Millennium Force
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Millennium Force is an attraction in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 176 m. North Milan Hill stands 201 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Rougarou, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 1.6 miles off. 3 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Millennium Force is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, it was the park's fourteenth roller coaster when it opened in 2000, dating back to the opening of Blue Streak in 1964. Upon completion, Millennium Force broke five world records and was the world's first giga coaster, a term coined by Intamin and Cedar Point to represent a roller coaster that exceeds 300 feet (91 m) in height. It was briefly the tallest and fastest in the world until Steel Dragon 2000 opened later the same year. The ride is also the third-longest roller coaster in North America following The Beast at Kings Island and Fury 325 at Carowinds. Millennium Force features a 310-foot-tall (94 m) cable lift hill with a 300-foot (91 m) drop, two tunnels, three overbanked turns, and three hills. The coaster also has a top speed of 93 mph (150 km/h). Since its debut, Millennium Force has been voted the number one steel roller coaster ten times in Amusement Today's annual Golden Ticket Awards. Millennium Force remains the sixth fastest, sixth tallest, and seventh longest roller coaster in operation.
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Wikidata Q1065056, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail, National
- 29.7 mi off the North Ridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Observation Tower · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rougarou: 0.1 mi
- Professor Delbert's Frontier Fling: 0.1 mi
- Iron Dragon: 0.2 mi
- Forbidden Frontier on Adventure Island: 0.2 mi
- Top Thrill 2: 0.2 mi
- Battery Park: 1.6 mi
- Shoreline Park: 1.7 mi
- Facer Park: 1.9 mi
- Huron Park: 2.1 mi
- Dauch Park: 2.1 mi
- Pipe Creek Wildlife Area: 2.3 mi
- Lakeside Daisy State Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Joseph Steinen Wildlife Area: 4.5 mi
- Sheldon Marsh Nature Preserve: 5.9 mi
- Sheldon Marsh: 6.7 mi
- Town Hall Museum: 0.3 mi
- Maritime Museum of Sandusky: 1.7 mi
- Follett House Museum: 2.2 mi
- Merry-Go-Round Museum: 2.3 mi
- The Keeper's House: 3.6 mi
- Erie County Firefighters' Memorial: 2.2 mi
- The Keeper's House: 3.6 mi
- Home of Benajah Walcott: 3.6 mi
- Lake Erie: 4.0 mi
- The Keepers of the Light: 4.0 mi
- Cedar Point Beach: 0.4 mi
- Lakeside Beach: 5.5 mi
- North Swimming Beach: 8.0 mi
- North Pond Barrier Beach: 9.0 mi
- Main Street Beach: 9.1 mi
- Inscription Rock: 7.7 mi
- Camp Patmos Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
- Shrine to the Virgin Mary: 9.2 mi
- Atlas: 12.9 mi
- Put-in-Bay Sign: 13.6 mi
- Marblehead Lighthouse State Park: 4.0 mi
- The Keeper's House Museum: 4.0 mi
- Huron Harbor Light: 9.2 mi
- Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Old Lighthouse Walkway: 14.6 mi
- Memorial Garden: 4.9 mi
- Lakefront Daisy Garden3: 5.3 mi
- George Baker Gundlach Memorial Garden: 5.6 mi
- School Garden: 8.7 mi
- Memorial Bricks: 15.2 mi
- Willow Point: 10.3 mi
- Canvasback Point: 14.9 mi
- Winous Point: 15.9 mi
- Sugar Rock: 10.4 mi
- North Milan Hill: 12.4 mi
- Taft Hill: 13.7 mi
- Kelleys Island State Park Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Henry T. Beatty Memorial Picnic Area: 9.3 mi
- westbound rest area: 17.3 mi
- Lorain Rest Area: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Millennium Force. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Milan Hill | SSE 159° | 201 m | 12.4 mi |
| Sugar Rock | NW 304° | 174 m | 10.4 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/842877486
Day trips start here
- Oak Harbor · 24 mi
- Amherst · 25 mi
- Lorain · 27 mi
- Oberlin · 28 mi
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