We track 1 display in Hillsboro. Every one of them is free to visit.
Displays here switch on around sunset. In Hillsboro that means about 4:30 PM in early December and 4:29 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:03 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Hillsboro typically drop to around 36°F.
| Date | Sunset | Fully dark |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | 4:30 PM | 5:03 PM |
| Dec 15 | 4:29 PM | 5:03 PM |
| Dec 25 | 4:33 PM | 5:07 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 Hillsboro cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 1 public car park and 10 public toilets. There is no shortage of cafés and takeaways for a hot drink on the way round.
Freedrive-thruover half-mile drive-through routeno tickets or reservations required
Hillsboro's free drive-through light show stretches more than half a mile through the Gordon Faber Recreation Complex. No tickets or reservations are needed.
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