Drop Tower
Drop Tower is a drop tower in Santa Clara County, California. Drop Tower is situated nearby to the amusement arcade Games Gallery, as well as near the amusement ride Pacific Gliders.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include The Grizzly and California’s Great America.
The Grizzly
Roller coaster
Photo: Fastily, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Grizzly is a wooden roller coaster located at California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. The ride was designed by Curtis D. Summers and manufactured by Kings Island Construction.
California’s Great America
Theme park
Photo: Oleg Alexandrov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
California's Great America is a 112-acre amusement park located in Santa Clara, California, United States. Owned and operated by Six Flags, it originally opened in 1976 as one of two Americana-themed parks built by the Marriott Corporation. California’s Great America is situated 750 feet north of Drop Tower.
Demon
Roller coaster
Photo: Jonrev, Public domain.
Demon is a looping roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois and California's Great America in Santa Clara, California. The pair of steel roller coasters opened in 1976 as Turn of the Century when both parks were owned by the Marriott Corporation. Demon is situated 750 feet west of Drop Tower.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agnew and Alviso.
Agnew
Hamlet
Photo: EugeneZelenko, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Agnew's Village was a small unincorporated village in what is now Santa Clara, California. It was named for Abram Agnew, a Santa Clara Valley pioneer from Ohio who settled there around 1873.
Alviso
Suburb
Photo: Vlad Butsky, CC BY 2.0.
Alviso is a district of San Jose, California, located in North San Jose on the southern shores of San Francisco Bay. Originally an independent town, founded in 1852, today Alviso is San Jose's only waterfront district, primarily residential in nature, with several Silicon Valley tech companies and recreation-oriented businesses. Alviso is situated 2½ miles north of Drop Tower.
Santa Clara
Photo: Fastily, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santa Clara is a city in Santa Clara County, California. The city's population was 127,647 at the 2020 census, making it the eighth-most populous city in the Bay Area.
Drop Tower
- Type: Drop tower
- Also known as: “Drop Zone”
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.39355° or 37° 23′ 37″ northLongitude
-121.97168° or 121° 58′ 18″ westBrand
Drop TowerOpen location code
849W92VH+C8OpenStreetMap ID
node 6832024671OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=drop_towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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