Christmas lights in McAdenville, North Carolina

We track 1 display in McAdenville. Every one of them is free to visit.

When to go

Displays here switch on around sunset. In McAdenville that means about 5:12 PM in early December and 5:13 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:42 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in McAdenville typically drop to around 32°F.

DateSunsetFully dark
Dec 15:12 PM5:40 PM
Dec 155:13 PM5:42 PM
Dec 255:18 PM5:46 PM

All 1 display in McAdenville

Christmas Town USA (McAdenville)

Town of McAdenville · McAdenville, North Carolina

December 1-26, 2025 · 5:30 to 10 p.m. nightly

Freedrive-thrutown-wide display with hundreds of decorated Christmas treesfloating trees on the lake2-mile routetree lighting ceremony December 1Yule Log Ceremony and Parade December 11

McAdenville has earned the name Christmas Town USA since 1956, lighting hundreds of trees from 6-footers to a 90-foot giant along a two-mile route, with lit trees floating on the town lake. The free display draws roughly 600,000 visitors a season, so weekend lines can be very long.

2 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Nearby towns

Belmont1 display · 2 miMount Holly1 display · 3 miCharlotte21 displays · 13 miKings Mountain1 display · 15 miHuntersville6 displays · 16 miLincolnton2 displays · 17 mi

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