Christmas lights in Speedway, Indiana

We track 3 displays in Speedway. Every one of them is free to visit.

When to go

Displays here switch on around sunset. In Speedway that means about 5:21 PM in early December and 5:21 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:52 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Speedway typically drop to around 24°F.

Date	Sunset	Fully dark
Dec 1	5:21 PM	5:51 PM
Dec 15	5:21 PM	5:52 PM
Dec 25	5:26 PM	5:56 PM

The Speedway lights loop — 3 stops

We ordered every display in Speedway into the shortest sensible driving loop: roughly 0.3 miles and 13 minutes of driving, before you count time spent parked and looking. Start wherever is closest to you and follow it round.

Fisher Avenue Lights (2101 & 2105) — 2101 & 2105 Fisher Avenue
Happy Holidays on Fisher — 2125 Fisher Avenue
Fisher Avenue Lights (2301) — 2301 Fisher Avenue

Driving estimate assumes a 25 mph average on residential streets plus four minutes stopped per display. Straight-line distances with a road-network allowance — treat it as a planning figure, not a satnav route.

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 Speedway cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 2 public car parks and 0 public toilets. Only 10 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one. Note the lack of public toilets in particular if you are taking children.