We track 1 display in Mullica Hill — the 3rd-densest city for lights in New Jersey.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Mullica Hill that means about 4:37 PM in early December and 4:38 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:08 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Mullica Hill typically drop to around 28°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
4:37 PM
5:07 PM
Dec 15
4:38 PM
5:08 PM
Dec 25
4:42 PM
5:12 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 Mullica Hill cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 2 public car parks and 0 public toilets. Only 1 café or takeaway nearby, so bring a flask if you want one. Note the lack of public toilets in particular if you are taking children.
Late November through December 23 · typically dusk – 10 PM
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This working Gloucester County dairy farm converts its fields into a drive-through light route each season, with the show set to its own radio station. Fire pits, food trucks, and photo ops with Santa and other Christmas characters round out a stop.