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Belmont Park

Belmont Park

0.07km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Belmont Park is a historic amusement park located on Ocean Front at Surfrider Square in the Mission Bay area of San Diego. The park's most iconic attraction is the historic Giant Dipper roller coaster, which is considered a local landmark. The attractions and rides that remain from the original 1925 park include the Giant Dipper, a wooden roller coaster that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Another historic facility is The Plunge, an indoor swimming pool.

Manta

Manta

2.34km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Manta is a steel launched roller coaster at SeaWorld San Diego in San Diego, California. Manta features two launches. Riders reach speeds of up to 43 miles per hour on the two-minute, 2,800-foot long ride.

SeaWorld San Diego

SeaWorld San Diego

2.46km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

An animal theme park, oceanarium, outside aquarium, and marine mammal park. Popular for their animal exhibitions and shows.

Ocean Beach Pier

Ocean Beach Pier

2.49km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

This is one of the most visited landmarks in San Diego County. The pier extends 1971 feet into the ocean and is purported to be the longest concrete fishing pier on the west coast.

Fiesta Island Park

Fiesta Island Park

3.34km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

This is a large peninsular park located within Mission Bay, is a popular location for charity walks and runs, bicycle races, time trials and other special events. It is also the home of the annual Over-the-Line tournament.

Tourmaline Surf Park

Tourmaline Surf Park

3.87km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Tourmaline is a surfing-only beach, popular with novice surfers who are looking to get some practice in. The park is situated at the northern end of Pacific Beach, a short distance south of where the sand beach ends and the rocky promontory of La Jolla begins. This park also features "Tourmaline Memorial" a monument celebrating surfers who have enjoyed the surf at Tourmalin.

Liberty Public Market

Liberty Public Market

5.16km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

A 7-day a week Public Market and event venue offering the best of what the region has to offer. Showcasing a rustic environment with prepared foods, beer, wine, specialty cocktails, produce, fish, desserts and pastries, pastas, arts and crafts, a test kitchen, pop up dinners, and educational driven events.

Old Town

Old Town

5.35km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Old Town San Diego features acres of Mexican heritage, historical sites, colorful shops, eclectic restaurants, a theater and tons more to explore.Old Town has over 30 restaurants, most with great outdoor dining, and a quaint atmosphere plus there are more than 75 unique places to shop. This historic area is situated next to the State Park with 32 historic sites and shops.

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

5.35km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

A state protected historical park commemorating the early days of the City of San Diego and includes many historic buildings from the period 1820 to 1870.

Junípero Serra Museum

Junípero Serra Museum

5.6km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

The Junípero Serra Museum, in Presidio Park, is one of the most familiar landmarks in San Diego. The Museum exhibits archeological finds, historic objects, and reference materials related to Spanish colonization and the early history of California and provides educational programs about the Spanish, Mexican and indigenous heritage of the San Diego region.

Whaley House Museum

Whaley House Museum

5.73km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

This is an 1857 Greek Revival style residence, a California Historical Landmark,[2] and museum located in Old Town, San Diego. From its rich Greek Revival architecture style and authentic decor to its mysterious past and unrivaled haunted pedigree, it’s no wonder this home attracts visitors from all over the world. Besides being the Whaley family home, it was also San Diego’s first commercial theater, the county courthouse, and a general store.

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

San Diego Model Railroad Museum

5.86km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

This is the world's largest accredited model railroad museum. This unique museum contains five enormous scale model layouts depicting railroads of the Southwest in O, HO, and N scales. Its mission is to collect, preserve and present the heritage of American railroading using educational programs, displays, toy trains, and scale models of California railroads.

Presidio Park

Presidio Park

5.88km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Presidio is a national park site like no other, with surprising adventures for everyone. Get away from it all on a trail and enjoy the view from a scenic overlook. The park encompasses about 40 acres and has views of the city, the San Diego River valley, and the Pacific Ocean. The grounds are open for picnics and play. The facilities can be used for weddings and other special events.

Sunset Cliffs Natural Park

Sunset Cliffs Natural Park

5.96km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Sunset Cliffs Park is a 68-acre park that extends 1.5 miles along Point Loma peninsula's western shoreline.The park's topography includes intricately carved coastal bluffs, arches and sea caves. It affords inspiring panoramic ocean views.There are surfing spots below the cliffs. The cliffside trails are popular for walking and for watching the sunset, but are undeveloped and can be dangerous.

Shelter Island

Shelter Island

6.87km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Shelter Island is a neighborhood of Point Loma in San Diego, California. It is actually not an island but is connected to the mainland by a narrow strip of land. The "island" is 1.2 miles long and only a few hundred feet wide. A single street, Shelter Island Drive, runs the length of Shelter Island and also connects it to the mainland via a causeway lined with marine-related businesses.

Windansea Beach

Windansea Beach

7.18km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

This is a small and narrow beach that has a rocky landscape where jutting rocks create powerful waves. It is named after the 1909 oceanfront Strand Hotel that was renamed "Windansea" Hotel in 1919. The main peak at Windansea is a reef break with surf that breaks at the shoreline. iIt’s not a great swimming area. That said, this is a picturesque beach with sandstone points sticking out into the surf at both ends.

Soledad Mountain

Soledad Mountain

7.59km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Soledad Mountain is a prominent landmark in the city of San Diego, California, United States. The mountaintop is the site of the Mount Soledad Cross, the subject of a 25-year controversy over the involvement of religion in government which concluded in 2016. The 823-foot mountain[1] lies between Interstate 5 to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial

Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial

7.62km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

The Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial is considered one of the most unique veterans' memorials in the United States. The present structure was erected in 1954; it is the third Christian cross in that location, the first having been put up in 1913. It is 29 feet tall with a 12-foot arm spread. It is the centerpiece of the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial.

Port of San Diego

Port of San Diego

8.04km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

A majestic Sea port in San Diego. In addition to port activities, the Port District controls San Diego Bay and owns and manages the Bay's immediate waterfront under the state's Tidelands Trust. The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has ranked the Port of San Diego as one of America's top 30 U.S. containership ports bringing in nearly 3 million metric tons of cargo per year through the Tenth Avenue Marine Terminal and the National City Marine Terminal.

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

8.49km from Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, in San Diego, California, US, is an art museum focused on the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of works of art from 1950 to the present.

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Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

Giant Dipper Roller Coaster

3146 Mission Blvd, San Diego, CA 92109, USA

This is a historical wooden roller coaster located in Belmont Park, a small amusement park in the Mission Beach area of San Diego, California. Built in 1925, it and its namesake at the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk are the only remaining wooden roller coasters on the West Coast designed by noted roller coaster designers Frank Prior and Frederick Church, and the only one whose construction they supervised. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.