Knott's Berry Farm

Editor's Pick – America's first theme park Knott's Berry Farm is home to world-class thrill rides and attractions, exciting shows and Mrs. Knott's famous Chicken Dinner Restaurant. Knott's Berry Farm has six themed areas - Old West Ghost Town, Wild Water Wilderness, Boardwalk, Indian Trails, Fiesta Village and Camp Snoopy.

Knott's Theme Park's impressive selection of thrill rides includes nine roller coasters and three water rides. Guests will want to try favorites like the GhostRider, Silver Bullet and Xcelerator roller coasters, Perilous Plunge and Supreme Scream. Camp Snoopy is home to America's favorite Beagle and offers more than two dozen rides, shows and attractions in a wilderness family setting. If you visit be sure not to miss these classic Knott's attractions - Timber Mountain Log Ride and the Calico Mine Ride.

October nights mean scary fun with the annual Halloween Haunt at Knott's Scary Farm. This popular seasonal event is the world's largest theme park Halloween event. During the summer months you can visit Knott's Soak City a 13-acre water park located directly across the street from Knott's Berry Farm theme park.

Park History

The park started in 1920 when the Knott family arrived in Buena Park to farm. In 1927, Walter Knott bought ten acres of land and year later he readied the Farm's first permanent building that housed a tea-room, berry market and nursery. It wasn't until the 1930s that Walter Knott became associated with the "boysenberry" which would become the family trademark and all boysenberries in the world can trace their roots to Knott's Berry Farm. Then, on a night in June 1934, Cordelia Knott served eight fried chicken dinners on her wedding china - for the all-inclusive price of 65 cents each - and the world's largest chicken dinner restaurant was born.

As the popularity of the Chicken Dinner Restaurant exploded in the 1940s Walter Knott began building the Ghost Town to entertain the thousands of hungry guests visiting the Farm. The Ghost Town eventually became the first of Knott's Berry Farm's six themed areas and in the 1960s the park built the Calico Mine Ride and Timber Mountain Log Ride, followed by a second themed area Fiesta Village. The third themed area, Roaring 20s, opened in 1975 and featured the Corkscrew, the world's first looping coaster.

In 1983, Knott's debuted a first in the amusement park industry with its six-acre Camp Snoopy, the world's first theme park "land" designed specifically for kids. Wild Water Wilderness, a four-acre outdoor river wilderness area featuring the whitewater rafting ride Bigfoot Rapids, was added in 1988, followed by Indian Trails in 1993.

Knott's Berry Farm is now owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment.