Christmas light hanging in Riva.
From the South River bridge to the far end of Riva Road, and on the streets off it: tell us the house and we price the lights for it.
- From $650 for a single-story front roofline
- Insured
- Locally owned
One road runs through it
Riva Road
is the spine of the community, and the county designates it a Scenic and Historic Road from the South River into South County.
- 870 of 1,687 residential parcels in Riva are two-story houses in state property records, and 123 more are three-story townhouse units.
Can I get Christmas lights hung on a house in Riva?
Yes. Riva is inside our area, on the South River southwest of Annapolis. The $650 start is for a one-story house lit along its front roofline, and a taller house, more rooflines, bushes or trees get their price in a free estimate. Leasing the lights means one payment covers designing, timing, fixing, removing and storing them.
Sources: the county's Region 7 Plan, the US Census Bureau and Maryland property records. Checked on 11 October 2026.
Up the chimney, in snowflakes.
Rooflines, chimneys, trees and bushes: name what you want lit and the estimate prices each.
More on lights, and the towns next door.
Christmas lights
How the lease works, start to finish.
Riva
Yard work and washing in Riva.
Annapolis Neck Christmas lights
A parade of lit boats on December 12.
Crofton Christmas lights
Crofton Christmas, last season's shared display.
Asked in Riva
Can you light a business near the South River bridge?
Yes. Send the address and say what the building is, and we quote it by itself. The county plan finds two centres of commercial, civic and marina activity in Riva: the largest at the east side of the South River bridge, and another west of Sweet Gum Road with the post office and fire station.
I rent my house in Riva. Can I still have lights put up?
Ask the owner first, since the lights go on the roofline. Renting is the exception here: about 97 percent of Riva's occupied homes are lived in by their owners. The lights are leased either way, so neither of you buys or stores anything.
Where are the lights kept between Christmases?
With us. The lights are leased, not sold, so after the takedown that starts once New Year's has passed we keep them in storage all year. Storage is part of the one payment, like the timer and any fix during the season.
Where can we see Christmas lights near Riva?
Not in a county park in Riva itself: there are no county parks inside Riva, and the county plan calls links to parks in Davidsonville and Greater Annapolis very important. The December sights we know of close by are the volunteer fire department's Santa ride through the neighborhoods it serves and the parade of lit boats off Annapolis. We have no hand in either.
Get a free estimate.
Name the Riva street and say what you want lit: roofline, chimney, trees or bushes. Pricing it is free.
