Glistening Gardens at Butterfly Wonderland
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Where: Butterfly Wonderland, 9500 East Vía de Ventura, Scottsdale, Arizona
When: Nov 28 - Jan 4
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: ticketed
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Butterfly Wonderland strings thousands of lights through its indoor rainforest conservatory for Glistening Gardens. A rare fully indoor holiday light experience in the Valley.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Scottsdale is around 5:21 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:49 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 42°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 4 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 67 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Snowland Snow Globe Holiday Light Experience
- The Cox Family Display
- Winter Wonder
- McCormick-Stillman Railroad Park Holiday Lights
- Christmas at the Princess
- Grayhawk AZ Christmas
- Scottsdazzle Holiday Extravaganza
- Voltaire Avenue Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 5 on our 14-stop Scottsdale lights loop — about 34.7 miles and 139 minutes of driving in total.