Wildcat, Southington

Name: Wildcat
Address: Lake Compounce, Southington, 06489, United States

#1 among attractions in Southington

Amusement, Theme park, Amusement ride, Amusement park

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Wildcat is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. It was built in 1927 and is the park's centerpiece. It is one of the world's oldest roller coasters still in operation at the same location. It greatly resembles the now-defunct Wildcat roller coaster at Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Denver. Wildcat has received the American Coaster Enthusiasts Coaster Landmark Award for its historical significance. ()

Length: 2746 ftHeight: 85 ftCoordinates: 41°38'27"N, 72°55'23"W

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Lake CompounceSouthington 06489 United States

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Wildcat – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lake Compounce, Zoomerang, Boulder Dash Roller Coaster, Lincoln College of New England.

~950 ftS
Amusement, Amusement park
Lake Compounce, Bristol
5 min walk • Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol and Southington, Connecticut. Opened in 1846, it is the oldest continuously operating amusement park in the United States.
~800 ftN
Amusement, Amusement park, Theme park
Zoomerang, Bristol
4 min walk • Zoomerang is the name of a boomerang steel roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. Zoomerang is one of the forty-five functioning Vekoma boomerang style roller coasters in the world.
~700 ftSW
Amusement, Amusement park, Amusement ride
Boulder Dash Roller Coaster, Bristol
4 min walk • Boulder Dash is a wooden roller coaster located at Lake Compounce in Bristol, Connecticut. Construction for the coaster began in June 1999 and was completed in May 2000.
0.6 miS
Universities and schools
Lincoln College of New England, Southington
15 min walk • Lincoln College of New England was a private college in Southington, Connecticut, founded in 1966 as Briarwood College. Lincoln's regional accreditor placed the college on probation in the summer of 2018 and the institution subsequently stopped admitting students and announced that it would close in December.