A favorite holiday tradition in our family is driving to see Christmas lights. If your holiday plans include looking at Christmas lights, enjoy this listing of various locations to see Christmas light displays this year, compiled from Facebook friends and fans. The photo shown is from last year on Churchill Drive in Lynchburg.
Holiday Light Displays Through the Season
Nov. 17 through Dec. 10 (Monday-Friday only) Trees of Hope at Alan B Pearson Cancer Center
Nov. 24 through Jan. 4 Festival of Trees at Bedford Visitor Center
Nov. 24 through Jan. 1 Christmas Light Display at Liberty Lake in Bedford
Dec. 1 through Jan. 1 Festival of Lights at Riverside Park
Dec. 1 through Jan. 1 Light Display at English Meadows - Elks Home Campus in Bedford
Dec. 1 Bedford Christmas Tree Lighting and Main Street Christmas Events in Bedford
Dec. 2 Deck the Hills and Lighting of the Craddock Terry Tree on the Bluffwalk
Dec. 6 through Jan. 1 Lighting of the Garden at the Awareness Garden
Dec. 11 - Jan. 1 Festival of Trees at Natural Bridge State Park in Natural Bridge
Best Local Neighborhoods to See Holiday Lights
Forest Automotive, Thomas Jefferson Road at Rustic Village Road -- off Route 221 behind Forest Library), Forest
Fort Avenue, Lynchburg - multiple displays including one yard full of inflatable penguins
Heron Hill, (off Langhorne Road onto Cranehill, then to Heron Hill near Linkhorne Elementary School), Lynchburg
Sandusky Drive and Sandusky neighborhood in Lynchburg
Long Meadows neighborhood in Lynchburg
Rivermont Avenue, Boonsboro Road, Peakland Place in Lynchburg
Timberlake neighborhood (around the lake) in Lynchburg
Windsor Hills in Lynchburg
Waterlick Road in Forest
Laxton Road and Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg (multiple light displays)
Coolwell Road, Madison Heights (lots of light displays)
Wright Shop Road, Madison Heights (multiple light displays)
Dixie Airport Road, Madison Heights (multiple light displays on lower end close to Wright Shop Road intersection)
Holiday Light Displays Verified for 2017
171 Churchill Drive, Lynchburg (turn west onto Waterlick off Timberlake toward Forest, then left onto Jefferson Manor beside Quik-E, then first left onto Bumgarner Drive which becomes Churchill)
205 Powtan Drive, Lynchburg (off Timberlake Road near Bank of America -- multiple light displays on street)
7205 Richland Drive, Lynchburg
Corner of Sandusky Drive and Pawnee Drive, Lynchburg
O Christmas House, 76 Delaney Drive, off Russell Springs in Lynchburg (below the airport)
Sunnymeade Road
76 Delaney Drive, off Russell Springs in Lynchburg (below the airport)
79 Deerfield Lane, Lynchburg (Timberlake to Laxton Road, then left on Deerfield)
19706 Leesville Road, Lynchburg (after Dec. 10)
Rainbow Forest Drive, Lynchburg
Forest Automotive, 1033 Rustic Village Road, Forest
Liberty University Campus, Lynchburg
19706 Leesville Road, Lynchburg (Santa will be waving to kids on Dec. 23 from 6-8 PM)
Corner of Ravenwood and Cranehill, Lynchburg
Heron Hill Place, Lynchburg
Old Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg
Boston Avenue, Lynchburg
Woodland Avenue, Lynchburg
Holiday Light Displays noted in 2016 from comments received on our Facebook page (we will verify and update these after Thanksgiving and update): Behind Rustburg Elementary School in Rustburg (synchronized light show) We have been notified that this display WILL NOT be held in 2017
205 Powtan Drive, Lynchburg (off Timberlake Road near Bank of America -- multiple light displays on street)
79 Deerfield Lane, Lynchburg (Timberlake to Laxton Road, then left on Deerfield)
19706 Leesville Road, Lynchburg
171 Churchill Drive, Lynchburg (turn west onto Waterlick off Timberlake toward Forest, then left onto Jefferson Manor beside Quik-E, then first left onto Bumgarner Drive which becomes Churchill)
76 Delaney Drive, off Russell Springs in Lynchburg (below the airport)
Carwile Road, Rustburg
1237 Forest Edge Drive, Forest
Green Tree Drive, Forest
600 Rocky Road, Rustburg
Road Trip Holiday Light Displays
Nov. 24 through Dec. 31 Fashions for Evergreens at Hotel Roanoke
Dec. 1 Roanoke Christmas Tree Lighting
100 Miles of Lights from Richmond to Virginia Beach
Zoolights at National Zoo in Washington DC
Dollywood Smoky Mountain Christmas
Christmas at Biltmore
Whether you stay close to home or take a holiday light road trip, add the longstanding tradition of viewing lights with the family to your holiday plans for 2017.
