2024 Must See Christmas Light Displays in Cincinnati, NKY & SE Indiana -

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Are you looking for the BEST Christmas light displays in Cincinnati & NKY?

The GOLD STAR EXPRESS is a group of routes, including the BEST neighborhood Christmas Light Displays in Cincinnati, NKY, and SE Indiana, with turn-by-turn google map directions.

🏆 The routes include ⭐️GOLD STAR⭐️ MUST SEE displays.
🌭 You’re bound to get hungry on your drive, right? Each route includes a Gold Star stop so you can grab a coney, milkshake, or burger to enjoy on the drive!

🎅 They are confirmed for the 2024 season!

NOTE: MANY DISPLAYS TURN THEIR LIGHTS OFF AT 10:30 or 11 PM OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS (AND THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS!) Also, inflatables are usually deflated in high winds or dangerous weather.

2024 Neighborhood Christmas Lights in Cincinnati, NKY, and SE Indiana Click here for the FULL list of lights sorted by neighborhood

The Best Christmas Light Displays in Cincinnati

Gold Star Express: NORTH Cincinnati

Best Christmas Light Displays in
NORTH Cincinnati

This route includes:
✅ 1 🎶 Display ✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 7 🏆 MUST SEE displays
🕥 1 hour and 25 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 2-2.5 hrs of entertainment.

Addresses are:
FAIRFIELD
🎅🏆1050 Gail Avenue
HAMILTON
🎅🏆2825 Pleasant Avenue – tons of inflatables
🎅🏆6124 Tyler Point Drive

☃️ 710 Webster Ave
A stop at Gold Star: 470 Nilles Rd
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP & WEST CHESTER
🎅🎶🏆6656 Devon Drive
SPRINGDALE
🎅🏆638 Cloverdale

ROSS

🎅🏆 4161 Leona Ct – 20ft tall snowman and ferris wheel
🎅🏆 3118 Sorbus Dr – lots of figurines, hot cocoa on weekends

**Notable additional stops to add if time permits:
🎅🏆☃️11198 Lincolnshire Drive
🎅☃️ 1825 Timberman Road

7211 Fairpark Avenue at Christmas Time — Best Christmas Lights in Cincinnati

The Best Christmas Lights in North Central Cincinnati

We are excited to add this new Cincinnati Christmas Lights North Central Route this year!

This route includes:
✅ 4 displays set to music
✅ Tons Of Inflatables
✅ 4 🏆 MUST SEE displays

🕥 45 minutes+ time to enjoy each display. Plan on 1-1.5 hours of entertainment.

Address Are:

🎅🏆 638 Cloverdale
🎅🎶🏆7211 Fairpark Avenue
🎅🏆☃️ 11198 Lincolnshire Dr
🎶115 Linden Drive
🎅🏆🎶 346 Hilltop Ln & Circlewood Lane -There are so many houses decorated it is like its own light drive.
🎅🎶691 Buff (In Finneytown)
🌭 A Stop At Gold Star: 6531 Winton Rd

CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE that you can text to your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.

Best Christmas Light Displays in
Eastside Cincinnati

TWO routes to choose from!

Route 1 includes:
✅ 3 displays set to music
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 3 🏆 MUST SEE displays
🕥 30 mins drive time + stops, including watching the show. Plan for 1.5 hrs of entertainment.

Addresses are:

ANDERSON TOWNSHIP

🎅🏆757 8 Mile Road
🎅🏆932 Watch Creek Drive – walking trail
🎶 1721 Muskegon Drive

🎅🎶2250 Regis Ct, Cincinnati, OH 45244

🎅 🏆🎶2110 Candlemaker Drive
A stop at Gold Star: 7716 Beechmont Ave
🌭Grab coneys or a grilled cheese to-go at the Gold Star + Tom & Chee at 7716 Beechmont Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45255

Route 2 includes:
✅ 1 video display
✅ 4 🏆 MUST SEE displays

✅ 1 display set to music

✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
🕥 52 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5 – 2 hrs of entertainment.

