Christmas lights in Brentwood, Tennessee

We track 3 displays in Brentwood — the 3rd-densest city for lights in Tennessee. Every one of them is free to visit.

When to go

Displays here switch on around sunset. In Brentwood that means about 4:33 PM in early December and 4:34 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 Brentwood typically drop to around 30°F.

Date	Sunset	Fully dark
Dec 1	4:33 PM	5:01 PM
Dec 15	4:34 PM	5:03 PM
Dec 25	4:39 PM	5:07 PM

The Brentwood lights loop — 3 stops

We ordered every display in Brentwood into the shortest sensible driving loop: roughly 0 miles and 12 minutes of driving, before you count time spent parked and looking. Start wherever is closest to you and follow it round.

Fountainhead — Fountainhead subdivision
McGavock Farms — McGavock Farms subdivision
Princeton Hills — Princeton Hills subdivision

Driving estimate assumes a 25 mph average on residential streets plus four minutes stopped per display. Straight-line distances with a road-network allowance — treat it as a planning figure, not a satnav route.

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 Brentwood cluster, OpenStreetMap maps 2 public car parks and 3 public toilets. Only 21 cafés or takeaways nearby, so bring a flask if you want one.