When is Denver Zoo Lights open?
Its hours change with the season, so check its own website before you go.
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Denver Zoo Lights
- 4.5232 reviews
- $$
- Seasonal hours: check before you go
Denver Zoo Lights transforms the zoo into a colorful, family-friendly wonderland with immersive light installations and themed animal silhouettes. Expect festive displays, seasonal treats, and strolling pathways that make it ideal for photography, sightseeing, and memorable outings with friends or family. Visit for a magical, walkable experience that highlights wildlife motifs and creative art installations under crisp winter skies.
Quick answers
Denver Zoo Lights in short
When is the best time to visit Denver Zoo Lights?
It's at its best evenings and undefined. Wedar also scores every hour of the next five days against the forecast; see the best time on this page.
Is Denver Zoo Lights indoors or outdoors?
Outdoors: best on a dry day.
How much does Denver Zoo Lights cost?
Google lists its prices as $$.
Where is Denver Zoo Lights?
2900 E 23rd Ave,Denver, CO 80205.
Right now · 2:45 pm
Why it fits right now
A good call right now.
Even better later, at 5 pm.
In its favour
- Seasonal hours: check before you go
- Outdoors
Worth knowing
- Hours unknown: check before you go
65°
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- Feels
- 62°
- Rain
- 1%
- Wind
- 6mph
- 3pm
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- 5pm56°
The next five days
Best time to go
Scored on the forecast, its opening hours and when it's at its best. Tap a time to see it.
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Hours
Seasonal hours: check before you go- monday
- 4:30–9 PM
- tuesday
- 4:30–9 PM
- wednesday
- 4:30–9 PM
- thursday
- 4:30–9 PM
- friday
- 4:30–10 PM
- saturday
- 4:30–10 PM
- sundayToday
- 4:30–9 PM
Where and how
- 1 Denver Zoo Lights
- 2 Denver Zoo · 4 min
- 3 Denver City Park · 8 min
- 4 Denver City Park Pavilion · 9 min
- 5 Denver Museum of Nature & Science · 15 min
Good to know
- Outdoors
- Price $$
- Good with kids
- Good for small groups
- Good for couples
From visitors and the venue
What it's like
4.5from 232 reviews
Known for
- Sightseeing
- Photography
- Weekend outings
- Art installations
- Wildlife viewing
- Walking trails
The feel
- Lively
- Cozy
- Family friendly
- Tourists
Around City Park
Nearby
Within about a 15-minute walk.
Denver ZooZoo · 4 min walk
Good nowDenver City ParkPark · 8 min walk
Denver City Park PavilionLandmark · 9 min walk
Denver Museum of Nature & ScienceMuseum · 15 min walk
On nearby
For the next three hours
What to wear to go there now
Leave with a light layer.
Light layerThe whole time