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Hillcrest Park Lemont, Illinois 1999 Page One
***Sadly Hillcrest Park closed at the end of the 2003 season due to it's land being more valuable than the park. Thankfully the Little Dipper was purchased by Little A-Merek-A, a park in Wisconsin and is due to be resurrected there for the 2005 season***
Hillcrest Park is a small picnic park out side of Chicago Illinois. Not many enthusiasts have made it to this park because it is only open for private picnics. Hillcrest Park has a carousel, a train the Little Dipper roller coaster and it might have a few other rides that I don't remember from when I was there in the early 1980's!
Unfortunately when I was there I was a bit scared of coasters and you couldn't get me on the Little Dipper to save my life! Hey...I was just 8 or 9, it was before I was bit with the coaster bug!
The Little Dipper is a classic coaster built by Herb Schmeck in 1952. It was moved to Hillcrest Park in the late 60's and is one of the few American Coaster Enthusiast's Coaster Classics. Click here for more Hillcrest Park photos.
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