LOST AMUSEMENT PARKS

OHIO - AMUSEMENT PARKS

• Argonne Forest Park - Dayton, OH - (1925 - 1945) [Couldn't compete with nearby parks and closed after owner's death]
• Avon Park – Girard, OH  - (1897 - 1920s )  (Nothing Known) [Major flood in 1913 destroyed many buildings - couldn't compete with Idora Park]
• Brady Lake Park – Ravenna, OH – (1891 - 1944) [Gambling during WW2 brought its downfall]
• Buckeye Lake – Millersport, OH – (1891- early 1970's)  MAP [As park's popularity, its condition deteriorated - a losing cycle]
• Casino Park (Lake Casino Park) – Mansfield, OH –  (1907 - 1940s)  MAP  (Nothing Known)
• Casino Park - Toledo, OH - (Nothing Known)
• Cedar Point, OH – (1870 - Present)  MAP
• Chester Park – Cincinnati, OH – (1875 – 1932)  MAP [Age of the automobile doomed the park as it had no room for expansion or parking]
• Chippewa Lake, Saville, OH – (1878 – 1978) [Park couldn't compete with Cedar Point & Geauga Lake]
• Cincinnati Zoological Gardens - Cincinnati, OH - (? - Present) (Kiddie Rides only)
• Coney Island – Cincinnati, OH –   MAP (1886 - 1971) [Taft broadcasting bought park & moved it to higher ground to avoid floods]
• Coshockton Lake Park - Coshockton, OH - (1922 - ? )
• Craig Beach Park – Lake Milton, OH –  (?? – 1966)
• Crystal Beach Park – Vermillion, OH –  MAP - (1884 - 1965)
• Crystal Lake Park – Marion, OH – (1899 -1904 – ?? )  MAP (Nothing Known)
• Dreamland Park – Cincinnati, OH  -  (Nothing Known)
• Electric Park – Plainfield, OH –   (1904 - 1923) (Nothing Known) [Trolley car company owners went bankrupt]
• Euclid Beach – Cleveland, OH –  (1895 - 1969)  MAP [Declining attendance due to gangs & undesirables - park lost money from 1963 - 1969]
• Fairview Park – Dayton, OH  - (1897 - 1915 or 1933) 
• Fantasy Farm Amusement Park - Middletown, OH - (1963 - 1991)
• Ferncliff Park - Marietta, OH - (Nothing Known)
• Forest City Park - Cleveland, OH - (1883 - mid 1920s) [Couldn't compete with newer parks]
• Forest Park – Dayton, OH –   MAP 
• Forest Park - Genoa, OH - (early 1920s - 1949)
• Forest Park – Toledo, OH  -  (1928 - 1958) (Nothing Known)
• Frankie's Forest Park - Dayton, OH - (1928 - 1958)
• Geauga Lake – OH –  (1888 – 2007)
• Gordon Gardens – Cleveland, OH  -  (1922 - 1927) (Nothing Known) [Fire in dance hall closed park]
• Gordon State Park – Saint Mary’s, OH – (1924 - 1933)
• Hover Park – Lima, OH –  (1908 - ??)   MAP
• High Bridge Glens - Cuyahoga Falls, OH - (1882 - 1920s) [Nearby industry ruined park's scenic beauty]
• Idlewilde Park - Newark, OH - (1896 - 1924) [Couldn't compete with nearby Buckeye Lake]
• Idora Park – Youngstown, OH – (1899 - 1984)  MAP [Fire, which burned part of Wildcat coaster - doomed park in 1984]
• Indian Lake Playland – Russels Point, OH –  (1924 - 1975)
• Indianola Park – Columbus, OH  - (1905 - 1926 or 1936?)
• Johnson's Island - Sandusky, OH - (1894 - 1897 & 1904 - 1907) [Couldn't compete with Cedar Point]
• King’s Island – Cincinnati, OH – (1972 - Present)
• Lake Alma Park - Wellston, OH - (1907 - 1910) [Owner had health problems & died several years latter from Bright's Disease]
• Lake Erie Park – Toledo, OH – (1895 – 1910)  MAP [Destroyed by fire?]
• Lake Idlewlld Park - Kenton, OH - (1896 - 1939) (Nothing Known)
• Lake Park – Alliance, OH -  (Nothing Known)
• Lakeside Park - Akron, OH - ( 1912? - 1917) (Nothing Known)
• Lakeside Park – Dayton, OH –  MAP - (1890 - 1964 or 1967? ) [Bankruptcy closed park]
• Lesourdsville Lake Amusement Park – Monroe, OH – (1922 - 1999 & 2002- ???)
