The Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is lit up with more than 1 million lights for its annual Zoolights event. Photographed on Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, in Tacoma. Katie G. Cotterill/Point Defiance Zoo ...

The zoo also has large animal light displays, ... Tacoma Light Trail - New Year’s Eve Kick Off Celebration. When: Dec. 31, 6-10 p.m. Where: Tollefson Plaza, 1548 Commerce St.

More than 1 million lights fill the grounds — a record, according to the zoo and aquarium. The event is in its 37th year. New this year. A lighted safari of animals joins the parading elephants.