Cliff's Amusement Park

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Cliff's Amusement Park

Previously known as Uncle Cliff's Kiddieland
Location	4800 Osuna Road NE, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Coordinates	35°08′42″N 106°35′22″W / 35.14494°N 106.58938°W / 35.14494; -106.58938
Status	Operating
Opened	1959
Operating season	May through September
Area	15 acres (6.1 ha)
Attractions
Total	25
Roller coasters	3
Water rides	4
Website	www.cliffsamusementpark.com

Cliff's Amusement Park (previously known as Uncle Cliff's Amusement Park prior to 1991) is a combination amusement park and water park in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States.^[1] It opened in 1959. It features 24 rides for all ages, food, and carnival style games. It also features a water attraction, WaterMania!, which operates Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. It also has the only wooden-hybrid roller coaster in New Mexico, the final coaster designed by Custom Coasters International, called the New Mexico Rattler.

Cliff and Zella Hammond built a small kiddie park located at 7600 Lomas Blvd in 1959 and named it Uncle Cliff’s Kiddieland. After a few years at this location, the neighbors started a petition to have the park shut down. They relocated for a very short time to Little Beavertown in Tijeras Canyon outside Albuquerque.^{[citation needed]}

In 1963, Cliff's relocated to its present location at 4800 Osuna Rd. NE. At that time it was on the very outskirts of Albuquerque. As bigger attractions were being built the company wanted to take the emphasis from the word "Kiddie" and dropped it and renamed the park Cliff's Amusement Park.

Image	Name	Opened	Manufacturer	Description
	Galaxi	1977	S.D.C.	A Galaxi roller coaster model.
	New Mexico Rattler	2002	Custom Coasters International, Cliff's Amusement Park	A wooden roller coaster with an out-and-back layout.
	Spin-O-Rama	2016	SBF Visa Group	A figure eight roller coaster with spinning cars that opened in May 2016.

• Brodsky, Rivkela (May 25, 2009). "50 Years of Screams". Albuquerque Journal. p. Business Section, P. 1.
• Redman, Donna (August 4, 2005). "Hot Summer at Cliff's Amusement Park". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, NM. Retrieved March 3, 2010.
• "Cliff's Amusement Park". Retrieved March 3, 2010.

• Official website
• Cliff's Amusement Park at the Roller Coaster DataBase