Elderoaks Lights
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Elderoaks Lane, Elderleaf Drive, and Elderoaks Place, south of the old Oak Cliff Country Club, Dallas, Texas
When: typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting)
Hours: Lights on at dusk nightly
Cost: free
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About 96 percent of homes participate in this 30-plus-year Oak Cliff tradition, known for handmade decorations depicting scenes from medieval times to the present, accompanied by a streaming program of Christmas carols.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Dallas is around 5:23 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:50 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 36°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 12 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 16 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- 12 Days of Christmas on Timberhollow Circle
- Astra Lumina at Trinity Forest Adventure Park
- Dallas Zoo Lights
- Galleria Dallas Christmas Tree
- Kessler Park
- AT&T Discovery District
- The Adolphus Hotel holiday lobby
- Fairmont Dallas holiday tree
Make a night of it. This is stop 9 on our 15-stop Dallas lights loop — about 29.2 miles and 130 minutes of driving in total.