CHECK BACK SOON FOR THE 2025 UPDATE!
**Last updated 11/25/2025**
If it is early in the season, this guide is based ONLY on the last update from the 2024 lights guide. It will change as the season progresses!
A beloved holiday tradition is to bundle the entire family into the car, pack some snacks and hot chocolate, and drive around to look at Christmas lights. Rochester, MN, and the surrounding area have so many incredible light displays. Many represent hours of personal time perfecting lights that are sure to WOW and amaze!
All of the displays below have been submitted by readers, community members, or displays we have seen ourselves.
This list is always subject to change. We do our very best to keep this guide updated, but we cannot guarantee that a light display on this list will always be there or on.
Here’s how to use our guide:
- We color-coded the areas of town for convenience and ease when driving around.
- We also took into consideration how close the displays were to each other when we typed out the addresses.
- The entire map is posted below.
- You are able to filter the areas you’d like to visit by clicking the layers on the left-hand side of the map (on desktop) and clicking “view map legend” on mobile.
Legend:
NW: Red
NE: Purple
SE: Blue
SW: Green
Highlights: Yellow
Have a display or an update to add to our list? Please fill out the form below! **Displays listed are subject to change.**
NORTHWEST ROCHESTER
Chippewa Dr NW and Itasca Ct NW (The Enchanted Forest!)(working to see if this display will return in 2025!)- 152 Majestic Rd NW
- 7010 Indigo Ct NW
- 6375 Granite Dr NW
- Knotting Hill Lane NW
- 5718 48th Ave NW
- 6364 Sunset Hill Place NW
- Hillsboro Drive NW (the Grinch!)
- 5900 Manor Ct NW
- 5329 54th Ave NW
- 5619 Kingsbury St NW
- 5348 51st St NW
- 3415 Arbor Dr NW
- 5603 23rd Ave NW
- 3915 46th Ave NW
- 1627 46th St NW
- 1500 38th St NW
- 35th Street NW (cul de sac)
- 1123 Knoll Ct NW
- 1138 Knoll Ct NW
- 1143 Knoll Ct NW
- Elton Hills Ct NW
- 1127 33rd St NW
- 3011 5th Ave NW
- 28th Street NW between 30th Street NW and 9th Ave NW
- 2551 13th Ave NW (two for one at this house!)
- 2525 17th Ave NW
- 2422 18th Ave NW
- 1605 28th St NW
- Oak Knoll Lane NW
- 2012 Valkyrie Dr NW
- 702 Westwood Ct NW (Blue Christmas!)
- Vanir Ct NW
- 910 Elton Hills Dr NW
- 1405 3rd Ave NW (Santa in Tree!)
- 19th Street NW and Viking Drive NW
- 827 10th St NW
- 23 9th St NW
- 1003 2nd St NW
705 9th Avenue NW (Tune your radio to 92.1. Show runs nightly 5-9 pm until New Year’s)- 2209 22nd St NW
- 3805 7th St NW
- 3932 7th St NW (Tune your radio to 92.1. Show runs nightly 5-9 pm until New Year’s)
- Manor Dr NW
- Manor Woods Dr NW
- 4414 6th St NW
- 328 36th Ave NW
- 154 Interlachen Lane NW
- 4784 Manor End Lane NW
- 176 Westchester Dr NW
- 5515 St Marys Dr NW
- 4822 3rd St NW
- 4707 4th St NW
NORTHEAST ROCHESTER
- 1229 East Center St
- 642 15th St NE
- 1537 8th Ave NE
- 1108 12th Ave NE
- 728 12th Ave NE
- 1854 Kerry Dr NE
- 2711 Osjor Ct NE
- 1434 13th Ave NE
- 1828 Wilshire Dr NE
- 1664 Wilshire Dr NE
- 1435 City View Ct NE
- 604 23rd St NE
- 1739 Northern Valley Dr NE
- Ridge Cliff Lane NE
- Northern Heights neighborhood
- Northern Heights Drive NE just off of Broadway (The Crystal Forest)
- Rocky Creek Lane NE
- Cassidy Ridge Dr NE
- 2216 Jade Place NE
- 3512 Jasper Lane NE
SOUTHEAST ROCHESTER
- Santa’s House – 435 12th Ave SE (back in 2025 after taking a break last year!)
- 420 10th St SE
- 205 11 1/2 St SE
- 1034 6TH Ave SE
- 720 15th St SE
- 1617 8th Ave SE
- 111 18th St SE
- Spruce Meadows Dr SE
- Marvale Ave & Markay Street SE
- 2725 Knollwood Dr SE
- 2008 24th St SE (Pokemon Christmas display)
- 24th St SE
- 1430 Fairlane Ct SE
- 1909 Bear Ct SE
- 1227 50th Ave SE
- 820 50th Ave SE
- 307 Brookestone Dr SE
SOUTHWEST ROCHESTER
- Plummer Building SW
- Annenberg Plaza NW (between Mayo and Plummer Buildings)
- St. Mary’s Hospital Nativity Scene
- 608 5th Street SW
- 624 9th Avenue SW
- 621 10th Street
- Pill Hill Neighborhood SW
- Solider’s Field/Old SW Neighborhood SW
- 621 10th Street
- 28 Conner Cir SW
- Wimbledon Hills Drive SW
- Eagle Lane SW
- 4147 8th St SW
- 604 23rd Ave SW
- 305 19th Avenue SW
- Hill Place Southwest
- 22nd Ave & Hill Place SW
- Younge Park Neighborhood SW
- Fox Knoll Drive SW
- 960 Fox Knoll Dr SW
- 1131 Foxcroft Lane SW
- Lad Lane SW
- 2201 Baihly Heights Dr SW
- 1357 Woodland Dr SW
- Autumn Ridge Road SW
- Autumn Lake Ct SW
- Wright Road SW
- 1735 Juniper Ln SW
- 566 36TH ST SW
- 2251 Galileo Place SW
- Scenic Oaks Neighborhood
- South Pointe Ct Neighborhood
- 4060 Autumn Lake Ct SW
OUTSIDE ROCHESTER — WORTH THE DRIVE!
- Sommerby Golf Club, 975 Somerby Parkway NE, Byron MN 55920 (Huge tree covered with thousands of white twinkle lights!)
- 929 Country Club Road SE | Byron, MN
- 401 3rd Avenue Northwest (Hoops to walk under on sidewalk or drive under in front of home)
- 611 Golfview Court, Mantorville MN (Over 10,000 lights choreographed with computers for a fantastic display. Display covers front one acre of yard and includes house.)
- 707 Windermere Ct NW, Oronoco, MN
- Lights of Lewiston – 27069 County Rd 29, Lewiston, MN | 35,000 lights synched to music via radio station 99.5
- Manning Light Show – 102 Lackmann Ct NE, Stewartville, MN | 6000+ lights sequenced to music
