Twister
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Flying Turns and Lawrence L Knoebel Covered Bridge.
Flying Turns
Roller coaster
Photo: Rich Anderson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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. Flying Turns is situated 530 feet northwest of Twister.
Lawrence L Knoebel Covered Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Lawrence L. Knoebel Covered Bridge is a historic wooden covered bridge located at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. It connects Cleveland Township in Columbia County, Pennsylvania and Ralpho Township in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Lawrence L Knoebel Covered Bridge is situated 370 feet west of Twister.
Phoenix
Roller coaster
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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 820 feet northwest of Twister.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Elysburg and Paxinos.
Elysburg
Village
Elysburg is a census-designated place in Ralpho Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is forty-two miles north-northeast of Harrisburg. Elysburg is situated 2½ miles west of Twister.
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 Twister.
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 Twister.
Twister
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster at Knoebels Amusement Resort in Pennsylvania
- Categories: wooden roller coaster, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Columbia County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.87729° or 40° 52′ 38″ northLongitude
-76.50397° or 76° 30′ 14″ westOpen location code
87G5VFGW+WCOpenStreetMap ID
node 3700461519OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q2462356
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In Other Languages
“Twister” goes by many names.
- German: “Twister (Achterbahn)”
- German: “Twister (Knoebels Amusement Park & Resort)”
- German: “Twister”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Kiddie Play Area and Twin Twister Slides.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Twister”. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 4.0.