Abandoned Remains of a Ghost Town - Rocky Glen Park 2023 Visit - Euybike S4
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- Опубліковано 17 лип 2024
- Many places from the past are now gone, but not all are forgotten and this holds true for a place called Rocky Glen Amusement Park. This place lasted the better part of a century and has changed numerous times over the decades. Although it's been gone for almost 40yrs, there's still signs of its past existence. Here in 2023 we're gonna take a look at how nature has reclaimed this former park and show you what is still left to see today.
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
1:18 - picnic & Lake
21:50 - ruins in the woods
25:49 - outlet & dam
32:53 - laurel line
35:30 - higher lake level
42:00 - train turnaround
44:39 - Euybike S4
50:32 - culvert
52:03 - stone couches
55:44 - main rides area
1:04:30 - final thoughts
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Thanks for revisiting what remains of Rocky Glen Amusement park.
Do you remember the tilted house you could walk through?
@@TCstrainrepair I believe it was before my time, but there's pictures of it on the RG memories group.
@@TCstrainrepair I do ! It was called THE SLANTED HOUSE ! Right across from the SALOON.
Wow, thank you for the trip, down memory lane. As a child, in the late 70s, this was the place to go. So many great memories. The wild west town, was amazing, the jail, the actual shoot outs, with the sheriff, and outlaws, the can can girls, dancing in the saloon. Remember the slanted house. Sadly missed.
The history and the before pictures were awesome. It looked like a great park and especially for the time. Thanks for taking us for a ride through time. Amazing how things change 🤗
Thanks! Were there any old parks like this near you?
@@JPVideos81 growing up close to Bertrand Island Amusement Park in Lake Hopatcong, NJ. I believe it opened in 1910 and was opened until around 1983. I had so many fond memories going there as a kid and teenage. It stood empty for years until they repurposed it into a community of houses/condos. 🤗
@@sonplusone7059 Bertrand Island was owned by the same people as Rocky Glen in the late 1970s. They had aspirations in both parks about closing them to build houses. It only worked at one…
@@Zekebaby wow! Thanks for that info 🤗
Great pix down on the lake. Bike looks awesome
I remember going there for a family get together in the mid 60 s, great time for a little girl back then.
It still is a beautiful place, I hope the developers don't get their hands on it.
Thanks for the trip.
Nice... UA-cam almost snuck this one by me. Love the old abandoned places with the history. In fact, I'm even gonna stick around for your E-Bike commercial.
How cool just to go back in 2023 even tho it's not all there..what great and happy memories you still have and telling us about it interesting .. 😃
I was at the park every year through the 70’s. I remember at the bottom of the hill from the pavilion area was the tilted house you could walk through. I’d love to join you on one of your adventures
Very interesting bit of history. Must have been a really fun place. Days gone by…….thank you for sharing! 👍🥰❤️
Wonderful history of this park! My favorite photo was the Swiss cottage. Loved the stonework and architecture of it. Really nice that you had historical photos to help illustrate your story. You did an awesome job of sharing the history of the location and adding your own personal memories & experiences, like swimming & snorkeling. Loved the stone couches, too! Very nostalgic & loved it! Thanks for bringing us along!!💙🚂🎢
Thanks diana
This is sad 😢 to let this beautiful park rot... Business people must rebuild this park.. Kids to enjoy and get off their ipads
I graduated HS in 88. I saw Starship in concert there in maybe 86 or 87, after the park had closed. Their big song on the charts for that concert, was a fantastic guilty pleasure, We Built This City, which a lot of people hate but I unapologetically love. Anyway, yeah, even though the park had closed, they were still using the pavillion right on the lake for the occasional concert. It was a great park. It was still pretty fun even in its last year when it was pretty rundown. And the wooden rollercoaster there was the first decent one I went on as a kid in the 70s. It was great in the 70s. But the heyday of the park was probably the 50s and 60s. Before my time, but every weekend there were huge concerts there of all the top performers. It is so sad that virtually nothing is left, including most of the beautiful lake.
That's a great song and yes, 50s & 60s that place was unbeatable for entertainment and scenery.
