No. 300 Wildlights at Woodland Park Zoo

Woodland Park Zoo

Entrance addressesSouth Entrance address: 750 N. 50th Street, Seattle WA 98103

West Entrance address: 5500 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle WA 98103

See the Zoo brighter than ever during Wildlights nightly from November 28th through January 4th 5:30pm to 8:30pm (Closed Dec. 24 & 25)
Tickets Adults (13+) $9.75    Children (3-12) $6.50       Toddlers (0-2) FREE
Tickets can be purchased online here or after 5:30pm at the gates.

Philadelphia Toboggan Company No. 45 carousel (1918), December 2014

Trails and trees are lit up with thousands of LED Lights 

A bear tries his luck at catching a jumping salmon 

Tigers crawl down the trees. Tiger Exhibit to arrive in 2015

While the rest of the Zoo Animals are sleeping the Day Exhibit, which houses reptiles and amphibians is open nightly to get some relief from the cold and warm up under the hot lights. 

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No. 143 Garden D'Lights

Bellevue Botanical Garden
12001 Main Street
Bellevue, WA 
 Website:http://www.gardendlights.org/index.htm

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The Bellevue Botanical Gardens in not just in bloom during spring and summer months. Every winter thousands of colorful stringed Christmas lights get turned into glowing flowers inspired by local pacific varieties, interesting shapes, over 30 animals and flowing rivers of lights. Thousands of volunteer hours are spent through out the year upgrading and adding new elements to the light show.
Garden D'Lights runs from November 24th through December 31st from 5:00pm to 10:00pm Every Evening Including Holidays (last entry at 9:30pm). 
There is free parking east of the garden. Tickets cost $5 per person and can be reserved online here http://www.bellevuebotanical.org/prodInfo.asp?pid=129&cid=2

Remember to dress appropriately for the night viewing. It takes about 90min to see everything and depending on crowed level a bit longer. Rain, cold weather, snow and icy conditions are common. 


 

Tropical Plants in 28 degree weather

Swan Lake in Lights

Swan Lake in Lights

Charlotte's Web

Purple Grapes

 

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