Addresses are:
AMELIA/BETHEL
🎅🎶 1202 Twin Gate Run
BATAVIA
🎅🏆2327 Pleasant Meadows Dr
🎅 4262 Tranquility Court
MILFORD
🎅🏆5657 Sugar Camp Road
WITHAMSVILLE
🎅🏆3890 Dieckman Lane
A stop at Gold Star: 1190 Ohio Pike

Additional options for a Gold Star stop on this route:
Batavia – 2195 Winemiller Ln, 45103
Milford – 85 Riversedge Dr, 45150 AND 1040 SR 28, 45150

Gold Star Express: Westside Cincinnati

Best Christmas Light Displays in
Westside Cincinnati

This route includes:
✅ 4 displays set to music
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 5 🏆 MUST SEE displays
🕥 45 min drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5 hrs – 2.5 of entertainment.

Addresses are:
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP
🎅🏆🎶 7209 Austin Woods Lane
A stop at Gold Star: 5791 Glenway Ave at the corner of Glenway and Muddy Creek
WHITE OAK
🎅🎶🏆4036 Ridgedale Drive
BRIDGETOWN/GREEN TOWNSHIP
🎅🏆🎶6365 Carley Lane – GIANT nutcracker statues

🎅🏆3998 Washington Ave-impressive blow mold collection

COVEDALE

🎅🏆 Maylee Place-multiple houses on the street with arches over the sidewalks. They collect canned goods for a local food shelter daily & offer hot chocolate on Friday & Sat nights with donations accepted for a local animal shelter.

CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.

**Notable additional stop to add if time permits:

🏆 5590 Little Flower Avenue

Gold Star Express: SE Indiana

Best Christmas Light Displays in
SE Indiana/ Ross

This route includes:
✅ 1 display set to music🎶 ✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 3 🏆 MUST SEE displays
1 walk-thru display that’s FREE
🕥 57 minutes drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5 – 2.5 hrs of entertainment.

Addresses are:
HARRISON
🎅🎶🏆1526 Abigail Court

ROSS
🎅🏆4161 Leona Ct. Hamilton, OH 45013
🎅🏆3118 Sorbus Dr, Hamilton, OH 45013

🎅🏆 ☃️ 1825 Timberman Road (up until 12/30) There is a barrel on the porch for canned goods that will be donated to The Haven House in Hamilton
WEST HARRISON
🎅 2006 Snow Hill Road (Weaver Christmas Lights Walk-Thru)
🌭 A stop at Gold Star in 3790 Hamilton-Cleves Rd

Gold Star Express: NKY

Best Christmas Light Displays in
NKY

TWO routes to choose from!

NKY Route 1 includes:
✅ 1 🎶 display
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 5 🏆 MUST SEE displays
✅ An award-winning, prime-time TV display
🕥 57 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 2 – 2.5 hrs of entertainment.

Addresses are:
FLORENCE
🎅🏆8344 Pleasant Valley Road – includes a huge Santa’s workshop display
🎅🏆☃️ 3137 Royal Windsor Drive – lots of Disney characters
A stop at Gold Star Chili: 7649 Mall Rd, Florence, KY 41042
INDEPENDENCE
🎅🏆5179 Christopher Drive – walking display also. Featured on The Christmas Light Fight show on ABC. (5122 also decorated)

🎶🏆4458 Silversmith Lane + 4462, 4463 Silversmith Lane
UNION
🎅🏆1031 Aristides Drive

CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.

Want to change up your coney stop on this route? You could also stop at one of these locations on the route!
Burlington – 2355 Burlington Pike
Latonia – Gold Star Chili, 4381 Winston Ave

Route 2 includes:
✅ 2 🎶 displays
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 2 🏆 MUST-SEE displays
✅ ☃️ Lot’s of inflatables
46 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 2 – 2.5 hrs of entertainment.

Addresses are:
BURLINGTON
🎅🎶🏆☃️ 3251 Millakin Place (The Kramer’s Christmas Lights) – Click HERE to see Millakin Place on WLWT!
A stop at Gold Star Chili: Latonia, 4381 Winston Ave
HEBRON
🎅1837 Northern Spy Drive
VILLA HILLS
🏆 ☃️ 813 Winterberry Court

DIRECTORY OF CINCINNATI CHRISTMAS LIGHT ROUTES

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