We track 1 display in Johns Creek. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Johns Creek that means about 5:28 PM in early December and 5:29 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:57 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Johns Creek typically drop to around 34°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
5:28 PM
5:55 PM
Dec 15
5:29 PM
5:57 PM
Dec 25
5:34 PM
6:01 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 Johns Creek cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 0 public car parks and 10 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
Gladewood Drive, Hillbrooke subdivision, Johns Creek · Johns Creek, Georgia
typically late Nov – early Jan (check before visiting) · typically dusk – 10 PM
Freeneighborhoodentire neighborhood with coordinated displaysbest viewing along Gladewood Drive
An entire Johns Creek subdivision where neighbors coordinate their decorations, described as among the most dazzling holiday light displays in Atlanta. Gladewood Drive is the street to cruise for the best of it.