Nostalgia is a wonderful emotion that brings back fond memories from days gone by. If you grew up in central or southern West Virginia, then chances are good that if you didn’t go to Camden Park with your family, then you took at least one day trip with your school or church group. And this applies to the young and not-so-young (anymore) alike – since this family amusement park opened more than a hundred years ago.
It’s one thing to go as a kid, but another thing entirely to enjoy the spoils of this vintage amusement park as an adult.
TripAdvisor/T T Whether you bring your own kids or your grandchildren — or not — ‘adulting’ for a day at Camden Park is a fun and exciting way to relive the past.
Explore the park’s 26 acres, which may have seemed huge when you were under four feet tall.
Google/Jon Defibaugh As an adult, you may find the park is just the perfect size for a day trip. From sentimental rides that have been around forever, to some updated thrills, two water rides, and more, you’re sure to have a few wistful moments while enjoying the thrills of your childhood.
Camden Park’s Big Dipper wooden roller coaster was built in 1958 to replace a former coaster and is still a feature attraction of the park.
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Facebook/Camden Park Throw your hands up in the air and feel the chill run up your spine as you take the big dip that’s as deep as the coaster is tall.
Over the years, this family-owned amusement park (the only one of its kind in West Virginia) has become a mainstay in the lives of families all around the state. Part of the charm is absolutely the fact that many of the rides are still the same as Baby Boomers experienced as children.
Google/Crystal Perkins The Paratrooper, the Tilt-a-While, the Skyliner, and many more have been around for decades.
Take a wet trip down memory lane on the Log Flume.
Facebook/Camden Park Don’t forget to throw your arms in the air and remember the little ones in the group are also having the time of their life.
Both the Big Dipper roller coaster and the Haunted House ride are rare survivors from their eras.
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A trip through the old haunted house is ride through a dark venue on one of only two gravity-fed rides of its kind left in the county.
TripAdvisor/Roy H Do you yearn ever yearn for the good old days? When was the last time you visited Camden Park? Was it decades ago?
Camden Park is open seasonally beginning the first weekend in May. (Ticket discounts are usually offered during the month of May.) Buying passes online will save you some money. Online tickets for all ages are $16.49 plus tax. Learn more on the official website for Camden Park and check out the Facebook page here.
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Whether you bring your own kids or your grandchildren — or not — ‘adulting’ for a day at Camden Park is a fun and exciting way to relive the past.
Google/Jon Defibaugh
As an adult, you may find the park is just the perfect size for a day trip. From sentimental rides that have been around forever, to some updated thrills, two water rides, and more, you’re sure to have a few wistful moments while enjoying the thrills of your childhood.
TripAdvisor/CesarGeranemo
Facebook/Camden Park
Throw your hands up in the air and feel the chill run up your spine as you take the big dip that’s as deep as the coaster is tall.
Google/Crystal Perkins
The Paratrooper, the Tilt-a-While, the Skyliner, and many more have been around for decades.
Don’t forget to throw your arms in the air and remember the little ones in the group are also having the time of their life.
TripAdvisor/David W
TripAdvisor/Roy H
Do you yearn ever yearn for the good old days? When was the last time you visited Camden Park? Was it decades ago?
Address: 5000 Waverly Road, Huntington, WV, 25704
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