Maverick
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Maverick 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 Wave Swinger, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.8 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Maverick is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio. Manufactured by Intamin at a cost of $21 million, it was the 500th roller coaster designed by German engineer Werner Stengel and the first to feature a twisted horseshoe roll element. There are two launch points along the 4,450-foot (1,360 m) track that utilize linear synchronous motors (LSM). Maverick features a beyond-vertical drop of 95 degrees and reaches a maximum speed of 70 mph (110 km/h). Maverick was originally scheduled to open on May 12, 2007, but the opening was delayed after testing revealed that its heartline roll element, which followed the second launch, would exert excessive force on riders. It was replaced in favor of an s-curve element that joins two banked turns, and the coaster opened to public on May 26, 2007. The slogan used in the ride's promotion was "The Old West Was Never This Wild".
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q1911911, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.8 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 30.0 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wave Swinger: 0.1 mi
- Steel Vengeance: 0.1 mi
- Thunder Canyon: 0.1 mi
- Skyhawk: 0.1 mi
- Snake River Falls: 0.1 mi
- Battery Park: 1.8 mi
- Shoreline Park: 1.9 mi
- Facer Park: 2.0 mi
- Dauch Park: 2.3 mi
- Huron Park: 2.3 mi
- Pipe Creek Wildlife Area: 2.6 mi
- Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Joseph Steinen Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
- Sheldon Marsh Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Sheldon Marsh: 7.1 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: 3.3 mi
- Erie County Firefighters' Memorial: 2.3 mi
- The Keeper's House: 3.3 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 3.3 mi
- Lake Erie: 3.7 mi
- The Keepers of the Light: 3.7 mi
- Cedar Point Beach: 0.6 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 5.2 mi
- North Swimming Beach: 7.7 mi
- North Pond Barrier Beach: 8.8 mi
- Gem Beach: 8.9 mi
- Inscription Rock: 7.5 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 8.9 mi
- Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Atlas: 12.6 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 13.2 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 3.7 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 3.7 mi
- Huron Harbor Light: 9.5 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 13.2 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 14.3 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.6 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 5.0 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 5.2 mi
- School Garden: 8.4 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 14.9 mi
- Sugar Rock: 10.0 mi
- North Milan Hill: 12.7 mi
- Taft Hill: 13.5 mi
- Willow Point: 10.2 mi
- Canvasback Point: 14.7 mi
- Winous Point: 15.7 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- westbound rest area: 17.0 mi
- Lorain Rest Area: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Maverick. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SSE 158° | 201 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sugar Rock | WNW 304° | 174 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:07 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/842232924
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 24 mi
- Amherst · 26 mi
- Lorain · 27 mi
- Oberlin · 28 mi
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