Riparian After Dark
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Where: 2757 E Guadalupe Rd (Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch), Gilbert, Arizona
When: Dec 13-22
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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Gilbert's Riparian Preserve trades big wattage for candlelit trails, luminarias and thousands of holiday lights along its wetland trails, with live entertainment on event nights. A gentler, nature-focused lights experience.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Gilbert 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 13 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 49 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Encinas Ave Displays
- Gilbert Rd Displays
- San Pedro Ave Displays
- Gilbert Water Tower Lights
- Chick-fil-A Stapley Lights
- Valor Christmas
- Agritopia
- Christmas on Orchid Lane
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 8-stop Gilbert lights loop — about 9.3 miles and 54 minutes of driving in total.