Zoolights (Point Defiance Zoo)
Representative photo · Photo: anokarina · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Flickr
🎃 Seasonal · Tacoma
2 hours · $$ · Reservation required
- 🚗About 45 min driveFrom Bellevue · Parking: Free zoo lot
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Some shadeGood on cool days · Rain-OK
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2 hoursBest seasons: Winter
The longest-running zoo light show on Puget Sound, open nightly from after Thanksgiving to early January: hundreds of thousands of lights along the zoo paths form whales, octopuses, and Mount Rainier, some aquarium buildings stay open, and you can ride the carousel.
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