• Lincoln Park - Cleveland, OH - (1906 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Luna Park – Cleveland, OH – (1905-1929) MAP
• Luna Park - Mansfield, OH - (Nothing Known)
• McCullough Lake Park – Lima, OH – (1920s - 1930s) [Victim of the Depression]
• Meadowbrook Park - Bascom Park , OH - (1931? - Present)
• Meyer’s Lake Park – Canton, OH – (1902 – 1974)  MAP
• Millbrook Park – New Boston / Portsmouth, OH – (1902 - 1913?)
• Minerva Amusement Park - Columbus, OH - (1895 - 1902)
• Moxahala Amusement Park – Zanesville, OH – (1906 – 1950s)   MAP
• Norwood Park – Columbus, OH – (? - 1964? ) [Closed for construction of I70 highway ramp]
• Old Orchard Park - between Cleveland & Akron, OH - (1927 - ?) (Nothing Known)
• Olentangy Park – Clintonville, OH – (1893 - 1937)  MAP [Rising property values lured the owner into selling during the Depression]
• Pera's Erieview Park - Geneva on the Lake, OH - (1946 - 2006)
• Playland Park – Akron, OH  - (Nothing Known)
• Presque Isle – Toledo, OH – MAP  (Nothing Known)
• Puritas Springs Park – Cleveland, OH – (1898 - 1958)  MAP {Dwindling attendance & the land was worth more to developers]
• Riverside Park - Fidley, OH - (1930s - mid 1970s)
• Riverview Park – Cuyahoga Falls, OH - (1921 - 1932)
• Riverview Park – Akron, OH  -  (1919 - ? )
• Riverview Park – Elyria, OH  -  (1919 - ? )(Nothing Known)
• Sandy Beach  (Russell’s Point on Indian lake) – OH – (1924 - 1975) [Couldn't compete with King's Island and Cedar Point - a two hour drive]
• Seccaium Park – Galion, OH  - (1899 – 1948) [Fire destroyed park]
• Silver Lake Park – Akron / Cuyhoga Falls, OH – (1876 - 1917)  MAP
• Spring Grove Park – Springfield, OH  -  (Nothing Known)
• Spring Brook Park - Chicago Junction / Willard, OH - (1909 - 1910) (Nothing Known)
• Springfield Lake Park – Springfield, OH- (1906? - 1958)
• Springfield Lake Park - Akron, OH - (1914 - 1920s)
• Stanton Park – Steubenville, OH –  (1906 - 1912) [Closed when trolley line to park closed]
• Summit Beach Park – Akron, OH –  (1917 - 1958)  MAP
• Toledo Beach – Toledo, OH –  (1907 - 1930 & 1962 - 1970) [2nd Park closed due to erosion of the lake-front beach]
• Tuscora Park – New Philadelphia, OH – MAP   (Nothing Known)
• Vollmar’s Park – Bowling Green, OH - (1900 – 1948 & 1963 - 2001)
• Walbridge Park – Toledo, OH –  MAP ( 1888 - late 1950s)
• White City – Cleveland, OH – (1897-1907) {Fire in 1906 and windstorrm in 1907 damaged the park] 
• White City - Lima, OH (on Hoover Lake) - (1906 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• White City – Toledo, OH – (1907 - ? )
• White City – Dayton, OH - (1907 - 1910) [The island park was not well maintained and lost popularity]
• White Maple Park – Mansfield, OH  -  (Nothing Known)
• Willow Beach Amusements – Toledo, OH –  (1929 - 1947) MAP [Park went downhill after 1932 fire & death of girl on coaster in 1947]
• Willow Beach Park – Willoughby, OH  -  (1929 - ? ) (Nothing Known)
• Wonderland – Toledo, OH  -  (Nothing Known)
• Woodland Beach Park – Ashtabula, OH –  (1884 - 1952) MAP (Nothing Known)
• Woodside Island Park - Hamilton, OH - (1891 - 1913) (Nothing Known) [Flood destroyed park]
• Woodsdale Island Park - Cincinnati, OH - (1892 - 1908)
• Zoo Park – Columbus  -  (Nothing Known)
• Zoological Park – Wyandot Lake – Powell, OH  -  (Nothing Known)