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“Home to the worlds oldest rollercoaster”
Lakemont Park, located in Altoona, Pennsylvania, houses the world's oldest-surviving roller coaster, the Leap-The-Dips. On June 19, 1996, the roller coaster was added to the list of National Historic Landmarks by the National Park Service. The park opened in 1894 as a trolley park and became an amusement park in the summer of 1899. It is one of only thirteen trolley parks still operating, and the 8th oldest amusement park in the United States. The park was owned by the Boyer Candy Company from May 23, 1986 until July 1, 1988, when it was called Boyertown USA.
Coming here was something special for me as Leap The Dips would be my 400th coaster credit and I wanted it to be a special one so why not make it the worlds oldest wooden roller coaster! This... Read more
My husband and I hadn't been here in a few years, and since we (and my cousin and her husband) were going to a Curve game, we decided to check this place out. Wow! What a downgrade! Lakemont... Read more
Terrible if you have young kids who want to ride rides!!!! We were here 12 years ago. There are no kiddie rides anymore and no water park. Not worth coming here anymore. Go to Hershey or... Read more
Lakemont Park
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- Sun, Sat: 11:30 am - 9:00 pm
- Tue - Fri: 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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