I'm very nostalgic for amusement parks and amusement park trains. Really enjoyed this tour
Great video the history and the pictures you put on screen really make it much more interesting
OMG I am revisiting my childhood with this video. TY stirred up good memories.
This is a really cool video. I was there once or twice, but I was very young and really don't remember it that much. Thanks for the tour!
Too bad that that awesome place is gone
Like the old pics woven into the video!! Love the stone furniture!! Thanks!! 💖💙💖💙💖💙💖
I remember Ghost Town at the Glenn and the coaster called Jet when I was her in 1975! Only came here once. It's a shame it's gone now.😢
80s it was going downhill, but it's a beautiful location.
This is another part of my childhood that is gone. So much of it is gone because so much of it, like this park, was old by the time I experienced it. I rode that last coaster 27 times in one visit once. It was a rainy day so the lines must have been short. My other favorite thing at Rocky Glen was the crooked house - such a simple concept yet it never failed to amuse me.
Bring it back
Such a shame when we lived back there in N.Y. we use to take our kids there. Thanks for the awesome memories Jay.
I saw Barbara Mandrel and the Byrds perform at Rocky Glen.
Thank you. Very informative and very well done. Enjoyed seeing it from your camera's perspective
Cool video. I was wondering if this had been a traction company park. Then when you talked about the trolley bringing people in,I realized it must have been. I have had an interest in the old traction company parks since I learned that the amusement park that had stood where I went to middle school was one. We had two that were still running when I was a kid that I had seen or been to. One was knocked down and turned into a mall. The other was still running the last I knew. The old rides were family friendly and the parks were always so nice. The one you showed looked awesome. The lake front features you described and the stone work, including the couches, made it sound like a great place. It's sad that so many of the parks have fallen victim to developers . Thanks for taking us along on this awesome adventure.
Thanks for taking the time to watch
Geeez I remember the short of the park's advertisement from back in 1981 that you showed.
I had wanted to go but never had the money or time or a vehicle lol.
Now that I'm old, the idea of going on rides just doesn't hold the same as when I was young, and I still haven't gotten to Knobbels
Thank you for that very interesting ride thru the past! Your dad was a cute little fella! Great video!
I went there when I was a kid. I struggle to remember it in my mind. Been so long.
I remember the ghost town from the seventies.
I was born in 79 and I was never at that Park we went to like Knoebels, Wonderland and Hershey Park back in the eighties and nineties. What what you showed it looks like a pretty sweet spot especially that Lake. And also the cars that Knoebels Park had I probably used some from this place and never even knew it till now.💙
It's a beautiful site jp
Fantastic job - brings back many good memories of many good people!
Awesome!
Loved your vids this place must have been epic in its hay day
Very interesting video
Thanks
Love seeing the Olympia sports shirt! I sold those for 5 years!
Blast from the past
I'd forgotten about the high divers water skiers and stone couches.
great video , very interesting for sure
This video was so interesting. Thank you for showing us how the park was and is today. It seemed like such a fun place to go. I wish we still had family places like that. I know we do but it just isn’t the same.
I attended a lot of concerts at Rocky Glen! Great memories.
I was there when i was a kid.. Rode that coaster 12 times in one day lol
Beautiful spot. Thx JP
Thank you for memories!
My pleasure
Pretty cool memories. Thanks for revisit & telling us the story.
Pretty cool bike too!
People destroy everything & it's worse now. Such a shame nice place for family fun PA has some beautiful area's.
Excellent video JP 👍 a lot of history left behind. It's interesting to see the track left behind, from the antique cars. And still, pieces of other rides.
Excellent video! Being from Texas I had never heard of this place and got here somehow through Facebook. It continues to amaze me how fast nature can reclaim something that was once so vibrant, in only a few short years. It must have been a great park in its day! 🥺
I enjoyed your video ... I remember your videos from the past and it sure has changed
Yes, certainly has changed a lot
Fantastic video
Awesome video JP! Great to see the old photos of it's heyday, especially the one of your father! Its still a beautiful place there! Cool history! Thanks for sharing it with us!👍
This was great! 👍
Thank you for sharing 😊
Thanks for the visit
😅 for taking us with you on this great place. Loved the shots of places you showed and the music. Looking for to the next trip with you. God Bless
Great video!❤
Your photography skills are definitely professional grade!!!
