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Kennywood

Ride classic wooden roller coasters and modern steel ones at a traditional amusement park on a bluff near Pittsburgh.

4800 Kennywood Blvd · West Mifflin, PA

About Kennywood

Kennywood opened in 1898 as a trolley park and is a National Historic Landmark, one of only two amusement parks in the country with that designation. You can ride three wooden coasters, the Jack Rabbit, the Racer and the Thunderbolt, then move on to steel rides like Phantom's Revenge, Sky Rocket and the Steel Curtain. The park sits on a bluff above the Monongahela River in West Mifflin, about 8 miles from downtown Pittsburgh.

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#national historic landmark

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