Cedar Creek Mine Ride

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Cedar Creek Mine Ride

Location Cedar Point
Type Steel - Mine Train
Status Open
Opened May 24, 1969
Manufacturer Arrow Dynamics
Designer Ron Toomer
Model Runaway Mine
Lift/launch system Two chain lift hills
Height 55 ft (16.8 m)
Drop 48 ft (14.6 m)
Length 2400 ft (731.5 m)
Max speed 42 mph (67.6 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 2:42
Max Vertical Angle 45 degrees
Capacity 2,400 riders per hour
Height Restriction 48 in (121.9 cm)
Cedar Creek Mine Ride at RCDB
Pictures of Cedar Creek Mine Ride at RCDB


Cedar Creek Mine Ride is a roller coaster operating at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio in the Frontiertown section of the park. It is the second oldest operating roller coaster in the park behind Blue Streak. While many patrons mistake the coaster as being wooden, the ride is actually constructed of steel tubular track on a wooden frame, hence it is considered a steel roller coaster. It is one of three roller coasters at Cedar Point that has two chain lifts.

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Roller coasters at Cedar Point

Blue Streak - Cedar Creek Mine Ride - Corkscrew - Disaster Transport - Gemini - Iron Dragon - Jr. Gemini - Magnum XL-200 - Mantis - Maverick - Mean Streak - Millennium Force - Raptor - Top Thrill Dragster - Wicked Twister - WildCat - Woodstock Express