We track 1 display in Pickerington. Every one of them is free to visit.
When to go
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Pickerington that means about 5:07 PM in early December and 5:07 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:38 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Pickerington typically drop to around 23°F.
Date
Sunset
Fully dark
Dec 1
5:07 PM
5:37 PM
Dec 15
5:07 PM
5:38 PM
Dec 25
5:12 PM
5:42 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 Pickerington cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 1 public car park and 2 public toilets. Only 11 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.
Night after Thanksgiving – New Year's Day · 5pm-9pm Sun-Thu; 5pm-10pm Fri-Sat
Freeresidentiallights sequenced to Christmas songs on 89.7 FMtoy drive for Violet Township Fire Departmentdisplay grows every year
The Fields family sequences their Pickerington display to Christmas songs broadcast on 89.7 FM, and the show has grown bigger each of its seven-plus years. The house doubles as a toy drive drop-off for the Violet Township Fire Department.