Tour the holiday lights with our map
The Inland Northwest certainly has the holiday spirit. Our annual database of Christmas light displays features dozens of locales, from single homes to entire neighborhoods. The list, up-to-date as of Wednesday, is printed below. Use this list to guide you on your drive to see the best lights, or visit our online database at http://www.spokesman.com/maps/holiday-lights-2015/. There you can add additional addresses – through Jan. 1 – or use the map function to map a route. So get out and enjoy.
Liberty Lake/Otis Orchards
3919 N. Lynden Road, Otis Orchards
All on 1 acre: 20,000-plus lights; 17 blowups, including a 20-foot long snowman, two-story high Rudolph, 12-foot long snowman on snowmobile, yellow duck and Mr. Potato Head; and a tribute to our veterans.
20214 E. 11th Ave., Greenacres
Lots of lights and well put together display.
Northeast Spokane
Clean, straight lines, no blow-up balloons.
Inflatables; lights dance with music
House and yard completely decorated with blow-ups and more.
Several homes on Lacrosse and Walton between Perry and and Morton streets are festively decorated.
Lots of lights and cut-out wooden characters. Look for your old favorite characters from movies like the “Jungle Book” or “Toy Story,” but also look for characters from new favorites like “Frozen” and the new “Star Wars” robot BB-8. A favorite for kids!
514 E. Westcrest Ave., Colbert
More than 30,000 lights synced to Christmas music. Runs daily from 5 to 9 p.m. Tune your car radio to 107.5 FM to hear the songs.
Homemade charm. Lots of LEDs, Nativity, and homemade trees. Nice display.
Many lovely homes on this stretch of Middleton north of Hawthorne, ending with this elaborately decorated home near where the road dead-ends.
North Idaho: Coeur d’Alene
15th Street and Courtney Avenue
Tasteful display on this house set on a wooded lot, with a vintage light-up Nativity.
The drive on East Margaret from Fourth to 15th streets is a pretty one, with a dozen or so homes all decked out for the season. The display is capped by this lovely home, which features a large tree made of lights in the front yard.
Several houses on Webster Street from Margaret Avenue north to Hoffman Avenue are beautifully decorated. Drive the block!
Drive along Troy from Margaret to Hoffman Avenues to take in some lovely homes.
Pleasant Way and Dalton Avenue
House on the corner is a festive scene with a lovely light display. The house across the street and a couple houses down also is very pretty.
Ramsey Road and Winchester Avenue
Several houses on the west end of Winchester are done up right with festive lighting displays.
Several houses on the western end of street have displays, with a range from subdued to exuberant.
North Idaho: Hayden,
Post Falls and Rathdrum
Light display set to music broadcast to your car stereo.
4875 E. St. Anthony Lane, Post Falls
15472 N. Ramsey Road, Rathdrum
Lights dance to music. Several thousand lights celebrate the magic of Christmas … many inflatables as well. Show runs Sunday through Thursday 5-9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 5-10 p.m. Turn your radio to 97.9 to listen to the show. It’s OK to pull into the driveway and sit a spell. Please be aware that the display is weather permitting. High winds or heavy snow can cause us to cancel for the night. Thank you for your understanding.
Northwest Spokane
Tons and tons of lights. Amazing display. View from Frederick and Euclid.
In the Franklin Park neighborhood
10707 N. Iroquois Drive
Awesome Christmas light display. Tons of Christmas lights and characters. Tune in to 90.1 FM. Enjoy!
We went all out this year and so did our neighbors a couple houses down!
Singing Santa standing on front porch, sleigh, reindeer, frosty, festive Christmas house.
A nice simple Christmas display, with a special NOEL on the chimney. Lights on from 5-10 p.m.
Drive out to the country, almost, for a display that covers 3 acres. All the lights stay on while you listen to Christmas music on the radio at 107.5 FM. More than 100 trees decorated. Take Mill Road to Dartford then left on Hazard Road. Or, go Wandermere Road to Dartford then left on Hazard Road. Lights on around 5 p.m. and off at 11 p.m.
Priest River
Next to Priest River City Park.
South Hill
15th Avenue and Cedar Street
Several houses with lots of lights – looks like there might be a friendly neighborhood competition.
Candy Cane Lane. Yards from 37th to 40th Avenue all decorated with matching candy canes.
Windstorm reminders: Holiday lights, Spokane-style. Decorations on a downed pine tree’s roots. A tribute to all the downed trees and power poles in the neighborhood.
Beautiful star draws drivers from Bernard to the west.
Giant angel chimes set up in yard. While you’re there, check out more lights along Manito Boulevard.
Several Santas and snowmen with a clock counting down to Christmas.
Elves and polar bears, lots of animation, off of 57th Avenue and Cook Street.
Synchronized musical light show with animated farm animals, Santas, etc. Listen in your car or dance along the fence with the outside speakers. Strobes, lasers, rope light, pixals, and a few mini lights! Wire frame animation 90 percent homemade!
Spokane Valley
A Snoopy Christmas party! More than 30 Christmas inflatables in all shapes and sizes. This is a family of dog lovers, with all kinds of Christmas canines on display, and a very large collection of Peanuts decorations, too. How many dogs can you see?
South 1600 block of Keller Road
2618 S. Steen Lane
Christmas lights, Santa, reindeer … it’s a Christmas wonderland! A definite must see this holiday season.
20th and University Road.
This is one beautiful white and blue display.
Nearly 24,000 lights set to music.
1822 S. McDonald Road
Desjardins’ Christmas Light show runs to New Year’s Day. Animated light show with 50,000 LED lights that dances to music. Music is broadcast at 92.1 FM. 4:30-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 4:30-11 p.m. Friday-Sunday.
Great display! Lots of lights, music and inflatables. This house really lights up the street.
The block is well decorated. Many of the decorations are locally made. Watch for reindeer on the roof.
Lights, blow ups, projected lights.
Two homes with well-lit yards – one with music – and many figures.
Joy to the world display found at intersection of East Frederick and Railroad avenues.
Beautiful display of white lights. Entire yard and house are full. Will brighten up your holidays.
Santa’s Village and the Misfit Toys.
North Lucille Road and East Broad Avenue
Nana’s House: Multiple inflatables, Nativity scene, many other decorations, and lots of lights.
Food bank donations accepted. Merry Christmas!
Peanuts-themed decorations, complete with doghouse and kite-eating tree (and a dachshund that somehow snuck in).
Ponderosa Star. Nicely displayed collection of still and twinkling lights, inflatables, garland, and ornaments welcome viewers to the Ponderosa subdivision on Bates Road.
West Plains
Christmas theme blowups; lots of lights