The Great White
The Great White 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 SkyCoaster, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Delaware Bayshore Byway passes 4.6 miles off. 2 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Great White is a sit-down wooden/steel roller coaster made and built by Custom Coasters International. It first opened on June 10, 1996 with 2 trains from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. The original trains were replaced by GCI Millennium Flyer trains for the 2025 season. Riders are arranged 2 across in 12 rows for a total of 24 riders per train. The ride starts by dropping into a tunnel beneath the boardwalk. After exiting the tunnel, the ride climbs up the 110-foot lift hill before dropping 100 feet at a 50-degree-angle, reaching a maximum speed of 50 mph (80 km/h). The ride then goes off the boardwalk and towards the beach, entering an elevated 225° swooping turn over the beach. The track then dives down into a turning drop, rising up to a flat 225° turn around. Another diving and swooping turn brings the train parallel to the first turn, and thence parallel to the lift hill. A series of three short airtime hills provide strong pops of ejector airtime, before rising up into a double-up into another flat turn around. The train makes one final turning drop and 90° before entering the brake run perpendicular to the lift hill and station. This ride was built over the beach because Morey's Piers ran out of room on the pier. This ride is being constantly checked out by inspectors and has its track replaced frequently. This is one of the three 100+ feet coasters at Morey's and the only one that is a hybrid coaster. The ride has been retracked by Martin & Vleminckx. For 2021, the coaster received 240 feet of new track, a new ride control system, and an elevator in the station. The coaster's original PTC trains were replaced with GCI Millennium Flyer trains for the 2025 season.
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Wikidata Q2411758, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Delaware Bayshore Byway, National
- 4.3 mi off the Bayshore Heritage Byway, National
- 14.4 mi off the Pine Barrens Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- SkyCoaster: 0.0 mi
- Chamber of Checkers: 0.0 mi
- Tornado: 0.0 mi
- Carousel: 0.0 mi
- Screamin' Swing: 0.0 mi
- Rendevous Beach Picnic Area: 0.3 mi
- Fox Park: 0.3 mi
- Byrne Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Fountain Park: 0.7 mi
- Wildwood Recreation Center: 0.7 mi
- The Doo Wop Experience: 0.3 mi
- Wildwood Historical Society: 0.3 mi
- Tatham Life Saving Station: 4.5 mi
- HCSV Welcome Center: 5.3 mi
- Naval Air Station Wildwood Aviation Museum: 5.4 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Christopher Columbus Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Survivor: 1.1 mi
- U.S. Life Saving Station No.35: 4.5 mi
- Coast Guard 44' Motor Life Boat: 4.7 mi
- Two Mile Beach: 3.4 mi
- Seven Mile Beach: 7.3 mi
- The Cove: 7.5 mi
- Sunray Beach: 7.6 mi
- Higbee Beach: 8.3 mi
- Hereford Inlet Light: 2.0 mi
- Hereford Lighthouse: 2.0 mi
- Brandywine Shoal Light: 16.1 mi
- Fourteen Foot Bank Light: 17.1 mi
- East Point Lighthouse: 18.7 mi
- Wildwoods Sign: 0.4 mi
- Shark: 1.0 mi
- Boardwalk Arch: 1.2 mi
- Douglas A. Munro: 4.7 mi
- Ice Cream Statue: 7.0 mi
- Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary: 4.7 mi
- Garrett Family Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Armacost Park Pollinator Habitat: 7.0 mi
- Strathmere Natural Area: 17.6 mi
- Belleplain State Forest: 18.4 mi
- Potato Island: 7.8 mi
- Muskee Hill: 23.9 mi
- Cape May Parkway Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Caldwell Picnic Site: 19.5 mi
- South Cape May: 7.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Great White. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muskee Hill | NNW 342° | 19 m | 23.9 mi |
| Potato Island | NNW 333° | 2 m | 7.8 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/230913023
Day trips start here
- Wildwood · 1 mi
- Cape May · 6 mi
- Rehoboth Beach · 24 mi
- Cumberland County · 29 mi
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