We have compiled a list of the best outdoor holiday light displays in Northern Colorado you must see if you are living in or visiting Northern Colorado: Fort Collins, Loveland, Timnath, Windsor and Johnstown.
#1 NoCo Winter Wonderland at Colorado Youth Outdoors (Fort Collins)
NEW this year 2020! Get in the car, bring your holiday spirit & your friends: there’s a new drive-thru holiday light display launching in Northern Colorado and it’s called NoCo Winter Wonderland. www.NocoWinterWonderland.com
Running from Nov. 27 through Dec. 31, 2020, the 1 mile, 15 minute route will be lit with twinkling lights, animated outdoor and holiday themed displays, illuminated tunnels, Christmas music and….. a fly fishing Santa. With temperatures dropping to chilly lows, now is the perfect time to enjoy the beauty of holiday light displays from the warmth of your car!
It’s one ticket per vehicle, which you can buy online for reserved timed entry. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased individually or as a group – so you can go through the route together and still maintain a social distance. Feeling festive? Wear your ugly Christmas sweater or decorate your car. Check out their social media for other ways to join in the fun or a chance to win weekly contests and give-aways. Buy tickets here.
The NoCo Winter Wonderland drive-thru display is presented by Colorado Youth Outdoors at their 240 acre campus near Kechter & I25. Gate fees go towards Colorado Youth Outdoors in addition to four other non-profits who were unable to hold their fundraising events this year. Purchase Reserved timed entry tickets here.
#2 Winter Wonderlights- Loveland/Centerra
Winter Wonderlights returns on November 14 for the 2020 holiday season, with new health safety protocols designed to keep families physically distanced from each other while enjoying the musical light show.
Each night, visitors can walk through the beautiful park and enjoy 75,000+ lights including holiday string lights, twinkling bulbs, LED mappable snowflakes, illuminated African stone sculptures and 30-minute music and light shows every night. The light and music show features six total songs and moving lights on the 20 foot tall LED mappable Christmas Tree.
Nov 14th– Jan 1st. Winter Wonderlights is free and open to the public. However, visitors are encouraged to donate canned food to benefit the Food Bank for Larimer County or unwrapped toys to benefit Santa Cops of Larimer County.
Winter Wonderlights is located at the Chapungu Sculpture Park at Centerra in Loveland, Colorado just east of the Promenade Shops retail center at U.S. Hwy. 34 and I-25. For more information visit: https://www.visitlovelandco.org/winterwonderlights/
#3 Historic Old Town Holiday Lights- Fort Collins
Historic Old Town Fort Collins lights up with thousands of strands of holiday lights that illuminate alleyways, sidewalks and street-tops throughout all of beautiful downtown and the streets will look absolutely beautiful. Check out the link below to learn how you can win a Shopping Spree for doing your holiday shopping in old town. Downtown Holiday Lights will be illuminated the first week in November, 2020 through Valentine’s Day, 2021. Free. https://downtownfortcollins.com/event/downtown-holiday-lighting-ceremony/
#4 Gardens on Spring Creek Holiday Lights- Fort Collins
One of Northern Colorado’s best holiday traditions include the twinkling lights at the Gardens on Spring Creek.
Stroll through a whimsical, twinkling gardens illuminated by hundreds of thousands of LED lights at the Gardens on Spring Creek. Garden of Lights features nearly a half mile of perennial flower beds, huge sculptural flowers, grapevines, butterflies, holiday village, and other favorite garden creatures—all constructed entirely from holiday lights. Additionally, the Color Blossom Show will be returning to the Great Lawn, with 700 lighted blossoms adding vibrant colors and movement to your holiday experience.
5-9pm. December 9 – 27, 2020 and they will be closed Christmas Day. Reserved timed entry. For more information about tickets, availability and safety protocols, visit: https://www.fcgov.com/gardens/garden-of-lights
#5 Poudre Valley REA-Windsor
This annual tradition has been going on for at least 15 years! The free light display will be turned on November 25 at Poudre Valley REA headquarters- 7649 REA Parkway.