Light Up Anchorage
Freeattractioncommunity lighting event
Anchorage's community holiday lighting event, held December 6 in 2025.
✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season
Christmas lights in Anchorage, Kentucky
We track 1 display in Anchorage. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Anchorage that means about 4:22 PM in early December and 4:23 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 4:53 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Anchorage typically drop to around 24°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:22 PM | 4:51 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:23 PM | 4:53 PM |
| Dec 25 | 4:27 PM | 4:57 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 Anchorage cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 0 public car parks and 0 public toilets. Only 15 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.
All 1 display in Anchorage
Nearby towns
Middletown3 displays · 2 miDouglass Hills1 display · 2 miLouisville21 displays · 4 miPewee Valley1 display · 4 miLyndon1 display · 4 miCrestwood2 displays · 5 mi
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