Jack Rabbit (Kennywood)

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Jack Rabbit

Location Kennywood
Type Wood
Status Open
Opened 1921
Manufacturer John A. Miller
Designer John A. Miller
Model Out and Back roller coaster
Track layout Terrain
Lift/launch system Chain lift
Height 40 feet (12.2 m)
Drop 70 feet (21.3 m)
Length 2,132 feet (649.8 m)
Max speed 45 mile per hour (72.4 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 1:36
Max Vertical Angle 45 degrees
Cost $50,000
Height Restriction 36 inches (91.4 cm)
Jack Rabbit at RCDB
Pictures of Jack Rabbit at RCDB

The Jack Rabbit is a wooden roller coaster located at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Designed and built by John Miller in 1921, it is most well known for its double dip about halfway through the ride. The double dip gives you the feeling that the car is actually being lifted off the track. Its three trains were manufactured by Andy Vettel and contain three cars of six seats each. It is one of the oldest still-running roller coasters in the world.

Roller coasters at Kennywood

Exterminator - Jack Rabbit - Racer - Phantom's Revenge - Thunderbolt