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 ...

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

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Throughout the entire celebration, active-duty, retired and veteran military members will be given free admission to the park.

Lake Compounce, which bills itself as “The Official Park of Family Fun,” has announced both its opening date and the return of the park’s “historic Wildcat Roller Coaster, as well as improvements to ...

Lake Compounce opens this weekend for its 178th season. The gates open at America's oldest amusement park in Bristol on Saturday morning at 11. Hundreds will be coming through the gates. "We are ready ...

This past Friday, Lake Compounce, an amusement park located in Bristol, Connecticut announced the end of its free soda service. Up until recently, guests could help themselves to free soda throughout ...

Families all over New England have been visiting Lake Compounce for generations upon generations. This family theme park has a history that dates back nearly 170 years. In fact, it’s among the oldest ...

Ride enthusiasts beat a path each summer to ride the world’s best wooden coaster in one of the most unlikely of places: a small amusement park located halfway between New York City and Boston that ...

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 ...