We track 10 displays in Lenexa — the 3rd-densest city for lights in Kansas. Every one of them is free to visit.
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Lenexa that means about 4:57 PM in early December and 4:58 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:28 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Lenexa typically drop to around 23°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:57 PM | 5:27 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:58 PM | 5:28 PM |
| Dec 25 | 5:02 PM | 5:32 PM |
We ordered every display in Lenexa into the shortest sensible driving loop: roughly 18.6 miles and 85 minutes of driving, before you count time spent parked and looking. Start wherever is closest to you and follow it round.
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 Lenexa cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 2 public car parks and 3 public toilets. Only 14 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
Freeresidentialmusic and light program on 99.9 FMThanksgiving light programneighboring homes join as season progresses
In its ninth year as of 2024, this Lenexa show broadcasts its music on 99.9 FM and also runs a separate Thanksgiving-themed program. It runs 5-10 PM nightly with extended hours on weekends and as Christmas approaches, and nearby homes light up as the season goes on.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentiallights coordinated to 97.7 FMlarge corner lotdecorated surrounding streets
Added to the Kansas City light tour in 2019, this display spreads across a large corner lot with lights coordinated to music on 97.7 FM, running 5-10:30 PM through New Year's Day. The nearby streets hold many smaller decorated homes worth a loop before leaving the neighborhood.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeattractionlighted trees around Rose's Pondmiles of lightslakeside reflectionswalking paths
Lenexa strings thousands of bulbs through Sar-Ko-Par Trails Park each winter, and the collection of lighted trees ringing Rose's Pond reflects off the water for an evening stroll. The 2024 lights went live December 6 and remained on nightly from 6 to 11 PM into late January.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialcountless Santas, sleighs, and reindeerflying figuresreal sleigh from Nebraska
Part of the Johnson County light tour since 2015, this yard crams in more Santas, sleighs, and reindeer than visitors can count, some appearing to fly through the air. A real sleigh brought from Nebraska was added in 2019, and the lights run from Thanksgiving through January 1.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialhillside location on a curvered and green color theme
Set on a rise along a curve in the street, the Soffiotto family's display makes a striking impression from any approach and added many more lights in 2023. The 2024 edition went up at Thanksgiving with a red-and-green color scheme.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
FreeresidentialStar Wars figuressuperhero groupinginflatable dogs in Christmas apparelSanta projected on garagePatrick Mahomes figure
This Lenexa yard organizes its decorations into six themed groupings, including Star Wars characters, superheroes, and inflatable dogs in Christmas outfits, with Santa projected onto the garage and waving from inside. Recent years have added a Patrick Mahomes figure.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialmoving figuresSanta on a teeter-tottersmall Ferris wheelparachuting dog
This long-established display near 79th and Pflumm is packed with moving figures, including Santa on a teeter-totter, a small Ferris wheel, and a parachuting dog. There is so much to see that a single visit is hardly enough, and it entertains even in daylight.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidential25-year-old displaymusic coordinated with lights via speakerlarge corner lot
Robert Millbyer's display just off College Boulevard has been going up for a quarter century, spreading decorations across a large corner lot with Christmas music from a rear speaker coordinated to some of the lights. It anchors a neighborhood with several other nice displays.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialvisible from Pflumm Roadmany figuresadditional lights behind the house
Visible from Pflumm Road, this growing display joined the North Johnson County tour in 2021 and features so many figures and lights that only about a third can be seen from the front, with more lighting behind the house.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialdensely packed decorations in a small yard
New to the Johnson County tour in 2024, this Lenexa home packs its decorations densely into a small space, an arrangement that gives the display far more visual impact than the same pieces would have in a larger yard.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Know a display we're missing in Lenexa?Add it to the guide.