Lakemont Park is an amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in 1899. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating, and the 8th oldest amusement park in the United States. The park was closed from 2017 to 2018, but re-opened in summer 2019.[1] It will be closed for the 2024 season.
Lakemont Park houses the world's oldest surviving roller coaster, Leap-The-Dips. On June 19, 1996, Leap-the-Dips was added to the list of National Historic Landmarks by the National Park Service.
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LakemontPark is an amusement park located in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in 1899. It...
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One of the well-known installations, Leap-The-Dips, opened in 1902 at LakemontPark in Altoona, Pennsylvania. It is one of the last remaining side-friction...
moved to LakemontPark in Altoona, Pennsylvania, but was later sold and removed in 2003. The Galaxi coaster was moved to Joyland Amusement Park in Lubbock...
amusement parks. Trolley parks were often created by the streetcar companies to give people a reason to use their services on weekends. The parks originally...
and opened in 1960, where it operated until the park closure in 1985. It was then moved to LakemontPark in Altoona, Pennsylvania reopening in 1987 under...
parks such as Kennywood near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Pleasure Beach Blackpool. The oldest operating roller coaster is Leap-The-Dips at Lakemont Park...
DelGrosso's Amusement Park, Great Wolf Lodge, Hersheypark, Idlewild Park, Kalahari Resorts Poconos, Kennywood, Knoebels, LakemontPark, Sandcastle Waterpark...
right-field wall. This ride, called Skyliner, is actually part of the LakemontPark amusement park located next door. The ridges of the Allegheny Mountains can...
Park in San Antonio, Texas. Another that the organization saved was Leap the Dips, the world's oldest operating roller coaster, located at Lakemont Park...
An early and famous example of a Figure 8 is the Leap the Dips at LakemontPark, in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Many figure 8 roller coasters carry the name...
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