Lake Compounce is celebrating 180 years as America's first amusement park with upgraded rides and a full lineup of events.

For riders whose most recent memory of the venerable Wildcat rollercoaster at Lake Compounce is teeth-rattling, whip-sawing turns and jolting, spine-shaking hills, something a bit different is in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a year when it’s not debuting the latest thrill coaster or a new water park slide, Lake Compounce is focusing on beefing up its ...

Lake Compounce has abruptly shut down its Sky Ride, a steeply inclined chairlift that ferried riders about 750 feet up and down Southington Mountain for the past 20 years. The move came roughly a week ...

The entertainment venue on the shores of Lake Compounce in Bristol is the longest continuously-running amusement park in the ...

Despite our Puritan past, New England has a long history of summer fun. Lake Compounce in Bristol, Conn., the self-proclaimed oldest continuously operating amusement park in North America, traces its ...

BRISTOL, Conn. (WTNH) — Visitors enjoyed the thrill rides at Lake Compounce on National Roller Coaster Day Monday. “This ride is better than your morning Cup of Joe, it’s got me going like you ...

Lake Compounce, the longest-running amusement park in the country, is getting ready to open in just ten days. The Bristol-based amusement park is set to open its doors on April 27 at 11 a.m., with ...

Discover Lake Compounce and all it has to offer this summer. While it tends to fly under the radar, the Bristol, Connecticut, amusement park is one of New England’s best-kept secrets. The oldest ...

This was the verdict from my crew of four after a visit to Lake Compounce Family Theme Park in Bristol, Connecticut. My kids are no strangers to amusement parks. In the last three years, they've been ...