Christmas lights in Sandy, Utah

We track 6 displays in Sandy — the 2nd-densest city for lights in Utah. Every one of them is free to visit.

When to go

Displays here switch on around sunset. In Sandy that means about 5:01 PM in early December and 5:01 PM by mid-month — the earliest sunsets of the year fall right in the middle of lights season. It is properly dark by about 5:32 PM, which is when the displays look their best. December nights in Sandy typically drop to around 21°F.

DateSunsetFully dark
Dec 15:01 PM5:31 PM
Dec 155:01 PM5:32 PM
Dec 255:06 PM5:37 PM

The Sandy lights loop — 6 stops

We ordered every display in Sandy into the shortest sensible driving loop: roughly 9.8 miles and 47 minutes of driving, before you count time spent parked and looking. Start wherever is closest to you and follow it round.

  1. Shoop Christmas Lights — 9179 Granville Circle
  2. Hidden Pine Lane Light Show — 9548 Hidden Pine Lane
  3. Lights on Tracy — 8805 S. Tracy Drive
  4. Lights on Rio — 1983 Rio Way
  5. 11400 South Multi-House Display — 1523-1545 E. 11400 South
  6. Sandy City Hall Lights — 10000 S. Centennial Parkway

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.

All 6 displays in Sandy

Sandy City Hall Lights

10000 S. Centennial Parkway · Sandy, Utah

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeattractionprofessional displaycivic grounds

Sandy's civic campus gets a professional holiday lighting treatment each season.

14 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Lights on Rio

1983 Rio Way · Sandy, Utah

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeresidentiallights synchronized to musicanimated treenativity scene

A more modest Sandy stop that still syncs its lights to music, with an animated tree and a small nativity scene.

7 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Lights on Tracy

8805 S. Tracy Drive · Sandy, Utah

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeresidentiallights synchronized to musicoversized ornaments in trees

This Sandy home syncs its lights to music and works large ornament props into its tree display.

6 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Shoop Christmas Lights

9179 Granville Circle · Sandy, Utah

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeresidentiallights synchronized to musiclarge trees wrapped in lightscul-de-sac with parking

The Shoop family times their lights to music and wraps the property's large trees, and the cul-de-sac location leaves decent room to park and watch.

7 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

11400 South Multi-House Display

1523-1545 E. 11400 South · Sandy, Utah

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeneighborhoodmulti-house display

A run of neighboring houses on 11400 South lights up together, making it one of the brighter multi-home stretches in Sandy.

14 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Hidden Pine Lane Light Show

9548 Hidden Pine Lane · Sandy, Utah

December · typically dusk – 10 PM

Freeresidentiallights synchronized to music

A Sandy home with a display choreographed to music.

7 other displays within 5 miles

✓ Last confirmed for the 2025 season

Nearby towns

Cottonwood Heights1 display · 4 miDraper1 display · 4 miWest Jordan2 displays · 5 miSouth Jordan4 displays · 6 miMurray1 display · 6 miRiverton3 displays · 6 mi

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