Christmas light shows (not neighborhood/home decorations)

I’m looking for suggestions for a good drive-thru Christmas light show within a reasonable distance from Sac to take my family. I’d be willing to drive a couple hours for it too. Where I used to live in Texas there was a huge Christmas light show through a forest and overlooking a lake and it was something I loved to go to every year (It’s at BLORA, highly recommend if you’re ever in central Texas this time of year). Since moving back to California a few years ago I have struggled to find something similar. Thanks in advance!!

I did look through the posts here on the sub and I found most posts mentioned the fab 40’s and other neighborhoods but I’m looking specifically for light shows that are not decorated houses in a neighborhood. I couldn’t really find/didn’t see what I was looking for.

Posted Dec 1, 2025, 7:02 PM UTC