Sea Serpent
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Sea Serpent is an attraction in New Jersey, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Muskee Hill stands 19 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Crazy Bus, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 4.7 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Sea Serpent is a steel roller coaster at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey. Opened in 1984, it was built by Vekoma, and was the first boomerang-style coaster to be built in the US. The coaster's installation was part of a redevelopment of the Marine Pier into a new Mariner's Landing area in 1984. The Sea Serpent currently sits in the middle of Mariners Landing and serves as an icon for the pier along with The Giant Wheel. Riders board yellow, orange and green trains to go with the theme. It is a single train with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders. The train begins its backwards climb up the first of the ride's two 116 foot lift hills, both of which are placed diagonally towards each other. The train continues to slowly rise for thirty seconds before dropping at forty-seven miles per hour right through the station and through the coaster's first inversion, a Cobra Roll, exerting as many as 5.2 g's on riders throughout the two elements. The train then goes through a Loop before ending up on the second lift section. The second lift pulls riders upwards for a few seconds, then releases, sending riders backwards. The train encounters the loop first this time, only to then go through the cobra roll once again which leads riders back through the station and partially up the first lift section again. The train then slowly lowers back down into the station, having sent riders through 935 feet of three inversions in total, both forwards and backwards. During the 2019-2020 off season, the ride underwent a makeover, which includes replacing the second lift hill, brakes, and the trains.
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Wikidata Q7439993, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.7 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 4.4 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Crazy Bus: 0.0 mi
- Musik Express: 0.0 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.0 mi
- Tea Cups: 0.0 mi
- Maelstrom: 0.0 mi
- Rendevous Beach Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Byrne Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Fox Park: 0.5 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.5 mi
- Wildwood Recreation Center: 0.8 mi
- Wildwood Historical Society: 0.4 mi
- The Doo Wop Experience: 0.5 mi
- Tatham Life Saving Station: 4.3 mi
- Stone Harbor Museum: 5.5 mi
- HCSV Welcome Center: 5.5 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Christopher Columbus Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Survivor: 1.3 mi
- U.S. Life Saving Station No.35: 4.3 mi
- Coast Guard 44' Motor Life Boat: 5.0 mi
- Two Mile Beach: 3.6 mi
- Seven Mile Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sunray Beach: 7.7 mi
- The Cove: 7.7 mi
- Higbee Beach: 8.5 mi
- Hereford Inlet Light: 1.7 mi
- Hereford Lighthouse: 1.7 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 16.3 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 17.3 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Wildwoods Sign: 0.7 mi
- Boardwalk Arch: 1.0 mi
- Shark: 1.1 mi
- Douglas A. Munro: 5.0 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 7.1 mi
- Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary: 4.5 mi
- Garrett Family Preserve: 6.5 mi
- Armacost Park Pollinator Habitat: 6.7 mi
- Strathmere Natural Area: 17.3 mi
- Belleplain State Forest: 18.2 mi
- Potato Island: 7.7 mi
- Muskee Hill: 23.7 mi
- Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Caldwell Picnic Site: 19.3 mi
- South Cape May: 8.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sea Serpent. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskee Hill | NNW 341° | 19 m | 23.7 mi |
| Potato Island | NNW 332° | 2 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:49 | 20:29 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:23 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 15:59 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 37 | 44 | 53 | 62 | 72 | 77 | 76 | 70 | 59 | 49 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cape MAY 2 NW, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/230912992
Day trips start here
- Wildwood · 0 mi
- Cape May · 6 mi
- Rehoboth Beach · 24 mi
- Cumberland County · 29 mi
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