Holiday Garden Railway at Morris Arboretum
✓ Verified 2025-26
Where: 100 East Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
When: November 22 through December 30; evening sessions select nights
Hours: Daytime with admission; nighttime Thursday-Sunday in December
Cost: $12-$22 for evening sessions
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Morris Arboretum's quarter-mile Garden Railway gets dressed in thousands of holiday lights, with model trains winding past miniature landmarks and, new for 2025, a 60-foot illuminated tunnel. Daytime viewing is included with garden admission, while nighttime visits require separate advance tickets.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Philadelphia is around 4:36 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:07 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 32°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 9 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 12 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Electrical Spectacle at Winter in Franklin Square
- Mayfair Residential Decoration Competition
- Miracle on South 13th Street
- Smedley Street Christmas Light Spectacular
- South Colorado Street
- Wanamaker Light Show at the Wanamaker Building
- Holidays at the Comcast Center
- Elfreth's Alley Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 12-stop Philadelphia lights loop — about 26.7 miles and 112 minutes of driving in total.