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| Location | 8039 Beach Boulevard Buena Park, California 90620, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 33°50′39″N 118°00′01″W / 33.844178°N 118.000267°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 1920 |
| Owner | Six Flags |
| General manager | Jon Storbeck |
| Slogan | America's 1st Theme Park, California's Best Theme Park, The Friendliest Place in the West |
| Operating season | Year-round |
| Attendance | 4,115,000 (2018)[1] |
| Area | 57 acres (23 ha) |
| Attractions | |
| Total | 43 |
| Roller coasters | 10 |
| Water rides | 2 |
| Website | www |
Knott's Berry Farm is a 57-acre (2,500,000 sq ft) amusement park in Buena Park, California, United States, owned and operated by Six Flags. In March 2015, it was ranked as the twelfth-most-visited theme park in North America, while averaging approximately 4 million visitors per year. The park features over 40 rides, including roller coasters, family rides, dark rides, and water rides.
Walter and Cordelia Knott first settled in Buena Park in 1920. The park began as a roadside berry stand run by Walter Knott along State Route 39 in California. By the 1940s, a restaurant, several shops, and other attractions had been constructed on the property to entertain a growing number of visitors, including a replica ghost town. The site continued its transformation into a modern amusement park over the next two decades, and an admission charge was added in 1968. In 1997, the park was sold to Cedar Fair for $300 million.[2][3]
- ^ "2018 Global Attraction Attendance Report" (PDF). Themed Entertainment Association. 2019. Retrieved November 29, 2019.
- ^ "Knott's Berry Farm Foods". The New York Times. May 23, 1995. Retrieved November 29, 2019. (Subscription required.)
- ^ "Knotts Agree to Sell Park". Los Angeles Times. October 22, 1997. Retrieved November 29, 2019.