Sprocket Rockets
Six Flags Great America is an amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States, between Chicago and Milwaukee. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park features 45 attractions, including 16 roller coasters, and an adjacent water park named Hurricane Harbor Chicago.- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: Roller coaster at Six Flags Great America
- Also known as: “Spacely’s Sprocket Rockets”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Goliath and The Flash: Vertical Velocity.
Goliath
Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.
Goliath is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois. Manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction and designed by Alan Schilke, the roller coaster features RMC's Topper Track design and opened to the public on June 19, 2014.
The Flash: Vertical Velocity
Photo: Feather Better, CC BY 4.0.
The Flash: Vertical Velocity is a launched inverted roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, United States. Manufactured by Intamin, the Impulse roller coaster model opened on May 18, 2001. The Flash: Vertical Velocity is situated 490 feet northwest of Sprocket Rockets.
Six Flags Great America
Theme park
Photo: David B. Gleason, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Six Flags Great America is an amusement park in Gurnee, Illinois, United States, between Chicago and Milwaukee. Owned and operated by Six Flags, the park features 45 attractions, including 16 roller coasters, and an adjacent water park named Hurricane Harbor Chicago. Six Flags Great America is situated 800 feet northwest of Sprocket Rockets.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gurnee and Grange Hall.
Gurnee
Photo: juggernautco, CC BY 2.0.
Gurnee is a village in Illinois. It sits at the midpoint between Chicago and Milwaukee. It's best known as the home of the Six Flags Great America amusement park, Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Chicago water park, the Gurnee Mills shopping mall, and a Great Wolf Lodge location.
Grange Hall
Hamlet
Grange Hall is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Grange Hall is located at. Grange Hall is situated 1½ miles west of Sprocket Rockets.
Wilson
Hamlet
Wilson was an unincorporated community in southern Warren Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States. The community was located along Illinois Route 120 and is now part of the cities of Waukegan and Park City and the village of Gurnee. Wilson is situated 2 miles southeast of Sprocket Rockets.
Sprocket Rockets
- Categories: amusement ride, steel roller coaster, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Warren Township, Lake, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36677° or 42° 22′ 0″ northLongitude
-87.93121° or 87° 55′ 52″ westOpen location code
86JJ9389+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 5800006599OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q3036455
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In Other Languages
“Sprocket Rockets” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Spacely’s Sprocket Rockets”
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