Enchanted Forest of Light (Descanso Gardens)
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🎃 Seasonal · La Cañada Flintridge
2 hours · $$$ · Reservation required
- 🚗About 20 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Garden lot, then nearby overflow parking with shuttles once full, follow the signs
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Little shadeGood on cool days · Great on sunny days
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Winter
The best-reviewed light show in Los Angeles: from mid-November to early January, Descanso's oak forest and camellia groves become a 1-mile interactive light trail, with tiles kids light up by stepping on them, a singing forest and a field of glowing tulips, more fairy tale than ordinary light display.
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