: 3 million lights and 300 sculptures across the zoo's 80 acres, including animated macaw light sculptures.

Best time to arrive. Sunset in Denver is around 4:36 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:07 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 16°F, so dress for standing around outside.

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Other displays nearby

There are 6 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 36 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.

Blossoms of Light — 0.9 mi · Denver
Mile High Holidays Drone Show — 1.9 mi · Denver
Mile High Tree — 1.9 mi · Denver
Elitch Holidays — 3.4 mi · Denver
Maplewood Place House — 4.1 mi · Aurora
Godek's Christmas Display — 4.7 mi · Commerce City
Fortna Family Display — 5.3 mi · Denver
The Magical Kingdom of Lights — 7.7 mi · Englewood

Make a night of it. This is stop 2 on our 6-stop Denver lights loop — about 14.6 miles and 59 minutes of driving in total.

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