We track 2 displays in Westerville. Every one of them is free to visit.
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Westerville 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 Westerville typically drop to around 25°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 |
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 Westerville cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 2 public car parks and 7 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
Freeresidential100,000+ lights dancing to musicradio broadcast (90.1 FM)canned food drive for W.A.R.M.Santa's mailbox with replies
This single Annehurst-neighborhood house in Westerville dances more than 100,000 lights to music broadcast on its own radio frequency. Visitors are asked to bring canned food for the W.A.R.M. food pantry, and kids can drop letters in Santa's mailbox with a return address for a reply.
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Freeattractionseasonal lights near the Herb Gardendisco ball in the spruce forestwalkable garden paths
Inniswood Metro Gardens strings seasonal lights near its Herb Garden and hangs a disco ball in the spruce forest for a free evening stroll through December. The gardens stay walkable from dusk until about 8pm nightly.
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