Flying Turns
Flying Turns is a wooden bobsled roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. It is modeled after a similar ride designed by John Norman Bartlett and John Miller in the 1920s.Photo: Rich Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Phoenix and Twister.
Phoenix
Roller coaster
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Phoenix is a wooden roller coaster located at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. It was moved to its current location in central Pennsylvania in 1985. Phoenix is situated 410 feet west of Flying Turns.
Twister
Roller coaster
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Twister is a wooden roller coaster located at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. It is a custom wooden coaster designed by John Fetterman, with heavy inspiration taken from Mister Twister at Elitch Gardens. Twister is situated 530 feet southeast of Flying Turns.
Black Diamond
Dark ride
Black Diamond is a roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. The ride has a steel track on a wooden frame. The roller coaster originally opened in 1960 as Golden Nugget at Hunt's Pier, and it eventually became part of Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey, where it operated until 1999 and stood unused until early 2009. Black Diamond is situated 590 feet northwest of Flying Turns.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elysburg and Paxinos.
Elysburg
Village
Elysburg is a census-designated place in Ralpho Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It is forty-two miles north-northeast of Harrisburg. The population was 2,194 at the 2010 census. Elysburg is situated 2½ miles west of Flying Turns.
Paxinos
Hamlet
Paxinos is a census-designated place in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It has a post office with the zip code 17860. In 2010, the population was 2,467 residents. Paxinos is situated 4½ miles southwest of Flying Turns.
Natalie
Hamlet
Natalie is a town in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is classified as a "community designated place" meaning it is neither a census-designated place nor a place having a federally recognized name. Natalie is situated 4½ miles southeast of Flying Turns.
Flying Turns
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: wooden bobsled roller coaster in Pennsylvania
- Categories: bobsled roller coaster, wooden roller coaster, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ralpho Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.87845° or 40° 52′ 42″ northLongitude
-76.50512° or 76° 30′ 18″ westOpen location code
87G5VFHV+9XOpenStreetMap ID
node 3700461445OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1434625
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In Other Languages
“Flying Turns” goes by many names.
- German: “Flying Turns (Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort)”
- German: “Flying Turns”
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