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Little Dipper
Steel Junior at Midway State Park, Bemus Point, New York.
- Height
- n/a
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- n/a
- Length
- n/a
- Inversions
- 0
- Ride time
- n/a
- Designer
- Allan Herschell Company
Little Dipper is a small steel roller coaster at Midway State Park, the historic trolley park on Chautauqua Lake in western New York. It is an Allan Herschell Company Little Dipper kiddie coaster and is the park's only roller coaster; the park's 2026 ride guide lists it simply as the Roller Coaster.
The ride arrived at Midway in 1956 or 1957, according to RCDB. In 2016 or 2017 it was moved about 250 feet to the southeast within the park, and RCDB lists the reinstalled ride as a separate entry. The oval track has no inversions, and the single train has three cars, each seating four riders in two rows of two.
Midway once had larger coasters as well: the wooden Jack Rabbit, built in 1924 and gone by the 1950s, and a Dragon family coaster that ran from 1984 to 2012.
Sources
- rcdb.com/20898.htm (RCDB: Little Dipper, Midway State Park; operating since 2016 or 2017; steel sit-down family coaster, oval; make Allan Herschell Company, model Kiddie Coaster / Little Dipper; 0 inversions; single train of 3 cars, 2 across in 2 rows, 12 riders; in 2016 or 2017 it moved about 250 feet to the southeast)
- rcdb.com/716.htm (RCDB: the same Little Dipper at its original spot in Midway State Park, operated from 1956 or 1957 to 2016 or 2017)
- rcdb.com/4780.htm (RCDB park page: Little Dipper is the only operating coaster; Jack Rabbit (1924 to 1950s) and Dragon (1984 to June 1, 2012) are defunct)
- parks.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2026-03/Midway%20Planner%20... (Official 2026 planner lists a Roller Coaster among the park's rides)
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