Shady Lake Park
Shady Lake Park has closed (last season: 1982). This page covers its history and the rides it had.
- Location
- Streetsboro, Ohio
- Opened
- 1978
- Closed
- 1982
- Rides listed
- 0
Rides it had
No rides listed for Shady Lake Park yet.
Shady Lake Park closed after the 1982 season. Many of its rides, several of them originally from Euclid Beach Park, were sold to Old Indiana Fun Park near Indianapolis, and its entrance arch was taken down in 2004. Apartments and businesses now occupy the site.
Sources
- rcdb.com/5244.htm (RCDB: Shady Lake, Streetsboro, Ohio; defunct (no years given); located at the junction of 43 and 303; owned and operated by the Humphrey family; entrance arch taken down December 2004; one defunct coaster, Wild Mouse.)
- rcdb.com/1880.htm (RCDB: Wild Mouse, removed; ran at Shady Lake, then at Old Indiana Fun-n-Water Park as Mad Mouse; believed to have come from a park in Arizona.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shady_Lake_Park (Wikipedia: small amusement park in Streetsboro, Ohio; opened 1978, closed 1982; operated by the Humphrey family; most rides relocated from Euclid Beach Park; many later went to Old Indiana Fun Park; gate stood until 2004; site now Shady Lake Apartments and a Raising Cane's along Route 14.)
- wrhs.org/learn-discover/history-at-home/then-now-blog/2022/1... (Western Reserve Historical Society: along State Route 14 in Streetsboro; developed 1969-1978, opened 1978, closed 1982 after a family dispute; Euclid Beach rides (Kiddie Land, Rotor, Flying Scooters, Sleepy Hollow Train, Dodgems, Antique Cars, Turnpike) plus a Wild Mouse; many rides bought by Old Indiana; arch stood until 2004; site now Shady Lake Apartments and a bank.)