Shepherd Park
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: North of West 43rd Street, on either side of Ella Boulevard, Houston, Texas
When: December
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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Shepherd Park is famous for giant festive arches spanning its streets, plus inflatable characters, cutouts, and holiday dioramas throughout the neighborhood.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Houston is around 5:24 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:50 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 46°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 12 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 14 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Briargrove
- Christmas Village at Bayou Bend
- Deck the Hall
- Lights in the Heights
- Prestonwood Forest
- River Oaks Christmas Lights
- Uptown Holiday Lights (Post Oak Boulevard)
- Woodland Heights / The Heights
Make a night of it. This is stop 10 on our 15-stop Houston lights loop — about 29.6 miles and 131 minutes of driving in total.