De Camp Drive Musical Tree
Freeresidential22-ft tree of lightssynchronized music via car radio
A 22-foot tree of twinkling lights with music synchronized to the display, listenable through visitors' car radios.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Christmas lights in La Mesa, California
We track 1 display in La Mesa. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In La Mesa that means about 4:42 PM in early December and 4:43 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:11 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in La Mesa typically drop to around 46°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:42 PM | 5:08 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:43 PM | 5:11 PM |
| Dec 25 | 4:48 PM | 5:15 PM |
Practicalities
Residential displays have no facilities of their own — no parking, no toilets, nowhere to warm up — so it is worth knowing what is around. Within about three miles of the La Mesa cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 13 public car parks and 12 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
All 1 display in La Mesa
Nearby towns
El Cajon5 displays · 2 miSantee4 displays · 3 miSpring Valley3 displays · 4 miLemon Grove2 displays · 5 miLakeside1 display · 6 miSan Diego20 displays · 8 mi
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