Skyrush
Skyrush is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Helicopters, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 45 named summits stand within 25 miles.
200 ft. tall steel roller coaster that opened at the park in 2012 and is consistently rated to be a fan favorite.
The story
Skyrush is an Intamin prototype Wing Coaster at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. It opened to the general public on May 26, 2012, as Hersheypark's 12th roller coaster and the park's third coaster made by Intamin. Skyrush features a 200 ft (61 m) cable lift that raises the train at 26 ft/s (480 m/min). The roller coaster is located in the Hollow section of Hersheypark, next to the Comet wooden coaster; Skyrush itself is mainly set above Spring Creek. The concept for what is now Skyrush dates to 2007, but Hershey Entertainment and Resorts Company did not file plans for the ride's construction until August 2010. Hersheypark launched the Attraction 2012 marketing campaign to promote what eventually became Skyrush, and the park officially announced the ride in August 2011. Despite delays caused by flooding, Skyrush opened to the general public on May 26, 2012. Reviews of the ride have generally been positive, and Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards ranked Skyrush as the fifth-best new ride for 2012. Additionally, in every year except 2016 and 2020, Skyrush has been ranked in the Golden Ticket Awards as one of the world's 50 best steel roller coasters.
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Wikidata Q2293407, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Helicopters: 0.0 mi
- Space Age: 0.0 mi
- Scrambler: 0.0 mi
- Wave Swinger: 0.0 mi
- Traffic Jam: 0.0 mi
- Chocolate Town Square: 0.3 mi
- Hershey Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Founder's Park: 1.1 mi
- Swatara Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Palmdale Park: 1.6 mi
- Michael Horrocks 9/11 Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Abandoned Mount Gretna Prison Foundations: 8.5 mi
- Highspire War Memorial: 8.8 mi
- The "Governor's Troop": 9.6 mi
- 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Camp Hastings.: 9.8 mi
- The Hershey Story: 0.2 mi
- Education Center: 0.8 mi
- Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational, & Memorial Center: 1.4 mi
- Kinderhaus: 1.7 mi
- AACA Museum: 2.0 mi
- Round Top: 5.0 mi
- Conewago Hill: 9.5 mi
- Governor Dick Hill: 10.9 mi
- Mount Ararat: 10.9 mi
- Hulls Hill: 11.8 mi
- Milton S. Hershey: 0.1 mi
- The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 0.8 mi
- Girl Chasing Butterflies: 0.8 mi
- Winter: 0.8 mi
- Fall: 0.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 246: 5.0 mi
- Bellaire Woods: 8.2 mi
- Shaw Family Nature Preserve: 8.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 9.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 145: 9.0 mi
- Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Bill Bowman Garden: 0.8 mi
- Northside Garden: 3.7 mi
- Palmyra Community Library: 4.7 mi
- Prayer Garden: 7.1 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 0.1 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 8.3 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 9.7 mi
- Main Campfire Circle: 14.0 mi
- Swing Circle: 14.1 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 1.3 mi
- Penryth Spring: 8.9 mi
- Donegal Spring: 13.6 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 14.5 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 14.5 mi
- Chickies Rock: 17.6 mi
- Chinese Wall: 19.0 mi
- Round Head: 23.7 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 9.8 mi
- Concrete Beach: 12.7 mi
- Rausch Gap: 15.0 mi
- Acrigg's Falls: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Skyrush. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lick Mountain | N 10° | 545 m | 21.9 mi |
| Short Mountain | N 350° | 500 m | 20.8 mi |
| Good Spring Mountain | NNE 18° | 500 m | 24.9 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 6° | 496 m | 22.6 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 352° | 491 m | 12.8 mi |
| Third Mountain | NW 319° | 488 m | 12.3 mi |
| Panther Head | NNE 28° | 473 m | 23.2 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NNW 332° | 435 m | 19.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:30 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:01 | 16:44 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 42 | 53 | 63 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Middletown Harrisburg Intl AP, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Wrightsville · 19 mi
- York · 23 mi
- Lancaster · 25 mi
- Lancaster County · 27 mi
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