Son Of Cliff Dweller

Deep in the mountains of West Virginia lies a long-forgotten park named The Cliffs. It was once a gathering place for the local youths, who would dare each other to jump into the lake at the bottom of a spectacular waterfall from the rocky ledges above.

In 1926, a pair of young entrepreneurs named Elias Hatfield and Jerome McCoy (no relation to the feuding families) bought the land from the state and decided to create an amusement park. They cleared and sculpted much of the land and built one roller coaster, which they called Cliff Dweller. Unfortunately, when the Great Depression hit in 1929, Hatfield and McCoy lost everything and had to sell the property back to the state for less than 3% of what they had paid.

Eventually the trees and foliage grew back, and The Cliffs became nothing more than a legend. That is, until August 2014, when a man stumbled upon the rotting frame of the roller coaster. He and a group of investors purchased the entire parcel of land formerly owned by Hatfield and McCoy and set his sights on realizing their vision.

He cleared a wide swath of the property and planned out a new amusement park. By analyzing the remains of the aging structure, he painstakingly rebuilt it, timber for timber and rail for rail until, in July 2017, The Cliffs reopened with Son Of Cliff Dweller as its main attraction. He did restore one small section of the original track and built the new track above it.

E: 8.50 approx
I: 9.40 approx
N: 5.70 approx

Top speed: 65 mph (104 km/h)
Average speed: 20 mph (32 km/h)

Ride time: 1:44
Ride length: 4,026 ft (1,227 m)

Number of drops: 8
Highest drop: 127 ft (39 m)