Holiday Sparkles at Powerland Heritage Park

Photo courtesy of Powerland Heritage Park

Enjoy holiday lights and decorations from the comfort of your car at Powerland Heritage Park. Take a short drive south to visit the free Holiday Sparkles event. Drive through 62 acres of holiday lights and decorations at this free event. 

Here are some more free holiday light displays you may enjoy: 

• Peacock Lane: Portland’s Christmas Street
• Portland Christmas Ships Parade
• Christmas on the Campground
• Lightopia: Hillsboro’s Free Drive-Through Light Display
• Christmas on Franklin Holiday Light Display

Here’s all the free activities you can enjoy at this light display:

Holiday Sparkles at Powerland Heritage Park

Photo courtesy of Powerland Heritage Park

Holiday Sparkles at Powerland Heritage Park is a drive-through event featuring shimmering lights to festive scenes around every corner.  There are lighted displays, buildings decked top to bottom and the park’s vintage equipment is also set aglow. Best of all, you can drive through however many times you want.

While viewing the lights, here are the other activities you get to enjoy for free:

• Meet Santa Claus. The jolly old elf is there to greet you and take pictures. Park your car and hop out to meet him.
• Powerland’s holiday events offers unique museum exteriors and grounds decorated with lights and displays.
• This year, you can also vote for your favorite museum decoration. 

Schedule

The light display is open on select weekends from 5-8 p.m. Here are the 2025 dates:

• Saturday, December 6
• Sunday, December 7
• Friday, December 12
• Saturday, December 13
• Sunday, December 14
• Friday, December 19
• Saturday, December 20
• Sunday, December 21

The light display is free to visit. Monetary donations are accepted.

Powerland Heritage Park is located at 3995 Brooklake Rd NE in Salem. For more information, visit the park’s website.

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