Wildcat's Revenge
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Wildcat's Revenge is an attraction in Pennsylvania, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Big Lick Mountain stands 545 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wild Mouse, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Route 419 Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Wildcat's Revenge is a hybrid roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States. The ride originally opened in 1996 as Wildcat, a wooden coaster manufactured by Great Coasters International (GCI). The wooden coaster was the first from GCI and served as the anchor attraction of the Midway America section of the park. It cost $5.6 million to construct and was built on a 2-acre (0.81 ha) plot of land that had previously been used for parking. The ride traversed a 90-foot lift hill and twelve banked turns, subjecting riders to forces of up to 3.5 Gs. From 1998 to 2009, Wildcat ranked among the top 50 wooden roller coasters in the annual Golden Ticket Awards publication from Amusement Today. Wildcat initially received critical acclaim, but it gained a negative reputation for its increasing roughness. Wildcat closed for a major refurbishment in July 2022. Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) was hired to convert the ride into a hybrid coaster, a wooden support structure with a steel track featuring RMC's I-Box track technology. It reopened as Wildcat's Revenge on June 2, 2023. The renovated coaster added four inversions and additional track length to the previous layout, as well as increased the height, drop, and maximum speed.
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Wikidata Q2570460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Route 419 Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Wild Mouse: 0.0 mi
- Twisted Carnevil: 0.1 mi
- Kill 'N Fill Garage: 0.1 mi
- Laff Trakk: 0.1 mi
- Estate of Evil: 0.1 mi
- Hershey Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Chocolate Town Square: 0.6 mi
- Swatara Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Boathouse Park: 1.3 mi
- Founder's Park: 1.4 mi
- Michael Horrocks 9/11 Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Abandoned Mount Gretna Prison Foundations: 8.8 mi
- Highspire War Memorial: 9.0 mi
- The "Governor's Troop": 9.8 mi
- 16th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry at Camp Hastings.: 9.9 mi
- Education Center: 0.4 mi
- The Hershey Story: 0.5 mi
- Pennsylvania State Police Historical, Educational, & Memorial Center: 1.1 mi
- AACA Museum: 1.9 mi
- Kinderhaus: 1.9 mi
- Round Top: 5.4 mi
- Conewago Hill: 9.7 mi
- Mount Ararat: 10.7 mi
- Governor Dick Hill: 11.0 mi
- Hulls Hill: 11.9 mi
- The Boy with the Leaking Boot: 0.3 mi
- Girl Chasing Butterflies: 0.4 mi
- Milton S. Hershey: 0.4 mi
- Winter: 0.4 mi
- Fall: 0.4 mi
- State Game Lands Number 246: 5.4 mi
- Bellaire Woods: 8.6 mi
- Shaw Family Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- State Game Lands Number 145: 9.2 mi
- State Game Lands Number 275: 9.3 mi
- Historic Hershey Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Bill Bowman Garden: 0.4 mi
- Northside Garden: 3.5 mi
- Palmyra Community Library: 4.7 mi
- Prayer Garden: 7.2 mi
- Original Carrousel Circle: 0.4 mi
- Quitte Creek Nature Park: 8.2 mi
- Hemlock Grove: 9.4 mi
- Main Campfire Circle: 13.8 mi
- Swing Circle: 13.9 mi
- Spring Creek Springs: 1.4 mi
- Penryth Spring: 8.8 mi
- Donegal Spring: 14.0 mi
- Spring Lake Spring: 14.6 mi
- Eichelberger Spring: 14.6 mi
- Chickies Rock: 18.0 mi
- Chinese Wall: 18.6 mi
- Round Head: 23.5 mi
- Mt. Gretna Lake & Beach: 9.9 mi
- Concrete Beach: 12.8 mi
- Rausch Gap: 14.6 mi
- Acrigg's Falls: 16.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wildcat's Revenge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Lick Mountain | N 10° | 545 m | 21.6 mi |
| Short Mountain | N 350° | 500 m | 20.4 mi |
| Good Spring Mountain | NNE 19° | 500 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bear Mountain | N 6° | 496 m | 22.2 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 352° | 491 m | 12.4 mi |
| Third Mountain | NW 317° | 488 m | 12.0 mi |
| Panther Head | NNE 28° | 473 m | 22.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | NNW 332° | 435 m | 19.0 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12995090397
Day trips start here
- Wrightsville · 20 mi
- York · 23 mi
- Lancaster · 25 mi
- Lancaster County · 28 mi
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