Previously known as Boyertown USA | |
Location | Altoona, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 40°28′18″N 78°23′44″W / 40.4717632°N 78.3954871°W |
Opened | 1894 |
Owner | Lakemont Park Center, LLC |
Slogan | "Two great parks, twice the fun!" |
Operating season | May to Labor Day |
Area | 60 acres (240,000 m2) |
Attractions | |
Total | 8 |
Roller coasters | 2 |
Water rides | 6 – Currently closed |
Website | http://www.lakemontparkfun.com |
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 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.