Giant Wheel

Giant Wheel is a Ferris wheel in City of Sandusky, Erie, Ohio. Giant Wheel is situated nearby to Tiki Twirl, as well as near Troika.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cedar Point and GateKeeper.

Cedar Point

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Cedar Point is a 364-acre amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio on one of the North Coast Beaches overlooking Lake Erie. It is often billed as the "World's Largest Amusement Park", and draws visitors from throughout Ohio and surrounding states.

GateKeeper

Roller coaster

Photo: Jeremy Thompson, CC BY 2.0.

GateKeeper is a steel roller coaster located at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio. Designed by Bolliger & Mabillard, it was the fifth Wing Coaster installation in the world.

Top Thrill 2

Roller coaster

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

Top Thrill 2 is a launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The ride originally opened as Top Thrill Dragster in 2003, becoming the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, as well as the first ever strata coaster. Top Thrill 2 is situated 1,600 feet west of Giant Wheel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Camp Snoopy and Sandusky.

Camp Snoopy

Locality

Photo: Varnent, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Camp Snoopy is a Peanuts-themed area for children at several Six Flags and Enchanted Parks amusement parks. All of them originally opened while the parks were under the ownership of Cedar Fair prior to its merger with Six Flags in 2024.

Sandusky

Photo: Andre Carrotflower, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Sandusky is a city in Ohio Erie shore west and county seat of Erie County, on Ohio's north coast along Lake Erie between Cleveland and Toledo. It is perhaps best known for Cedar Point, home to some of the world's tallest and fastest roller coasters.

Marblehead

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Marblehead is a village in Ohio Erie shore west. It is on the Marblehead Peninsula, which divides Lake Erie from the Sandusky Bay.

Giant Wheel

Type: Ferris wheel
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: City of Sandusky, Erie, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.4816° or 41° 28′ 54″ north

Longitude

-82.67988° or 82° 40′ 48″ west

Height

145 feet (44 metres)

Open location code

86HVF8JC+J2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 841975100

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=big_wheel

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

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Highlights include Tiki Twirl and Troika.

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