Winter Nature Nights at the Virginia Living Museum
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Where: 524 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA 23601, Newport News, Virginia
When: December 19-22, 2024
Hours: typically dusk – 10 PM
Cost: free
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The Virginia Living Museum lights its outdoor boardwalk and dinosaur trail for a short run of evening events near Christmas. Activities have included cookie decorating, a candy cane trail, and visits with Santa.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Newport News is around 4:50 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:19 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 35°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 2 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 6 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Lights at the Fountain
- Stern Family Holiday Light Show
- Hampton Holiday Wonder Walk
- Newport News Holiday Lights Trolley Tour
- NlightN Celebration in Lights
- Busch Gardens Christmas Town
Make a night of it. This is stop 1 on our 5-stop Newport News lights loop — about 22.4 miles and 74 minutes of driving in total.