Are you looking for the BEST Christmas light displays in Cincinnati & NKY?
The GOLD STAR EXPRESS is a group of routes including the BEST neighborhood Christmas Light Displays in Cincinnati, NKY and SE Indiana with turn-by-turn google map directions.
🏆 The routes include ⭐️GOLD STAR⭐️ MUST SEE displays.
🌭 You’re bound to get hungry on your drive, right? Each route includes a Gold Star stop so you can grab a coney, milkshake or burger to enjoy on the drive!
Click here to find a Gold Star Chili location near you.
NOTE: MANY DISPLAYS TURN THEIR LIGHTS OFF AT 10:30 or 11PM OUT OF RESPECT FOR THEIR NEIGHBORS (AND THEIR ELECTRIC BILLS!) Also, inflatables are usually deflated in high winds or dangerous weather.
Gold Star Express: NORTH Cincinnati
Best Christmas Light Displays in
NORTH Cincinnati
This route includes:
✅ 1 🎶display
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 5 🏆 MUST SEE displays
🕦48 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5-2 hrs of entertainment.
Addresses are:
FAIRFIELD
🏆1050 Gail Avenue
HAMILTON
🏆2825 Pleasant Avenue – tons of inflatables
🏆6124 Tyler Point Drive
🌭 A stop at Gold Star: 470 Nilles Rd
LIBERTY TOWNSHIP & WEST CHESTER
🎶🏆6656 Devon Drive
SPRINGDALE
🏆638 Cloverdale
**Notable additional stops to add if time permits:
🏆☃️11198 Lincolnshire Drive
🏆 4161 Leona Ct – 20ft tall snowman and ferris wheel
🏆 3118 Sorbus Dr – lots of figurines
☃️ 1825 Timberman Road
Gold Star Express: Eastside Cincinnati
Best Christmas Light Displays in
Eastside Cincinnati
TWO routes to choose from!
Route 1 includes:
✅ 1 🎶display set to music
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 3 🏆 MUST SEE displays
🕦32 mins drive time + stops including watching the 🎶show. Plan for 1.5 hrs of entertainment.
ANDERSON TOWNSHIP
🏆757 8 Mile Road
🏆932 Watch Creek Drive – walking trail
🎶🏆2110 Candlemaker Drive – video screen featuring cartoons & more
🌭 A stop at Gold Star: 7716 Beechmont Ave
NEW RICHMOND
🏆 2426 Country Place
🥤Stop for a shake at Gold Star in New Richmond – 1048 Old US 52
CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.
Route 2 includes:
✅ 1 🎶video display
✅ 4 🏆 MUST SEE displays
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
🕦53 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5 – 2 hrs of entertainment.
Addresses are:
AMELIA/BETHEL
🏆49 Fawn Court
BATAVIA
🏆2327 Pleasant Meadows Dr
🎶4262 Tranquility Court
MILFORD
🏆5657 Sugar Camp Road
WITHAMSVILLE
🏆3890 Dieckman Lane
🌭 A stop at Gold Star: 1190 Ohio Pike
Additional options for a Gold Star stop on this route:
Batavia – 2195 Winemiller Ln, 45103
Milford – 85 Riversedge Dr, 45150 AND 1040 SR 28, 45150
Gold Star Express: Westside Cincinnati
Best Christmas Light Displays in
Westside Cincinnati
This route includes:
✅ 4 displays set to music
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 4 🏆 MUST SEE displays
🕦48 min drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5 hrs – 2.5 of entertainment.
Addresses are:
CARTHAGE
🎶🏆🏆7211 Fairpark Avenue
COLERAIN TOWNSHIP
🏆🎶7209 Austin Woods Lane
🌭 A stop at Gold Star: 8253 Colerain Ave, 45239
WHITE OAK
🎶🏆4036 Ridgedale Drive
BRIDGETOWN/GREEN TOWNSHIP
🏆🎶6365 Carley Lane – GIANT nutcracker statues
CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.
Additional Gold Star stop:
Western Hills – 6176 Glenway Ave, 45211
Gold Star Express: SE Indiana
Best Christmas Light Displays in
SE Indiana
This route includes:
✅ 2 displays set to music
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 3 🏆 MUST SEE displays
✅ 1 walk-thru display that’s FREE
🕦51 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 1.5 – 2.5 hrs of entertainment.
Addresses are:
HARRISON
🎶🏆1526 Abigail Court
LAWRENCEBURG
🎶🏆 20072 Cravenhurst Drive (Craven Lights – daily music schedule published on their page)
WEST HARRISON
🏆 2006 Snow Hill Road (Weaver Christmas Lights Walk-Thru)
🌭 A stop at Gold Star in Cleves: 4175 Hamilton Cleves Rd
CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.
Gold Star Express: NKY
Best Christmas Light Displays in
NKY
TWO routes to choose from!
NKY Route 1 includes:
✅ 1 🎶display
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 5 🏆 MUST SEE displays
✅ An award-winning, prime-time TV display
🕦56 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 2 – 2.5 hrs of entertainment.
Addresses are:
FLORENCE
🏆8344 Pleasant Valley Road – includes a huge Santa’s workship display
🏆 🎶 7059 Manderlay Dr – Music on 89.3FM
🏆☃️ 1792 Fair Meadow Drive – lots of Disney characters
🌭 A stop at Gold Star Chili: 7649 Mall Rd, Florence, KY 41042
INDEPENDENCE
🏆5179 Christopher Drive – walking display also. Featured on The Christmas Light Fight show on ABC. (5122 also decorated)
UNION
🏆1031 Aristides Drive
CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.
Want to change up your coney stop on this route? You could also stop at one of these locations on the route!
Burlington – 2355 Burlington Pike
Latonia – Gold Star Chili, 4381 Winston Ave
Route 2 includes:
✅ 2 🎶display
✅ A Gold Star stop for chili or burgers or milkshakes for dessert
✅ 4 🏆 MUST SEE displays
✅ ☃️ Lot’s of inflatables
🕦52 mins drive time + stops. Plan for 2 – 2.5 hrs of entertainment.
Addresses are:
BURLINGTON
🎶🏆☃️ 3251 Millakin Place (The Kramer’s Christmas Lights) – Click HERE to see Millakin Place on WLWT!
🌭 A stop at Gold Star Chili: Latonia, 4381 Winston Ave
HEBRON
🏆 ☃️ 1837 Northern Spy Drive
TAYLOR MILL
🎶🏆3245 Huntersridge Lane
VILLA HILLS
🏆 ☃️ 813 Winterberry Court
CLICK HERE for the GOOGLE MAPS ROUTE navigation on your phone. Click the 3 dots (…) in the upper right, then edit stops to add your starting point. Make sure to move your starting point to the ‘A’ position by clicking on the letter and dragging it to the top.
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