We track 1 display in Ponte Vedra Beach. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Ponte Vedra Beach that means about 5:25 PM in early December and 5:27 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:53 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Ponte Vedra Beach typically drop to around 50°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
5:25 PM
5:51 PM
Dec 15
5:27 PM
5:53 PM
Dec 25
5:32 PM
5:58 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 Ponte Vedra Beach cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 0 public car parks and 1 public toilet. Only 15 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
3 Bonita Drive, Dolphin Cove · Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
Every night during the season · 6:00-10:30 PM
FreeresidentialNorth Pole letter mailbox for Santa lettersrun by a husband-and-wife team
A husband-and-wife team in Dolphin Cove lights their home nightly from 6 to 10:30 p.m. and invites kids to drop letters to Santa in a North Pole mailbox out front.