We track 18 displays in Overland Park — the densest city for lights in Kansas. Every one of them is free to visit.
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Overland Park 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 Overland Park 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 Overland Park into the shortest sensible driving loop: roughly 34.4 miles and 155 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 Overland Park cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 1 public car park and 4 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
Freeattractionlights synchronized to 90.5 FM3D light spheresWhimsical Tree Forest20-foot Majestic Star
The Ultimate Holiday Tree relocated to Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead in 2013 and grew into this expanded show, which now includes large 3D spheres, a whimsical tree forest, and a 20-foot star. Lights on the barn and front entrance sync to seasonal songs broadcast on 90.5 FM, running 5-10 PM nightly.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeneighborhoodsynchronized light show on 99.9 FMtalking Christmas treeall 13 cul-de-sac homes decorated
This entire cul-de-sac of 13 homes decorates together, with many displays flashing in time to a soundtrack broadcast on 99.9 FM that includes a talking Christmas tree. The show expanded to cover the whole street in 2017 and appears in multiple local light-tour guides.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeneighborhood23 coordinated homesdouble cul-de-sacshared candy cane themetradition since 1992
Since 1992 the 23 homes on this double cul-de-sac in the Terrace Place subdivision have decorated with one coordinated theme, giving visitors the feeling of driving into an enchanted forest. Founder Cindy Lou Corley began the tradition by handing lighted candy canes to every home, and neighbors have carried it on since her death from breast cancer.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidential30,000 lights28-year traditionannual 'misfit' addition
Craig and Paula Curtis started with 3,000 lights and over 28 years have grown their display to 30,000, long known for covering the home's roof until the lights moved off the roof in 2024. Paula adds a new 'misfit' decoration each year, and the lights run from Thanksgiving through Christmas.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialmusic and animation on 107.1 FM38-foot mega tree with custom stardisplays on a street islandOne Warm Coat donation drive
Running for over fifteen years, the Hall family's animated show coordinates flashing lights to a Christmas music program on 107.1 FM, with portions of the display set on an island in the street. The mega tree now stands 38 feet tall with a custom star, and in 2024 the family collected coats for the One Warm Coat charity.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeattractionluminary-lined garden pathsgnome and fairy villagesadult-only candlelight strollselectric glow nightsgolf cart accessibility
The Arboretum lines its garden paths with glowing luminaries and twinkling lights on select nights through December 30, with gnome and fairy villages tucked along the routes. Programming includes adult-only candlelight strolls and electric glow nights, and golf cart access is available.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Freeresidentialdecorating since 1993changes each yearneighbor yard lights
Craig and Michelle Martin have decorated since moving in back in 1993, a few doors from the Curtis family display, with the yard next door adding supplementary lights. The arrangement shifts every year as worn items retire and post-Christmas sale finds join the collection.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidential28 inflatablesDarth Vader vs Yoda lightsaber fight8-foot snow globe6-foot dragons
Back at a new Overland Park location in 2024 after relocating from Leawood, this display fields 28 inflatables including a lightsaber duel between Darth Vader and Yoda, Mickey and Minnie, minions, and an eight-foot snow globe. Since most balloons are unlit, it is best viewed before full dark.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialmany inflatablesSnoopy driving a Zambonifishing Santa in a power boat
This corner-lot display features a large collection of inflatables, with standouts including a swan in a pool, a golden 'Noel,' Snoopy driving a Zamboni, and a fishing Santa in a power boat holding up his catch. It moved to this larger lot in 2021.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialsynchronized light showradio broadcast on 91.1 FMlarge display
This large south Overland Park home runs a synchronized light show with music broadcast on 91.1 FM. It has appeared on and off local light tours since 2010, and the 2024 show ran from December 1 through January 1.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeneighborhoodunified white-light themeoverhead light strings crossing the street
The 11000 block of 100th Street decorates with a unified theme of white lights wrapped around trees and strings crossing diagonally overhead, anchored by two large displays facing each other at 11007 and 11008.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
FreeresidentialNutcracker drummerscandy canes lining the drivewaylight arches over the sidewalk
New to the South Johnson County tour in 2024, this corner property at Antioch and 155th features Nutcracker drummer figures and candy canes lining a long driveway, with lighted arches spanning the sidewalk after dark.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialinflatableson-and-off tour participant
This Overland Park display has appeared on and off local light tours over the years, returning in 2024 with a full inflatable-heavy setup after skipping 2023.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialspans multiple lotsadjacent homes participate
Bill and Teddi Gapske's display has grown yearly since joining the tour in 2015, expanding into the neighboring lot, and since 2022 two other adjacent homes have added significant displays of their own.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeneighborhoodmultiple decorated homesdrivable neighborhood route
The Heritage Hills West neighborhood near 143rd Street and South Caenen Lane is a recommended stop on family light-viewing driving routes through south Overland Park.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialcul-de-sac locationon tour since 2013
Jeff and Marcia Kreimendahl have steadily enlarged their display since it joined the local tour in 2013. It sits at a cul-de-sac a few doors west of the Curtis and Martin family displays on West 117th Street.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialhandmade PVC pipe trees on roofhandmade rooftop trainyard inflatables
What began in 2011 as a few handmade PVC-pipe trees laid on the roof has grown into a rooftop train, two pipe trees, and numerous inflatables spread across the yard and along the street.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
Freeresidentialgrows yearlynext door to Oshel Family display
Dale and Jodi Vossen's display sits next door to the larger Oshel Family show and adds more lights each year, serving as a welcoming lead-in to several decorated blocks of Hemlock Street.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2024 season
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