ZooLights at Reid Park Zoo
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Where: 3400 E Zoo Court, Tucson, Arizona
When: Dec 4-23, Dec 26-30, Jan 1-4
Hours: 6-8:30pm
Cost: $14.50 adults; $12.50 seniors; $9.50 children
1,000,000+ lights33-foot treegingerbread houseattraction
Tucson's Reid Park Zoo hosts over a million lights, a 33-foot tree and a walk-in gingerbread house after dark. Evening sessions run from early December into the first days of January.
Best time to arrive. Sunset in Tucson is around 5:21 PM in mid-December, fully dark by about 5:48 PM. A typical December night here bottoms out near 41°F, so dress for standing around outside.
Other displays nearby
There are 3 other displays within 5 miles of this one, and 4 within 15 miles. Most people make a loop of it rather than driving out for a single house.
- Tohono Chul Holiday Nights
- Winterhaven Festival of Lights
- Tucson Botanical Gardens Lights
- Glenn Street Christmas
Make a night of it. This is stop 3 on our 5-stop Tucson lights loop — about 7.2 miles and 37 minutes of driving in total.