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  2. Lake Compounce - Wikipedia

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    www .lakecompounce .com. 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 332 acres (134 ha), which includes a beach and a water park called Crocodile Cove, both included in the price of admission. [3]

  3. Boulder Dash (roller coaster) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Wildcat (Lake Compounce) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Bristol, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Bristol is the location of the general studios of ESPN, and the location of Lake Compounce, the United States's oldest continuously operating theme park. Bristol was known as a clock-making city in the 19th century, and is the location of American Clock & Watch Museum. Bristol is also the site of the former American Silver Company and its ...

  6. Zoomerang (Lake Compounce) - Wikipedia

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    G-force. 5.2. Height restriction. 48 in (122 cm) Zoomerang at RCDB. 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]

  7. Southington, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Southington ( / ˈsʌðɪŋtən / SUH-thing-tən) is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. As of the 2020 United States Census, it had a population of 43,501. [1] Southington contains the villages of Marion, Milldale, and Plantsville .

  8. Quassy Amusement Park - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .quassy .com. Quassy Amusement Park is an amusement and waterpark in Middlebury, Connecticut, and is one of only 11 trolley parks still operating in the United States. It has 20 rides on its 20 acres (81,000 m 2 ). Quassy consists of a full-fledged amusement park plus a waterpark called Splash Away Bay.

  9. Tunxis Trail - Wikipedia

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    The Tunxis Trail is a 79-mile (127 km) Blue-Blazed hiking trail "system" that traverses the western ridge of the central Connecticut Valley.The mainline (official "Blue" and "non-dot") trail is not completely contiguous, notably there are two gaps of several miles (between the Southington and Burlington sections and between the Burlington section and the Nepaug section).