 Stereo card of a gazebo at the park | |
| Location | Elmira, New York, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 42°06′54″N 76°49′01″W / 42.115113°N 76.816817°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | July 4, 1926 |
| Owner | City of Elmira |
| Operating season | May–September |
| Area | 15 acres (6.1 ha) |
| Attractions | |
| Total | 6 |
| Website | www |
Eldridge Park is an amusement park located in Elmira, New York, which opened around the turn of the 20th century. Covering roughly 15 acres (6.1 ha), it is dedicated to the memory of a local physician and is still operating.
The park includes an 1890s Looff Carousel, an outdoor stage, an extensive network of picnic areas, a wooden roller coaster, a haunted house, a shooting gallery, bumper cars, a boat ride along the park's lake, eateries, a miniature golf course, and a small-gauge train ride through the park, in addition to several other rides and attractions.
In local folklore, Eldridge Lake was believed to be bottomless, and that an underwater tunnel connected it to Seneca Lake, 20 miles (32 km) to the north, one of the Finger Lakes in Upstate New York. However, the depth of the lake is 39 feet (12 m) and there are no known tunnels that connect Eldridge Lake with Seneca Lake.[1]
Eldridge Park also has several soccer fields, used by the local travel soccer club, Soaring Capital Soccer Club, as well as a skate park and a baseball field.
- ^ HELEN M. SAMSON. "From the Past: Fact or Fiction". Retrieved June 12, 2012.