Cedar Creek Mine Ride
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Cedar Creek Mine Ride is an attraction in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 175 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyhawk, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Cedar Creek Mine Ride is a mine train roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Built by Arrow Development, the roller coaster opened in 1969 in the Frontiertown section of the park. It is the second oldest roller coaster in operation at Cedar Point behind Blue Streak.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q2943776, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 29.9 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Skyhawk: 0.0 mi
- Snake River Falls: 0.1 mi
- Woodstock Express: 0.1 mi
- Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island: 0.1 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.1 mi
- Battery Park: 1.8 mi
- Shoreline Park: 1.9 mi
- Facer Park: 2.1 mi
- Dauch Park: 2.3 mi
- Huron Park: 2.3 mi
- Pipe Creek Wildlife Area: 2.5 mi
- Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Joseph Steinen Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Sheldon Marsh Nature Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Sheldon Marsh: 7.0 mi
- Town Hall Museum: 0.1 mi
- Maritime Museum of Sandusky: 1.9 mi
- Follett House Museum: 2.3 mi
- Merry-Go-Round Museum: 2.4 mi
- The Keeper's House: 3.4 mi
- Erie County Firefighters' Memorial: 2.4 mi
- The Keeper's House: 3.4 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 3.4 mi
- Lake Erie: 3.7 mi
- The Keepers of the Light: 3.8 mi
- Cedar Point Beach: 0.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 5.3 mi
- North Swimming Beach: 7.8 mi
- North Pond Barrier Beach: 8.8 mi
- Gem Beach: 9.0 mi
- Inscription Rock: 7.5 mi
- Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 9.0 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 9.0 mi
- Atlas: 12.7 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 13.3 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 3.7 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Huron Harbor Light: 9.4 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 13.3 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 14.4 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.7 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 5.1 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 5.3 mi
- School Garden: 8.4 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 15.0 mi
- Sugar Rock: 10.1 mi
- North Milan Hill: 12.7 mi
- Taft Hill: 13.6 mi
- Willow Point: 10.3 mi
- Canvasback Point: 14.8 mi
- Winous Point: 15.8 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- westbound rest area: 17.1 mi
- Lorain Rest Area: 19.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cedar Creek Mine Ride. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SSE 159° | 201 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sugar Rock | WNW 304° | 174 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:06 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:27 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:20 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 30 | 38 | 49 | 61 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandusky, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/843321581
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 24 mi
- Amherst · 26 mi
- Lorain · 27 mi
- Oberlin · 28 mi
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