Turn downtown Glendale into a 60-minute holiday playground. Holly Jolly Hunt uses an app to send teams on photo challenges and festive tasks across historic streets, perfect for families, friends, and work groups.
Turn downtown Glendale into a 60-minute holiday playground. Holly Jolly Hunt uses an app to send teams on photo challenges and festive tasks across historic streets, perfect for families, friends, and work groups.
You step onto a lamp-lit sidewalk in Glendale with your phone in hand and the city’s holiday energy nudging you forward. Storefronts wear strings of lights and wreaths; the app prompts a close-up photo of a menorah or a cheeky elf decal, and your team scatters like a small expedition across brick streets and civic plazas.
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Operated by Holly Jolly Hunt - Holiday Scavenger Hunt · Glendale, Arizona
You step onto a lamp-lit sidewalk in Glendale with your phone in hand and the city’s holiday energy nudging you forward. Storefronts wear strings of lights and wreaths; the app prompts a close-up photo of a menorah or a cheeky elf decal, and your team scatters like a small expedition across brick streets and civic plazas.
Glendale’s downtown began as a late-19th-century farming and irrigation community and still shows that practical layer beneath its seasonal decorations: straight avenues, sturdy storefronts and a compact walkable grid. The hunt threads through Catlin Court’s historic district and past family-run antique shops, pairing seasonal kitsch with local history and everyday urban textures.
This app-driven scavenger hunt is low-impact and social — you aren’t constrained to one route, and challenges range from photo prompts to quick, lighthearted tasks that reward creativity and speed. Expect mostly flat, paved terrain, short walking bursts between clues and a 60-minute rhythm that suits families, small work groups and anyone who prefers city exploration to a long hike.
Practicalities: bring a fully charged smartphone and a small power bank, pick a morning or early evening slot to avoid Phoenix-area heat, and allow extra time for parking or a quick coffee stop. The game includes remote chat support in the app, and it’s stroller- and wheelchair-friendly on most downtown sidewalks.
In short, Holly Jolly Hunt turns Glendale’s civic fabric into an interactive holiday playground — playful, practical and easy to fit into a day of shopping, dining or other seasonal outings.
easy.
1 hour.
Suitable for all fitness levels; requires short bouts of walking and standing
The standard Holly Jolly Hunt session runs about 60 minutes, though teams can extend play by taking more relaxed routes or pausing between challenges.
You’ll use the scavenger hunt app; organizers send start instructions before your booking, so ensure the app is installed and your login info is ready.
Yes — the game is designed for all ages, stroller-accessible on most downtown sidewalks, and includes lighthearted challenges suitable for kids.
Contact Holly Jolly Hunt support via the number provided in your booking or use their customer support page; organizers offer remote chat assistance in the app.
Glendale grew from late-19th-century irrigation and agriculture into a compact, walkable downtown; many buildings retain early-20th-century commercial facades.
Keep the hunt low-impact: stay on sidewalks, respect private property and dispose of waste properly to protect downtown streetscapes and nearby desert fragments.
Holly Jolly Hunt - Holiday Scavenger Hunt operates guided outdoor trips and adventures with an emphasis on safety, stewardship, and memorable experiences.




You step onto a lamp-lit sidewalk in Glendale with your phone in hand and the city’s holiday energy nudging you forward. Storefronts wear strings of lights and wreaths; the app prompts a close-up photo of a menorah or a cheeky elf decal, and your team scatters like a small expedition across brick streets and civic plazas.
You step onto a lamp-lit sidewalk in Glendale with your phone in hand and the city’s holiday energy nudging you forward. Storefronts wear strings of lights and wreaths; the app prompts a close-up photo of a menorah or a cheeky elf decal, and your team scatters like a small expedition across brick streets and civic plazas.
Glendale’s downtown began as a late-19th-century farming and irrigation community and still shows that practical layer beneath its seasonal decorations: straight avenues, sturdy storefronts and a compact walkable grid. The hunt threads through Catlin Court’s historic district and past family-run antique shops, pairing seasonal kitsch with local history and everyday urban textures.
This app-driven scavenger hunt is low-impact and social — you aren’t constrained to one route, and challenges range from photo prompts to quick, lighthearted tasks that reward creativity and speed. Expect mostly flat, paved terrain, short walking bursts between clues and a 60-minute rhythm that suits families, small work groups and anyone who prefers city exploration to a long hike.
Practicalities: bring a fully charged smartphone and a small power bank, pick a morning or early evening slot to avoid Phoenix-area heat, and allow extra time for parking or a quick coffee stop. The game includes remote chat support in the app, and it’s stroller- and wheelchair-friendly on most downtown sidewalks.
In short, Holly Jolly Hunt turns Glendale’s civic fabric into an interactive holiday playground — playful, practical and easy to fit into a day of shopping, dining or other seasonal outings.