We track 1 display in Palm Harbor. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Palm Harbor that means about 5:35 PM in early December and 5:37 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 6:03 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Palm Harbor typically drop to around 53°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
5:35 PM
6:00 PM
Dec 15
5:37 PM
6:03 PM
Dec 25
5:42 PM
6:08 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 Palm Harbor cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 0 public car parks and 3 public toilets. Only 18 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting) · typically dusk – 10 PM
Freeneighborhoodnearly every street decoratedlong-running neighborhood tradition
A Palm Harbor neighborhood with a years-long tradition of going all out for the holidays — drive down almost any street and the houses are decked in lights.