Tatsu
Tatsu is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 369 m. Burnt Peak stands 1,761 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Honda Express Upper Station, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Tatsu is a flying roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park located in Valencia, California, United States. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, it opened as the tallest, fastest, and longest flying coaster in the world on May 13, 2006. It became the park's seventeenth coaster, featuring a height of 170 feet (52 m), a track length of 3,602 feet (1,098 m), and a maximum speed of 62 mph (100 km/h). Tatsu also features the world's tallest pretzel loop and the only zero-gravity roll inversion on a flying coaster model. Nearly a decade later, The Flying Dinosaur opened at Universal Studios Japan in 2016, breaking Tatsu's length record and matching its speed. In its debut season, Tatsu was ranked 40th among steel coasters in the annual Golden Ticket Awards from Amusement Today, peaking with a rank of 28 in 2012.
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Wikidata Q1688754, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Six Flags
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Honda Express Upper Station: 0.0 mi
- Mining Town Games: 0.0 mi
- Ninja: 0.0 mi
- Revolution: 0.1 mi
- Honda Express Lower Station: 0.1 mi
- Confluence Park: 0.7 mi
- Honor Grove: 2.0 mi
- Horse Shoes: 2.1 mi
- Park Facilities: 2.2 mi
- Dr Richard H Rioux Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Paul Walker Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Hagop "Jake" Kuredjian Memorial: 2.8 mi
- Pico No. 4: 4.0 mi
- Fritz' Grave: 5.2 mi
- Dry Canyon Reservoir water outlet structure: 5.8 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Laing-Brookfield Open Space: 3.4 mi
- Laing-Brookfield Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Santa Clarita City Open Space: 3.7 mi
- Tapia Canyon Open Space: 3.9 mi
- Maps and Maping: The Firefighter's Life Line: 2.8 mi
- Communitree: 8.1 mi
- Tiki: 10.7 mi
- Construction UCLA: 10.9 mi
- Canyon Dreamscape: 10.9 mi
- Sand Rock Peak: 3.7 mi
- Towsley Peak: 4.6 mi
- Oat Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Loma Verde: 6.5 mi
- Manzanita Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Sustainable Landscape Demonstration Garden: 2.8 mi
- Meditation Garden: 4.3 mi
- Central Park Gardens: 4.3 mi
- Butterfly Knoll: 5.6 mi
- Hummingbird Garden: 8.0 mi
- Los Pinetos Spring: 9.6 mi
- Hialeah Springs: 10.1 mi
- Juan Fernandez Spring: 10.5 mi
- Arundell Spring: 11.4 mi
- Rodeo Spring: 12.6 mi
- Bunkhouse: 5.2 mi
- William S. Hart Ranch House: 5.2 mi
- William S. Hart Museum: 5.2 mi
- Pardee House: 5.3 mi
- Heritage Junction Historic Park: 5.3 mi
- Paradise Picnic Pavilion: 0.3 mi
- Johnson Park: 3.6 mi
- Tumbleweeds: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
- Whitney Canyon Waterfalls: 7.8 mi
- Trail Canyon Falls: 20.7 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 22.9 mi
- Paradise Falls: 22.9 mi
- Temescal Falls: 24.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.4 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 9.7 mi
- Mentryville: 3.1 mi
- Coba Arch: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Tatsu. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnt Peak | N 4° | 1,761 m | 18.0 mi |
| Little Burnt Peak | N 4° | 1,660 m | 18.5 mi |
| Sawtooth Mountain | N 9° | 1,577 m | 16.7 mi |
| Whiteacre Peak | WNW 298° | 1,536 m | 17.7 mi |
| Dome Mountain | NW 321° | 1,502 m | 18.4 mi |
| Magic Mountain | E 99° | 1,477 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mendenhall Peak | ESE 107° | 1,413.1 m | 17.0 mi |
| Grass Mountain | NE 35° | 1,408 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:33 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:34 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:20 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
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 | 55 | 55 | 59 | 61 | 67 | 72 | 79 | 80 | 77 | 69 | 60 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newhall 5NW, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Magic Mountain · 0 mi
- Valencia · 3 mi
- Castaic · 5 mi
- Santa Clarita · 5 mi
- Santa Clarita Valley · 5 mi
- Chatsworth · 11 mi
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