Glittering Lights at Las Vegas Motor Speedway

For more than two decades, Glittering Lights has turned Las Vegas Motor Speedway into what it calls Nevada's largest holiday drive-through light show, with more than 6 million LED lights and 600-plus animated and sparkling displays along a 3-mile course. It has been named among the best light displays in the country by outlets including CNN Travel and Travel+Leisure. A portion of each ticket goes to Speedway Children's Charities, sales at the Cocoa Chalet benefit Boy Scouts of America troops, and a Santa Tram runs on select nights.

Our take: Don't trust your GPS here: take I-15 exit 54 at Speedway Boulevard, because map apps can point to a no-entry area.