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Rocky Point Park
Rocky Point Park has closed (last season: 1996). This page covers its history and the rides it had.
- Location
- Warwick, Rhode Island
- Opened
- 1847
- Closed
- 1996
- Rides listed
- 0
Rides it had
No rides listed for Rocky Point Park yet.
Rocky Point Park was announced as closed after the 1995 season, operated briefly in 1996 as a farewell, and its rides were auctioned in April 1996. The land is now Rocky Point State Park, a public park with a shoreline walking path.
Sources
- rcdb.com/4728.htm (Rocky Point Park, Warwick, Rhode Island; defunct, operated 1847 to 1996; Norton Auctioneers auction starting April 16, 1996; park announced closed in 1995 but operated briefly during 1996; 11 defunct coasters including Cyclone (1984-1995) and Loop Corkscrew (1984-1996))
- rcdb.com/446.htm (Loop Corkscrew, Arrow Dynamics, operated at Rocky Point Park 1984 to 1996; relocated to Wild Waves Theme & Water Park as Wild Thing)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Point_Amusement_Park (Amusement park in Warwick, RI; amusements and dinners by 1847 under Captain William Winslow; closed in 1995, reopened briefly in 1996 as a farewell; bankruptcy filed 1996; land bought 2003; Warwick took 41 acres in 2008; reopened as a public park with a walking path in 2011; state bought remaining 82 acres in 2013)
- bostonglobe.com/2026/10/28/metro/ri-warwick-rocky-point-amus... (Boston Globe, October 28, 2026: the Corkscrew was sold when the park shut down in 1995 and bought at auction by Wild Waves for $850,000 in 1996; Wild Waves closing November 1, 2026 and the coaster is for sale)