Cedar Point
![Aerial view of Cedar Point in 2008](/Images/godic/202501/03/Cedar_Point_from_the_air4841.jpg")
![Current entrance sign (2005). The background changes depending on the new attraction that year](/Images/godic/202501/03/Cedar_Point-entrance4841.jpg")
![Cedar Point in the 1890s](/Images/godic/202501/03/Cedar_Point_in_the_1890s4841.jpg")
![Historic Marker](/Images/godic/202501/03/Cedar_Point_Ohio_037_Historic_Marker4841.JPG")
Cedar Point is a 365-acre (148 ha) amusement park located on a Lake Erie peninsula in Sandusky, Ohio. Opened in 1870, it is the second-oldest operating amusement park in the United States behind Lake Compounce. Cedar Point is owned and operated by Cedar Fair and is considered the flagship of the amusement park chain. Known as "America's Roller Coast", the park features a world-record 72 rides, including 17 roller coasters which are second-most in the world behind Six Flags Magic Mountain. Its newest roller coaster, Valravn, will open in May 2016.