Matterhorn Bobsleds
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Matterhorn Bobsleds is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. Santiago Peak stands 1,734 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Alice in Wonderland, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 25 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Matterhorn Bobsleds is an attraction that consists of a pair of intertwined steel roller coasters running through a fabricated mountain. It is located at Disneyland in Anaheim, California and is modeled after the Matterhorn, a mountain in the Alps on the border between Switzerland and Italy. It is the first known permanently-installed tubular steel track roller coaster, though coasters with tubular steel tracks had toured European fairs as early as 1956. Located on the border between Tomorrowland and Fantasyland, it employs forced perspective to seem larger than its actual size.
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Dates from 1959.
Wikidata Q1849003, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 7.62 m
- Material
- steel
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 24.9 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Alice in Wonderland: 0.0 mi
- Mad Tea Party: 0.0 mi
- Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage: 0.0 mi
- Pixie Hollow: 0.0 mi
- Storybook Land Canal Boats: 0.0 mi
- I'm Late: 0.0 mi
- Snow White's Grotto: 0.0 mi
- Sword in the Stone: 0.1 mi
- Arendelle Castle: 0.1 mi
- Minnie Mouse Statue: 0.1 mi
- Historical Mechanical Marker: Disneyland Monorial: 0.1 mi
- Tomorrowland Monorail Station: 0.1 mi
- 40th Anniversary Time Castle: 0.1 mi
- Partners: 0.1 mi
- Petrified Tree: 0.2 mi
- London Park: 0.1 mi
- Car Park: 0.1 mi
- Centooinial Park: 0.1 mi
- Zocalo Park: 0.1 mi
- Magnolia Park: 0.3 mi
- Walt Disney's Apartment: 0.2 mi
- MUZEO: 1.4 mi
- Stanley Ranch Museum: 2.3 mi
- Hilbert Museum of California Art: 3.9 mi
- Discovery Science Center: 4.1 mi
- Emerald Garden: 0.8 mi
- Memorial Gardens: 2.0 mi
- Garden Grove Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Grotto of Our Lady: 2.9 mi
- Hundred Oaks Trail Native Garden: 5.0 mi
- Big Thunder Mountain: 0.1 mi
- Cascade Peak: 0.2 mi
- Cadillac Range: 0.6 mi
- East Coyote Hills: 5.5 mi
- West Coyote Hills: 6.5 mi
- Robert E. Ward Nature Preserve: 6.4 mi
- Cerro Villa Park: 7.3 mi
- Pelanconi Park: 7.4 mi
- Peters Canyon Regional Park: 9.2 mi
- Oak Canyon Nature Center: 9.5 mi
- Disneyland Resort Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Falcon Flats Group Area: 9.2 mi
- Squirrel Square Group Area: 9.6 mi
- Deer Den Group Area: 9.7 mi
- Coyote Corner Group Area: 10.0 mi
- Carbon Canyon Mineral Springs: 12.3 mi
- McDermont Spring: 12.8 mi
- Tomato Spring: 14.5 mi
- Dripping Springs: 14.7 mi
- Horsetrough Spring: 15.4 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 11.1 mi
- Bolsa Chica State Beach: 11.6 mi
- Huntington City Beach: 12.0 mi
- Mother's Beach: 12.2 mi
- North Star Beach: 13.1 mi
- Schweitzer Falls: 0.2 mi
- Frog Jump Falls: 0.4 mi
- Washout Falls: 0.4 mi
- Bear Claw Fall: 0.4 mi
- Historic Dam: 8.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.2 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 21.8 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 22.4 mi
- Norco Bluffs: 23.8 mi
- San Pedro Escarpment: 24.7 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 22.8 mi
- Three Arches: 24.7 mi
- Rancho Temescal: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Matterhorn Bobsleds. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santiago Peak | ESE 108° | 1,734 m | 23.1 mi |
| Modjeska Peak | ESE 107° | 1,675 m | 22.4 mi |
| Pleasants Peak | E 94° | 1,211 m | 17.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | E 100° | 1,197 m | 22.3 mi |
| Bedford Peak | E 99° | 1,161 m | 19.8 mi |
| Johnstone Peak | NNE 16° | 966 m | 25.0 mi |
| Sierra Peak | E 80° | 928 m | 15.4 mi |
| Flores Peak | ESE 112° | 566 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:04 |
| June solstice | 05:42 | 19:29 | 20:06 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:17 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 06:54 | 16:09 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 59 | 59 | 62 | 64 | 66 | 70 | 74 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa ANA Fire STN, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Disneyland · 0 mi
- Anaheim · 1 mi
- Garden Grove · 3 mi
- Stanton · 4 mi
- Buena Park · 5 mi
- Fullerton · 5 mi
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