page_title: Trolley park
section_title: List of trolley parks now closed
hierarchical_section_title: Trolley park / List of trolley parks now closed
caption_attribution_description: English: Edgewater, NJ Trolley terminal on Dempsey St. in early 20th C
context_page_description: In the United States, trolley parks, which started in the 19th century, were picnic and recreation areas along or at the ends of streetcar lines in most of the larger cities. These were precursors to amusement parks. Trolley parks were often created by the streetcar companies to give people a reason to use their services on weekends.
  The parks originally consisted of picnic groves and pavilions, and often held events such as dances, concerts and fireworks. Many eventually added features such as swimming pools, carousels, Ferris wheels, roller coasters, sports fields, boats rides, restaurants and other resort facilities to become amusement parks. Various sources report the existence of between 1,500 and 2,000 amusement parks in the United States by 1919.
context_section_description: Al Fresco Amusement Park, Peoria, Illinois
  Bay Shore Park, Edgemere, Maryland (Baltimore County),  Maryland (near Baltimore, Maryland, 1906–1947; some structures remain in North Point State Park.)
  Big Island Amusement Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota (1906–1911)
  Bonnie Brae Park, Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
  Brandywine Springs Amusement Park, Newport, Delaware (1886–1923)
  Burnham Park, Burnham, Pennsylvania (ca 1903 to 1916, relocated to Kishacoquillas Park)
  Cascade Park, New Castle, Pennsylvania. (While the rides are gone, the park remains as a site for community events.)
  Chevy Chase Lake, Chevy Chase, Maryland
  C&ST Trolley Park Blue Island, IL (1911-1914)  The site is now owned by the Cook County (IL) Forest Preserve District in use as a picnic grove.
  Chutes Park, Los Angeles, California (1887–1914)
  Clementon Park, Clementon, New Jersey, 1907
  Contoocook River Amusement Park, Penacook, New Hampshire (1893–1925)
  Council Crest Amusement Park, Portland, Oregon (1907–1929)
  Crescent Park, Riverside, Rhode Island
  Dellwood Park, Lockport, Illinois
  Dixieland Amusement Park, South Jacksonville (Jacksonville), Florida. (South Jacksonville Municipal Railways; destroyed in a hail storm.)
  Dominion Park, Montreal, Canada (Owned by the Montreal Suburban Tramway and Power company, precursor to today's publicly owned transit commission; closed 1937.)
  Eldora Park, Eldora, Pennsylvania, (Carroll Township, Washington County), (1901–mid-1940s)
  Electric Park, Detroit (1906–1928)
  Electric Park, Niverville, New York (1901–1917; Albany and Hudson Railroad; “largest amusement park on the east coast between Manhattan and Montreal”)
  Euclid Beach Park, Euclid, Ohio, then Cleveland, Ohio (1895—1969): When first opened, visitors came to the park on two steamers from downtown Cleveland. When the Humphrey Family took over direction of the park they agreed to discontinue boat service in return for one street car fare charge to the park from the provider. Initially a street car stop was built inside the park. (Euclid Beach Park, is Closed for the Season, 1977)
  Excelsior Amusement Park, Excelsior, Minnesota (1925–1973)
  Fleishhacker Pool and Zoo, San Francisco, California (1925-1971)
  Fontaine Ferry Park, Louisville, Kentucky (1905–1975)
  Forest Park, Ballston Lake, New York (1902–1927; operated by the Saratoga and Schenectady Railroad)
  Forest Park, Genoa, Ohio
  Fort George Amusement Park, Manhattan, New York
  Glen Park, west of Watertown, New York, Glen Park, New York
  Glen Echo Park, Glen Echo, Maryland (early 1900s–1968)
  Golden Spur Amusement Park, Niantic, Connecticut (operated by New London and East Lyme Street Railway)
  Great Falls Park, Great Falls, Virginia (operated by Washington and Old Dominion Railway)
  Highland Park, York, Pennsylvania (1891-1921)
  Idora Park, Oakland, California (1904–1929)
  Idora Park, Youngstown, Ohio (1899–1984)
  Indian Park, Montoursville, Pennsylvania (The park remains as a site for community events.)
  Kaydeross Park Saratoga Springs, New York, (operated by the Delaware and Hudson Railway)
  Kishacoquillas Park, between Burnham, Pennsylvania and Lewistown, Pennsylvania (relocated from Burnham Park in 1916; property and some structures survive as community park.)
  Lake Lansing Amusement Park, Haslett, Michigan (demolished 1972)
  Lake View Park, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 
  Lakeview Park (Lake Nipmuc Amusement Park), Mendon, Massachusetts
  Lakewood Amusement, Atlanta, Georgia (1906–1985)
  Lincoln Park, Dartmouth, Massachusetts (1894–1987)
  Lincoln Park, Hallville, Connecticut (operated by Norwich and Westerly Railway)
  Luna Park, Alexandria County (now Arlington County),  Virginia (near Washington, D.C., 1906–1915)
  Luna Park, Charleston, West Virginia (1912–1923)
  Luna Park, Cleveland, Ohio (1905–1929)
  Luna Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1905–1909)
  Luna Park, Scranton, Pennsylvania (1906–1916)
  Manawa Park, Council Bluffs, Iowa (closed in 1928)
  Mountain Park, Holyoke, Massachusetts (1897–1987)
  Neptune Beach, Alameda, California (1917-1939)
  Norumbega Park, Newton, Massachusetts (1897–1963)
  Oakland Park, Rockport, Maine (1902–?)
  Ocean View Park, Norfolk, Vi
caption: Roller coasters of Palisades Amusement Park are visible atop the Palisades, as seen from the trolley terminal in Edgewater, New Jersey, in the early 20th century
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