Big Dipper
Wood Out-and-Back at Geauga Lake, Aurora, Ohio. Opened 1925, closed 2007.
This ride has closed. It last operated at Geauga Lake in 2007.
- Height
- 65 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 32 mph
- Length
- 2,680 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- 1 min 45 s
- Designer
- John A. Miller
Big Dipper opened at Geauga Lake in 1925, ran as Sky Rocket and later Clipper before taking the Big Dipper name, and last operated on September 16, 2007, when the amusement park closed. It stood unused until it was demolished in October 2016.
Sources
- rcdb.com/236.htm (RCDB: Big Dipper, Geauga Lake & Wildwater Kingdom, Aurora, Ohio, removed; operated 1925 to September 16, 2007; SBNO September 17, 2007 to October 17, 2016; former names Sky Rocket (1925 to 1947-1950) and Clipper (1947-1950 to 1968); designer John A. Miller; length 2,680 ft; height 65 ft; speed 32 mph; 0 inversions; duration 1:45; chain lift; cost 50,000.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geauga_Lake (Wikipedia: Big Dipper, John A. Miller wooden coaster at Geauga Lake, 1925-2007, also known as Clipper and Sky Rocket; listed on eBay in 2010 without bids; demolished in October 2016.)
- rcdb.com/5245.htm (RCDB: Euclid Beach's coaster list has no Big Dipper.)
Numbers are from the ride's manufacturer and park where published; "n/a" means we have not confirmed that number yet. Spotted an error? Tell us.