LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

MARYLAND & DELAWARE - AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Bay Ridge Beach – Annapolis, MD   - (1898 - 1915)
• Bay Shore Park – Baltimore, MD –  (1907 - 1946)   MAP
• Bethesda Park - Bethesda, MD - (1891 - 1894) [Electrical fire destroyed park]
• Braddock Heights Park - Braddock Heights, MD - (1898 - 1962) [Became too expensive for upkeep of old rides]
• Brandewine Springs, DEL  - (1886 - 1923) [After owner in 1915 sold park to trolley company that owned Shellpot Park, park declinesd]
• Cabin John Bridge Park – Glen Echo, MD  - (1876 - 1912 or 1915)
• Carlin’s Park / Liberty Heights Park – Baltimore, MD – (1919 – 1955)
• Cheasapeak Beach Amusement Park - Chesapeak Beach, MD - (1900 - 1972)
• Chevy Chase Amusement Park - Prince George County, MD - (1894 - 1936)
• Deemer Beach Park - New Castle, DE - (1925 - 1935) [Owner died]
• Dreamland –On-The-Bay – Love Point, MD -  (1928 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Electric Park – Baltimore, MD –  (1896 - 1915) [Competition from other parks and increasing operating costs closed park]
• Fairyland Park – Baltimore, MD  - (Nothing Known)
• Frederick Road Park – Baltimore, MD -  (1920 - 1925)  (Nothing Known)
• Glen Echo Park – Maryland – ( 1911 - 1968) [Race riot in 1964 sealed its fate]
• Gwynn Oak Park – Baltimore, MD –  (1893 - 1972)  MAP [Park badly damaged by Hurricane Agnes]
• Hollywood Park / Greater Hollywood Park – Baltimore, MD – MAP  (1908 - 1921) [(Destroyed by fire]
• Lenape Park – Wilmington, DE – ( 1894 - 1975)
• Liberty Heights Park - Baltimore, MD - (1919 - ? )
• Luna Park – Baltimore, MD  - (1910 - 1911) (Nothing Known)
• Marshall Hall Amusement Park – Indian Head, MD – (1885 - 1982) [After owner cut trees to make coaster visible from river, park service bought it]
• Merryland - Cumberland, MD - (1914 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Narrows Park – previously Seiss Picnic Grove - (1890s - 1914) Cumberland, MD – (1908 ? or 1914 - ?)
• Paragon Park – Baltimore, MD –  MAP  (1912 - 1913) (Nothing Known)
• Pen Mar Park – Hagerstown, MD - (1877 - 1943) [Closed during WW2 when most people were involved fighting a war]
• Power Plant (Six Flags) - Baltimore, MD - (1985 - 1987) [Idea for an indoor urban museum funspot was unsucessful]
• Riverview Park / Point Breeze – Baltimore, MD –  (1893 - 1928)  MAP
• Roland Park - Baltimore, MD - (Nothing Known)
• Sandy Beach Park – Baltimore, MD  - (Nothing Known)
• Seaside Park – Chesapeake Beach, MD – MAP - (1900 - 1929) (Nothing Known)
• Shellpot Park – Wilmington, DEL –  MAP - (1893 - 1934) [Fire destroyed the park]
• Tolchester Beach, MD – (1877 - 1962) [Succumbed to changing amusement tastes]
• Trimper’s Rides & Amusements – Ocean City, MD – (1893 – Present)
• Washington Park / Notley Hall Amusement Park - Prince George County, MD - (1894 - 1924) (Blacks only)
• Willow Grove Park (formerly Electric Park) /Woodly Park – Hagerstown, MD - (1897 - 1927) MAP [Closed when trolley service ceased]
• Windsor Resort - Ocean City, MD - (Nothing Known)
• Wonderland Park – Baltimore, MD  - (1921 - ? ) (Nothing Known) (Blacks only)