Giant Dipper
The Giant Dipper, also known as the Mission Beach Roller Coaster and by other previous names, is a historic wooden roller coaster located at Belmont Park in the Mission Beach area of San Diego, California, United States.Photo: Gb1, Public domain.
- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: amusement ride
- Also known as: “Mission Beach Roller Coaster”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belmont Park and SeaWorld San Diego.
Belmont Park
Theme park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Belmont Park is an oceanfront historic amusement park in the Mission Beach community of San Diego, California. The park was developed by sugar magnate John D. Belmont Park is situated 330 feet southwest of Giant Dipper.
SeaWorld San Diego
Theme park
Photo: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0.
SeaWorld San Diego is a theme park in Mission Bay Park in San Diego, California. It is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, public aquarium, and marine animal rehabilitation center. SeaWorld San Diego is situated 1½ miles east of Giant Dipper.
Journey to Atlantis
Roller coaster
Photo: Joe Busby, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Journey to Atlantis is the name shared by three Water Coasters located at SeaWorld theme parks. These attractions, while different from one another, tell a similar story of a trip to the mythical land of Atlantis. Journey to Atlantis is situated 1½ miles east of Giant Dipper.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mission Beach and Mission Beach-Pacific Beach.
Mission Beach
Suburb
Photo: Vlastula, Public domain.
Mission Beach is a community built on a sandbar between the Pacific Ocean and Mission Bay. It is part of the city of San Diego, California. Mission Beach spans nearly two miles of ocean front.
Mission Beach-Pacific Beach
Photo: dirkhansen, CC BY 2.0.
Mission Beach and Pacific Beach are the two most popular beach neighborhoods in San Diego. Nestled between the ocean and the man-made Mission Bay, this area is packed with tourists in the summer months who come to visit Sea World, the seaside amusements of Belmont Park, or just to hang out at the beach.
Ocean Beach
Suburb
Photo: Abdominator, Public domain.
Ocean Beach is a beachfront neighborhood in San Diego, California. Ocean Beach is situated 2 miles south of Giant Dipper.
Giant Dipper
- Categories: wooden roller coaster, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: San Diego County, Southern California, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.7717° or 32° 46′ 18″ northLongitude
-117.25149° or 117° 15′ 5″ westOpen location code
8544QPCX+MCOpenStreetMap ID
node 7024787125OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterWikidata ID
Q1522717
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In Other Languages
From German to Spanish—“Giant Dipper” goes by many names.
- German: “Giant Dipper (Belmont Park)”
- German: “Giant Dipper”
- German: “Mission Beach Roller Coaster”
- Spanish: “Mission Beach Roller Coaster”
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