Wilderness Run

Wilderness Run is a roller coaster in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Wilderness Run is situated nearby to the playground Beagle Scout Acres, as well as near the amusement ride Charlie Brown’s River Raft Blast.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Woodstock Express and Afterburn.

Woodstock Express

Roller coaster

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Woodstock Express is a wooden roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina that was formerly named after the Nickelodeon cartoon The Fairly OddParents.

Afterburn

Roller coaster

Photo: Coasterman1234, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Afterburn is an inverted roller coaster located at Carowinds amusement park in Charlotte, North Carolina. After more than two years of planning and construction, the roller coaster opened on March 20, 1999. Afterburn is situated 720 feet southwest of Wilderness Run.

Carowinds

Theme park

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Carowinds is a 407-acre amusement park primarily located in Charlotte, North Carolina. The park is owned and operated by Six Flags. Carowinds straddles the state line between North and South Carolina, adjacent to Interstate 77, with a portion of the park located in Fort Mill, South Carolina. Carowinds is situated 1,500 feet northwest of Wilderness Run.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pineville and Steele Creek.

Pineville

Photo: Deshort, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pineville is a suburban town located in south-central North Carolina. Though it maintains its traditional town center, it is one of the most rapidly-growing suburbs of Charlotte. Pineville is, by residential population, the smallest town in Mecklenburg County.

Steele Creek

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Steele Creek is a neighborhood and major district in Charlotte. Steele Creek is located along Lake Wylie in the far southwest quadrant of Charlotte primarily bordered by Interstate 485 to the east and located south of the Charlotte Airport.

Starmount

Suburb

Starmount is a predominantly residential neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Located along South Boulevard, it is between Sharon Road West and Emerywood Drive, with the Little Sugar Creek its eastern border. Starmount is situated 4½ miles northeast of Wilderness Run.

Wilderness Run

Type: Roller coaster
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.10103° or 35° 6′ 4″ north

Longitude

-80.93873° or 80° 56′ 19″ west

Open location code

867X4326+CG

OpenStreetMap ID

way 241559222

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=roller_coaster

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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Highlights include Beagle Scout Acres and Charlie Brown’s River Raft Blast.

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