Afterburn

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.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Woodstock Express and Copperhead Strike.

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. Woodstock Express is situated 630 feet northeast of Afterburn.

Copperhead Strike

Roller coaster

Copperhead Strike is a double launched roller coaster at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. Manufactured by Mack Rides, the ride debuted to the public on March 23, 2019. Copperhead Strike is situated 720 feet northwest of Afterburn.

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 1,200 feet northwest of Afterburn.

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 5 miles northeast of Afterburn.

Afterburn

Type: Roller coaster
Description: amusement ride
Categories: steel roller coaster, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: York County, South Carolina, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

35.10025° or 35° 6′ 1″ north

Longitude

-80.94096° or 80° 56′ 27″ west

Open location code

867X4325+3J

OpenStreetMap ID

way 888529381

OpenStreetMap feature

attraction=roller_coaster

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=attraction

Wikidata ID

Q389146

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Satellite Map

Discover Afterburn from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Dutch to German—“Afterburn” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Afterburn”
French: “Afterburn”
German: “Afterburn”
German: “Top Gun - The Jet Coaster”

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Highlights include The Airwalker and Air Racers.

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