Lighting of the Ship in Martin's Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: Martin's Park, Smith Family Waterfront, Boston, Massachusetts
When: lighting November 29, 2025
Hours: lighting event 5:00-6:00 pm
Cost: free
illuminated ship1,500+ feet of blue and white tube lightslit pedestrian bridgeattraction
Martin's Park lights its ship, beach fencing, and pedestrian bridge with over 1,500 feet of blue and white tube lights at an annual ceremony on the Smith Family Waterfront.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Boston is around 4:12 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 4:44 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 24°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 11 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 21 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Adams Street Lights
- Commonwealth Avenue Mall Lights
- Trellis Lighting at Christopher Columbus Park
- Quincy Market and Faneuil Hall Holiday Lights
- Holiday Lights on Boston Common
- Boston Common and Frog Pond Holiday Lights
- Beacon Hill Holiday Decorations
- Boston Public Garden Holiday Lights
Make a night of it. This is stop 7 on our 10-stop Boston lights loop — about 3.6 miles and 49 minutes of driving in total.