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Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol and Southington, Connecticut. Opened in 1846, it is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States. [1][2] It spans 365 acres (148 ha), which includes a beach and a water park called Crocodile Cove, both included in the price of admission. [3] The park was acquired from Kennywood Entertainment Company by Palace ...
Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. The coaster was built by Custom Coasters International using Southern Yellow Pine wood, while the track is made of Douglas Fir. Amusement Today 's annual Golden Ticket Awards ranked Boulder Dash as the world's best wooden roller coaster in 2004 and from ...
Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It was built in 1927 and is the 14th oldest operating roller coaster in the world. [1] It greatly resembles the now-defunct Wildcat roller coaster at Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Denver. [2] Wildcat has received the American Coaster Enthusiasts (ACE) Coaster ...
Zoomerang (Lake Compounce) Zoomerang is a steel shuttle roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. A Boomerang model manufactured by Vekoma, it contains a cobra roll and a vertical loop. Zoomerang was the first boomerang coaster to receive a Vekoma-designed train. [1] Earlier models used trains designed by Arrow Dynamics.
Lake Compounce Carousel is located on the southern portion of the amusement park grounds, separated from the northern shore of Lake Compounce by a water slide and the Starlight Theater. The carousel is housed in a 12-sided wooden structure topped by a scallop-shingled roof with a monitor center and a central cupola.
Cedar Point is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio, United States, owned and operated by Six Flags. It opened in 1870 and is considered the second-oldest operating amusement park in the US behind Lake Compounce. [2] Prior to the merger with Six Flags in 2024, Cedar Point served as the "flagship park" of the Cedar Fair amusement park chain and ...
Main entrance to Lake Compounce amusement park. Lake Compounce, an amusement park founded in 1846, is located partially in Southington, as well as neighboring Bristol. Lake Compounce is considered the oldest continuously-operating amusement park in the United States.
Its features include the Lake Compounce Amusement Park (and its "non-ski lift"), "Tory Den", the "Mile of Ledges", colonial era cemeteries, several caves (including the "Indian Council Caves"), waterfalls, cliff faces, woodlands, swamps, lakes, river flood plains, farmland, historic sites, and the summits of Pine Mountain and Southington Mountain. [1] The Tunxis Trail, maintained largely ...