The Best Christmas Light Displays Near Pittsburgh

The Best Christmas Light Displays near Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

If you’re looking for the best Christmas light displays near Pittsburgh, you’re in the right place!

Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland near Slippery Rock Pennsylvania.
Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland near Slippery Rock. Photo credit: Facebook/Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland.

What follows is a list of 8 exceptional Christmas light displays within an hour of Pittsburgh, complete with links to each attraction’s official website.

Interactive lights at the Dazzling Nights walk-thru holiday light display at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.
Interactive lights at the Dazzling Nights walk-thru holiday light display at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.

The hours and admission policies vary from location to location (some are free, others require paid admission), so be sure to click on the blue text link in each description to get the official details.

Kennywood Park Christmas lights display in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Kennywood Park’s “Holiday Lights” Christmas lights display. Photo credit: Facebook/Kennywood Park.

1. Overly’s Country Christmas in Greensburg

Overly’s Country Christmas features both a drive-thru light display and a walk-thru Christmas Village complete with food vendors, live animals, children’s rides, and horse-drawn wagon and sleigh rides.

Overly’s Country Christmas light display and Christmas Village in Greensburg Pennsylvania.
Overly’s Country Christmas light display and Christmas Village in Greensburg. Photo credit: Facebook/Overly’s Country Christmas.

2. Christmas Light-Up at Clinton Park

Christmas Light-up at Clinton Park takes place in Findlay Township, just west of the Pittsburgh International Airport, and has been a local Christmas tradition since 1993.

Christmas Light up at Clinton Park in Findlay Township near the Pittsburgh Airport.
Photo Credit: Christmas Light Up/Facebook.

3. Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland near Slippery Rock

Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland is a drive-through attraction that promises to be bigger and better than ever in their new location at Cooper’s Lake event venue near Slippery Rock.

Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland is a drive-through Christmas lights display near Slippery Rock in Butler County.
Shadrack’s Christmas Wonderland is a drive-through Christmas lights display near Slippery Rock in Butler County. Photo credit: Shadrack’s/Facebook.

4. Cascade of Lights in New Castle

Cascade of Lights is a drive-thru Christmas light display at historic Cascade Park in New Castle.

The Cascade of Lights Drive-Thru Christmas lights display at Cascade Park in New Castle Pennsylvania.
The Cascade of Lights drive-thru Christmas lights display at Cascade Park in New Castle. Photo credit: Facebook/Cascade Park.

5. Zoo Lights at the Pittsburgh Zoo

Zoo Lights at the Pittsburgh Zoo transforms the park into an unforgettable winter wonderland using thousands of LED lights, including more than 100 animal-shaped light displays.

The Pittsburgh Zoo Lights is a drive thru Christmas lights display at the zoo.
Photo Credit: Pittsburgh Zoo/Facebook.

6. Holiday Lights at Kennywood Park

Kennywood Park’s Holiday Lights features more than two million lights and the tallest Christmas tree in Pennsylvania!

The Holiday Lights Show at Kennywood Park.
The Holiday Lights Show at Kennywood Park.

7. Dazzling Nights at the Pittsburgh Botanic Garden

Dazzling Nights at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden transforms the 65 acre property into an illuminated wonderland with a 65-foot light tunnel, interactive lights on the ground light up when you walk on them, and a simulated aurora borealis!

Dazzling Nights walk-thru holiday light display at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.
Dazzling Nights walk-thru holiday light display at Pittsburgh Botanic Garden.

8. Downtown Pittsburgh

There are so many great places to see FREE Christmas light displays in downtown, including Market Square, Point State Park, and of course PPG Place, pictured below.

The ice skating rink at PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh.
The ice skating rink at PPG Place in downtown Pittsburgh.

17 of the Best Drive-Thru Christmas Light Displays in PA shows you 17 festive light displays you can enjoy from the comfort (and warmth) of your vehicle!

The Best Drive Thru Christmas Light Displays in Pennsylvania.
16 of the Best Drive-Thru Christmas Light Displays in PA.

11 of the Best Walk-Thru Christmas Light Displays in PA is a list of 11 exceptional walk-through Christmas light displays from across PA, complete with links to each attraction’s official website.

The best walk-through Christmas light displays in PA.
11 of the Best Walk-Thru Christmas Light Displays in PA.

The 9 Most-Christmassy Places in PA Road Trip visits nine PA destinations where the Christmas spirit runs strong, year after year.

A road trip to the nine most Christmassy places in Pennsylvania.
The 9 Most-Christmassy Places in PA Road Trip.

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