Thanks!
Great video/
Thanks for memories, was last there in 1976 hard to remember how massive it was was a great place something for everyone. Jp outa the park as always thanks again stay safe.
Thanks awesome video and place
That was a really cool video!!! It looks like a great location to enjoy especially if they fix the dam
Amazing. Imagine the memories folks had there. Now nature has taken over.
great park and that lake to see and you did some nice diting with pictures - i like the style of that euybike, it looks cool, my fav looking bike ive seen on your channel so far, nice video jp
Thanks for your feedback
Great video and history of this park. You had a beautiful fall day to explore. ❤
Thanks!
Re: The entertainment part
WARM Radio's annual "Warm Day" took place there. I believe Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons appeared as well. Other later events (1980's)
included our great local band, Dakota ❤.
In those WARM days, like 502s-60s, they had big acts all the time, often trying out new material.
Thank you for the wonderful history lesson. My grandson and myself love these.
Great video jay thanks for a revisit and the historical background of rocky Glen
An amazing look into the days gone by of Rocky Glen .... You did an awesome job ..👍💙
Thanks so much 💙
This video was superb. JP you are super great and explaining things. Very detailed in your description of things. You cover it all when you are showing us the layout and pointing out specifics. Thank you so much for this video.
I personally feel I struggle when explaining things, but I'm glad it made sense to you 😊
Outstanding video. Love the history you have told along each area of the park. Would have loved to visit the park back in its hay day.
Glad you enjoyed it
Your videos are so informative. I love watching as history is part of each video!
I appreciate the kind words
Wow Jay, when you showed the dam wall spillway, there was alot of water in that lake
The e-bike: Caution! A lot of fires are caused by e-bike batteries. Jay, you DO NOT want that battery rattling around. I'd suggest modifying the enclosure to keep it safe and snug, while not insulating it, so that heat doesn't build up. Some kind of cord or band, or a more permanent fix. The layers in those batteries are pretty thin, and there are crystals within that, with friction, can eventually cause the battery to short out in a runaway chemical reaction, AKA, big hot fire.
A good velcro strap will easily solve the problem. Being an off road style bike, the battery is gonna move and bounce regardless though.
This was such an amazing adventure with some fascinating history. I bet you have some wonderful memories while filming this location. I really enjoyed seeing the photos of when the park was in operation, they were an awesome comparison and helped a lot to put it into perspective. The stone stairs, couches, and chairs are really cool and it was neat to see the rail that the antique cars road on. It was all so interesting! Looks like it was a fun park and it's such a beautiful place! Great video JP, thank you! 💙
It truly is hard to imagine how it looked and how beautiful it was, but I'm glad nature is reclaiming and it's not developed.
What a fascinating video, I'd love to explore that area! What you were calling a Whip cart is similar to what we call Waltzers in the UK.
Interesting!
Actually Mighty lighning was demolished Dec 6 1994, I was there when they pulled down the lift hill. The reason it was demolished is someone set it on fire about 2-3 weeks prior to demo, and sadly the coaster was sold to Stricker's grove who were supposed to come in a dismantle it, but they never did and the rot was too much so they built a mirror replica
Cool video😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊 12:22
Thanks for the video. I only got to the park a few times before it closed down. My job for the state of Pennsylvania had me working in this area. I got to see this park and Angela park just before they both closed. This was the larger park and the roller coaster was great. I guess it died like many of the older regional parks due to the cost to operate them and not being able to keep adding new rides to keep people coming back. This was also a time when the area was still undergoing relatively depressed times so there were less young families with extra funds to enjoy a day at a local amusement park. At least Kenobles survived and became a major park that today serves northeast as well as central Pennsylvania areas.
Thoroughly enjoyed this informative video. I lived in WB almost my entire life but never went here. We went to Souci and Angela Park, Drums
Heard only good about here
Warm Radio Days were a big event said close to 100,000 showed up. There were many very popular recording acts that attended that day. Do you see the old Erie rail line bring reactivated? Those were very good videos. Hopefully the Amtrak Scranton to NYC comes to fruition.
