Lake Compounce Amusement Park

Lake Compounce, part of the Palace Entertainment family of parks, is New England's Family Theme Park. It is the oldest, continuously-operating amusement park in North America, having its genesis more than 165 years ago in 1846! The park has had more than $40 million invested in rides and attractions during the recent past, and today is more beautiful than ever.

Among other famous attractions, Lake Compounce is home to Boulder Dash, which has been voted the world's #1 wooden roller coaster, as well as Connecticut's largest water park. At "The Lake," there are more rides, attractions, and FUN than anyone can experience in just one day...whether you're young or just young at heart.

America's First Family Theme Park

The name Lake Compounce is derived from John Compound, a Mattatuck/Tunxis Native American Chieftain. On December 2, 1684, his wife and several tribal members affixed their waxed fingertip "marks" to a deed that conveyed the "Compound's Lake" to a group of white settlers who had migrated to central Connecticut from Massachusetts. Legend has it that shortly thereafter, Chief Compound drowned in the lake while trying to cross it in a large brass kettle.

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