Knowledge (XXG)

The Beach (water park)

Source 📝

396: 159:. The park was started in 1987, its final open season was 2004, and it was closed in 2005. The park's land was put up for sale in 2014. When the park was active, the three 75-foot slides used to tower over 471: 181:
4 and 8 Foot Tube-Slides – these were both slides that ran downhill. The four foot slide was a narrower slide with a faster current, the eight foot slide was a wider slide with a slower current.
476: 178:
Lazy River – a tube-ride river like oval that circled the vast majority of the park, it had multiple stops, at the kiddie pool, wave pool, slides, bathhouse and an ice cream shop.
461: 437: 74: 466: 175:
Kiddie Pool – a miniature version of the park for kids, it had slides, a kiddie lazy river, a waterfall, a water umbrella, and a big purple dinosaur
456: 277: 250: 323: 481: 430: 45: 31: 486: 423: 395: 67: 350: 187:
The Black Hole - a body-slide that was encompassed by a darkened tunnel, it led to a 3-foot deep catch pool.
55: 294: 378: 299: 172:
Wave Pool – the main feature of the park was a 700,000 gallon pool that generated ocean-like waves.
273: 246: 407: 240: 184:
The Silver Bullet - a body-slide that accommodated smaller children than their tower slides.
190:
The Plunge - a 75-foot "free-fall style" body-slide that led to a 3-foot deep catch pool.
403: 450: 160: 17: 213: 267: 196:
The Rolling Thunder - a 75-foot fully enclosed body slide with twists and turns.
152: 156: 148: 59: 89: 76: 44: 193:
The Scream – a 75-foot open slide with less-intense drop than The Plunge.
266:
Greater Albuquerque Chamber of Commerce; Max Evans (1 March 2000).
382: 242:
Home on the Strange: More Tales from My Albu-Quirky Journals
411: 295:"All Dried Up: Beach Waterpark shuttered and for sale" 472:
Buildings and structures in Albuquerque, New Mexico
134: 129: 121: 113: 105: 66: 51: 351:"Beach water park site could get new life soon" 477:Tourist attractions in Albuquerque, New Mexico 431: 324:"Former Beach Waterpark land listed for sale" 8: 462:Defunct amusement parks in the United States 37: 27:Former water park in Albuquerque, New Mexico 438: 424: 36: 293:Lane, Charlotte Balcomb (June 3, 2005). 205: 7: 392: 390: 349:Goldsmith, Alex (February 9, 2015). 245:. Dog Ear Publishing. pp. 15–. 269:Albuquerque: Spirit of the New West 410:. You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 25: 467:1987 establishments in New Mexico 394: 43: 30:For the water park in Ohio, see 32:The Beach at Adventure Landing 1: 457:Amusement parks in New Mexico 322:Scott, Damon (Apr 29, 2014). 239:Debora L. Carr (April 2010). 328:Albuquerque Business Journal 503: 389: 214:"Build New Mexico History" 29: 482:Water parks in New Mexico 330:. Albuquerque, New Mexico 303:. Albuquerque, New Mexico 42: 272:. Starlight Publishing. 90:35.13233°N 106.613087°W 402:This article about an 95:35.13233; -106.613087 18:The Beach (waterpark) 487:Amusement park stubs 379:"The Beach homepage" 300:Albuquerque Journal 218:buildnewmexico.org/ 86: /  39: 220:. Build New Mexico 419: 418: 279:978-0-9639731-1-5 252:978-1-60844-458-8 142: 141: 16:(Redirected from 494: 440: 433: 426: 398: 391: 386: 381:. Archived from 366: 365: 363: 361: 346: 340: 339: 337: 335: 319: 313: 312: 310: 308: 290: 284: 283: 263: 257: 256: 236: 230: 229: 227: 225: 210: 101: 100: 98: 97: 96: 91: 87: 84: 83: 82: 79: 47: 40: 21: 502: 501: 497: 496: 495: 493: 492: 491: 447: 446: 445: 444: 377: 374: 369: 359: 357: 348: 347: 343: 333: 331: 321: 320: 316: 306: 304: 292: 291: 287: 280: 265: 264: 260: 253: 238: 237: 233: 223: 221: 212: 211: 207: 203: 169: 94: 92: 88: 85: 80: 77: 75: 73: 72: 62:, United States 35: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 500: 498: 490: 489: 484: 479: 474: 469: 464: 459: 449: 448: 443: 442: 435: 428: 420: 417: 416: 404:amusement park 399: 388: 387: 385:on 2004-07-26. 373: 372:External links 370: 368: 367: 341: 314: 285: 278: 258: 251: 231: 204: 202: 199: 198: 197: 194: 191: 188: 185: 182: 179: 176: 173: 168: 165: 147:was a 14-acre 140: 139: 136: 132: 131: 127: 126: 123: 119: 118: 115: 111: 110: 107: 103: 102: 70: 64: 63: 53: 49: 48: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 499: 488: 485: 483: 480: 478: 475: 473: 470: 468: 465: 463: 460: 458: 455: 454: 452: 441: 436: 434: 429: 427: 422: 421: 415: 413: 409: 405: 400: 397: 393: 384: 380: 376: 375: 371: 356: 352: 345: 342: 329: 325: 318: 315: 302: 301: 296: 289: 286: 281: 275: 271: 270: 262: 259: 254: 248: 244: 243: 235: 232: 219: 215: 209: 206: 200: 195: 192: 189: 186: 183: 180: 177: 174: 171: 170: 166: 164: 162: 161:Interstate 25 158: 154: 150: 146: 137: 133: 128: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 99: 71: 69: 65: 61: 57: 54: 50: 46: 41: 33: 19: 412:expanding it 401: 383:the original 360:February 15, 358:. Retrieved 355:KRQE News 13 354: 344: 332:. Retrieved 327: 317: 305:. Retrieved 298: 288: 268: 261: 241: 234: 222:. Retrieved 217: 208: 144: 143: 167:Attractions 153:Albuquerque 135:Water rides 130:Attractions 93: / 81:106°36′47″W 68:Coordinates 56:Albuquerque 451:Categories 201:References 157:New Mexico 149:water park 78:35°07′56″N 60:New Mexico 334:August 2, 307:August 2, 224:August 2, 145:The Beach 38:The Beach 52:Location 109:Defunct 276:  249:  122:Closed 114:Opened 106:Status 406:is a 408:stub 362:2015 336:2014 309:2014 274:ISBN 247:ISBN 226:2014 125:2005 117:1987 151:in 453:: 353:. 326:. 297:. 216:. 163:. 155:, 138:10 58:, 439:e 432:t 425:v 414:. 364:. 338:. 311:. 282:. 255:. 228:. 34:. 20:)

Index

The Beach (waterpark)
The Beach at Adventure Landing

Albuquerque
New Mexico
Coordinates
35°07′56″N 106°36′47″W / 35.13233°N 106.613087°W / 35.13233; -106.613087
water park
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Interstate 25
"Build New Mexico History"
Home on the Strange: More Tales from My Albu-Quirky Journals
ISBN
978-1-60844-458-8
Albuquerque: Spirit of the New West
ISBN
978-0-9639731-1-5
"All Dried Up: Beach Waterpark shuttered and for sale"
Albuquerque Journal
"Former Beach Waterpark land listed for sale"
"Beach water park site could get new life soon"
"The Beach homepage"
the original
Stub icon
amusement park
stub
expanding it
v
t

Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.