Enchanted Forest entrance

The Enchanted Forest is a now-closed theme park in Ellicott City, Maryland, on U.S. Highway 40 near the intersection with Bethany Lane. Other theme parks with the same name have since opened elsewhere. Image File history File links Entrance gate to the Enchanted Forest, Ellicott City, Maryland. ... Image File history File links Entrance gate to the Enchanted Forest, Ellicott City, Maryland. ... Six Flags New England, an amusement park in Springfield, Massachusetts. ... Ellicott City is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Howard County, Maryland. ... United States Highway 40 is an east-west United States highway. ...

The Enchanted Forest officially opened on August 15, 1955, following a preview party the afternoon before. It was only the second theme park in the United States — Disneyland Park had opened the previous month. Appealing mostly to families with small children, the park had a nursery rhyme theme. The park featured fairy tale buildings and characters, but no mechanical rides originally. Admission was one dollar for adults and fifty cents for children. At opening, the park was 20 acres, but it later expanded to 52 acres. At the height of its popularity, the Enchanted Forest welcomed 300,000 children per summer season. Part of the John Waters movie Cry Baby, released in 1990 and starring Johnny Depp and Ricki Lake, took place in the Enchanted Forest. The park closed for the first time in 1989 and reopened partially between 1994 and 1997. August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Disneyland is a theme park at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. ... A nursery rhyme is a traditional song or poem taught to young children, originally in the nursery. ... A fairy tale is a story, either told to children or as if told to children, concerning the adventures of mythical characters such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, giants, and others. ... John Waters is the name of three prominent men: John Waters is an Irish columnist. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Johnny Depp John Christopher Depp II, widely known as Johnny Depp (born June 9, 1963 in Owensboro, Kentucky), is an American actor. ... Ricki Pamela Lake (born September 21, 1968 in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York) is an American actress and talk show host, most known for her long-running Ricki Lake talk show. ... 1989 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Some of the land of Enchanted Forest is now a Safeway-anchored shopping center, called the Enchanted Forest Shopping Center, which opened approximately 1992. Much of the theme park sits undisturbed yet neglected behind a chain-link fence. Several efforts have been made by locals to reopen the park, and a preservation society has been formed. While the long-term goal is to revive the Enchanted Forest, current work focuses on preventing the artifacts from being lost forever. The current owner of the land has agreed to allow the fairy tale buildings to be moved to nearby Clark's Elioak Farm for display and preservation. Funding is still need to complete the effort. Elioak Farm hosted a 50th Anniversary birthday party and benefit for the Enchanted Forest, on August 13 and 14, 2005. Safeway is a brand name used by several supermarkets around the world: Safeway Inc. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Geographical coordinates: 39° 16′ 49″ N 76° 51′ 24″ W
• Enchanted Forest Preservation Society
• Clark's Elioak Farm
• Washington Post: Long-Shut Enchanted Forest Still Casts Spell
• The Enchanted Forest Histoy