We track 1 display in Washington Township — the 5th-densest city for lights in New Jersey.
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Washington Township that means about 4:36 PM in early December and 4:37 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:07 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Washington Township typically drop to around 32°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:36 PM | 5:06 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:37 PM | 5:07 PM |
| Dec 25 | 4:41 PM | 5:12 PM |
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 Washington Township cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 1 public car park and 1 public toilet. Only 2 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
$35+ per cardrive-thrumile-long routenearly 8.85 million synchronized animated lightscar radio soundtrackDazzling District with Ferris wheel and food trucks
This mile-long Gloucester County drive-thru claims 8,847,360 animated lights synchronized to a soundtrack broadcast to car radios. A separate ticketed Dazzling District adds a Ferris wheel, food trucks, a mini light show, and Santa photos, with date-and-time tickets sold online.
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