Giant Dipper

The Giant Dipper is a historic wooden roller coaster located at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, an amusement park in . The Giant Dipper, which replaced the Thompson's Scenic Railway, took 47 days to build and opened on May 17, 1924, at a cost of $50,000.
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Photo: Lar, CC BY 2.5.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Santa Cruz Looff Carousel and Undertow.

Carousel
Photo: Allie Caulfield, CC BY 2.0.
is situated 630 feet west of Giant Dipper.

Roller coaster
Photo: Mutante, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a steel spinning roller coaster at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, built by Mauer AG… is situated 810 feet west of Giant Dipper.

Museum
The is one of the earliest museums in the state of . Founded from the Laura Hecox collection in 1905, the museum's collections grew extensively throughout the years, acquiring many Native American and archaeological artifacts, as well as natural history specimens. is situated 1,700 feet east of Giant Dipper.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Twin Lakes and Santa Cruz.

Village
is a census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 4,944 at the 2020 census, up from 4,917 at the 2010 census.

Photo: Don DeBold, CC BY 2.0.
is a coastal city in , at the north end of in , about 40 miles south of and 75 miles south of .

Locality
is a census-designated place in between the cities of and and north of the former Union Pacific railroad. is situated 2½ miles northeast of Giant Dipper.

Giant Dipper

Latitude
36.96471° or 36° 57′ 53″ north
Longitude
-122.01533° or 122° 0′ 55″ west
Inception
May 17th, 1924
Open location code
848VXX7M+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 34300977
Open­Street­Map feature
attraction=­roller_coaster
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q1522718
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Satellite Map

Discover Giant Dipper from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“Giant Dipper” goes by many names.

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