Angela park is a place I never visited, but it's on my list to document. We can only hope trains run on the Erie lines again.
Wow I never heard of this amusement park. Yet I lived in Pa all my life. Have you ever heard of Shorty Long & Dolly Long they had a family amusement park as well. I do not know if the amusement park still exists. Might be another place to check out in Pa. They entire family where singers and owned a shop in Reading, Pa they were very family oriented. Might be interesting to check it out.
I haven't heard of that one, but I have another abandoned park I'll be filming this winter.
@@JPVideos81 it was a wonderful family place, filled with music and rides. You could cook out outside the park it was wonderful when I was a kid. Do some research on them and the park it would make a great video when you have the time.
I enjoyed this.I heard of that park never was there .Not an amusement park person.
I was checking out your video this is an older one say you're not very far from my home are, Orange county New York
Friends of mine have a traveling carnival in my area. One of their rides they have came from rocky glen. They bought it at the auction.
Which ride? Name of carnival or midway?
@@JPVideos81 Likely the Penn Valley Amusements Round Up. I think it had been painted and re-themed though…
my friends show is penn valley shows and the ride is the round up@@JPVideos81
Clean it up and redevelop it into a. Re Rocky Glenn Park 😊
Ahhh, Manny Gordon. Enjoy! Enjoy!
Yes indeed. Grew up hearing him say that.
Such a great video and lots of information on it . Question ? When you test a bike do you get to keep it ?
Yes
i been there
What a beautiful place, sad that things just disappeared over the years. I am sure my home state of Ohio has its own places that disappeared.
How’d you get in there? The whole place has been posted for quite some time now. There used to be a lot of people hanging out in that place, but now no one really goes in there.
$100,000 would be over a million now.
I wish they would just dig out and clean up the Lake and turn that valve off and let it go fill it back it up
Making it into a park for fishing, picnicking and hiking with history plaques around the grounds would be ideal.
you should really try and keep your pedals level when your not pedaling on rough terrain.
I agree
Hey JP, I may have a DVD that I bought from eBay several years ago. I would like to send you a pic of it if I can find it so you could tell me if it's the same park. If I can find it, how would I go about sending you a picture?
Jpvideos81@gmail.com
I enjoy the video of you ride your motor bike, Can i ask you how you lost the weight? I'm needing to lose alot of weight to feel better and look better you you care to share.
Feel free to email or fb message me and I can elaborate on my weight loss. Links are in description.
@@JPVideos81 ok thanks Jay
@@JPVideos81 I messaged you I hope it was you I went to your link Thanks so much.
How do we sign up for the tours there
There hasn't been a tour in several years, but they were always announced in the fb group.
@@JPVideos81 excellent..I just finished your video and thoroughly enjoyed it.I went there in the 70s and early 80s and I totally remember those stone seats….safe travels
What about Jerry ??
Who is QT?
Was this about the park, your freaking bike or the dang water. I learned nothing from this video about my childhood amusement park..
I have a whole rocky glen playlist, each video covers different things.
You took way too long on the dang water come on, geez enough with the water
Next time, stop taking so dang long with the dang water uggh
Out of 13k views, you're the only person to complain about it...
You do know you can skip through on youtube and you're complaining about something you get to watch for free 😅
JP----When a company lets you use their product & asks you to review their product do not say " it's not perfect and has some flaws ". They will not be happy and they and other companies may not ask you anymore
But I want the truth as a consumer.
They allow me to speak freely and no product is perfect so I have to be honest. I dont want people to be deceived that it's something that it's not.
I would rather hear an honest opinion. It could potentially save a life 😊
Great video Jay. Going down memory lane.
Thanks
I want you videos on TV All the time this one here is 1 of the most intriguing videos you have done I think back to my childhood going to Kidy land with my parents and this brings back the memory to me you walking down grown inside walks
parents were sitting down with a child watching the show.🫶
Thank you
Thanks for checking it out