Keansburg Amusement Park
Hours
Open Daily
10am Kiddie Rides, 11am limited thrill rides 12noon all attractions are operational
Please note: ride operators may rotate between rides
*weather permitting
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Runaway Rapids
Hours*
Runaway Rapids will be closed after September 10, 2017. We hope to see you all Memorial Day Weekend 2018!
*Closing time varies each day dependent on park occupancy, weather and/or buyout events.
FUN for DAYS
Amusement Park
Rides & Games & Food, Oh my!
Keansburg Amusement Park is filled with dozens of exciting rides, fun games, three large family arcade centers, and an abundance of delicious boardwalk food.
Runaway Rapids
Play it cool.
Runaway Rapid Water Park has over 18 slides with varying speed, heights and splash zones, kiddie lagoon, and separate toddler play area, crazy lazy river, two relaxing spa pools, and more!
Go Karts!
Fast, fun and in the sun.
Fast Trax Go Karts is a family favorite offering two exciting tracks. The younger children can enjoy their own smaller cars that are carefully supervised on a separate kid-sized track.
About The Park
Thrills, Chills, Spills
The Ultimate Daycation
Fantastically fun times, games of chance, and a family-friendly atmosphere are closer to home than you think. For decades, Keansburg Amusement Park has been supplying the carefree summertime fun in the sun we all yearn for. Come experience it for yourself!
Why drive far or fly when great fun is close by?
Weather
Park History
1904 - Breaking Ground
Park founder William Gehlhaus and his associates purchase some waterfront property to build a summer resort.
1910 - Keansburg Steamboat Company
New Yorkers can now take a 50-cent roundtrip voyage from Battery Park to Keansburg's newest boardwalk & attractions.
1931- Mystery Ride opens
One of the world’s oldest operating dark rides in the world up until Hurricane Sandy, The Spook Housefirst opens.
1995 - The Next Generation
The grandsons of William Gehlhaus purchase the park.
Recent News
At New Jersey amusement park, vintage ride turns 80
This article originally appeared on USA Today KEANSBURG, N.J. — One milestone birthday to celebrate as Keansburg Amusement Park opens in full this weekend: Its kiddie “pedal” cars turn 80. The seven vintage cars, painted yellow and green, have been carrying children around and around since the 1930s. “It’s one of a kind, really,” marketing director Katie […]
09.04.2017
Keansburg Amusement Parks Opens for Season Saturday
This article originally appeared on Patch.com By Carly Baldwin, (Patch Staff) KEANSBURG, N.J. — Keansburg Amusement Park will officially open for the season Palm Sunday weekend, April 8 and 9, the park has confirmed. The amusement park will be open all spring break at 12 noon through Monday, April 17 (weather permitting). And the mermaids will […]
03.04.2017 
Iconic Restaurant Finally Reopens After Sandy
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press Three years ago this fall, a now infamous storm came calling. It blew across our beaches, ripped apart our hometowns and then retreated, taking with it much of what we love about life at the Shore. Earlier this month, we got a piece of that old life […]
03.09.2015 
All You Need to Know About Summer at the Shore
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press Boardwalk & Dining Time for lunch: If you're looking for something a little different, head to Shish Kabob Gourmet for shish kabobs and corn on the cob, both of which are grilled to order. There's also Cheesy's Pizza and Dylan's Walk-in Tacos and Hot Dogs; at the […]
23.06.2015 
Pizza V Voted #2 by APP.com Summer Food Series
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press WHY VISIT: "We have people that come from Florida to get the pizza because they grew up here and love our pizza," said James Carusotto, whose father, Anthony, owns Pizza V. The pizzeria has been on the boardwalk for nearly 50 years. "I was making pizza (on […]
23.06.2015 
Keansburg Amusement Park ready to open
This article originally appeared on NJ.com KEANSBURG - The Keansburg Amusement Park is set to open this weekend for the 2015 season. Several new attractions and rides have been restored. Park owner William Gelhaus says it's a great place to celebrate the nicer weather. "We're expecting great things. This is the first weekend after a […]
08.05.2015 
Jerry’s Jobs: Working at Keansburg Amusement Park
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press. KEANSBURG – My hand is hovering over the button. I am waiting for the signal, a thumbs up, from my colleague in the lookout tower. I'm about to send two teenage girls hurtling 10 stories skyward at a speed of 35 miles an hour. This is the […]
20.04.2015 
Founded in 1904, Keansburg Amusement Park still charms
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press In 1904, William Gehlhaus convinced five investors to join him in purchasing an area of marshland overlooking Raritan Bay, in hopes of creating a resort area. It was a bold move, especially because Gehlhaus was a baker from Atlantic Highlands, with no experience in real estate development. […]
06.04.2015 
People are saying……
“A treasure of an amusement park in New Jersey. Waterpark and rides at a great price, never crowded and it has an old soul feeling about it. Every time we go to Keansburg we always have an awesome time and many fun memories. I wouldn’t go anywhere else.” Evelyn Lopes Delgado “A great place to […]
06.04.2015 
Construction begins on new Keansburg roller coaster to replace the ‘Wild Cat’ that was destroyed by Sandy
This article originally appeared on New Jersey 12 KEANSBURG - Construction has begun on a new ride at Keansburg Amusement Park to replace the "Wild Cat" coaster mangled by the superstorm. The foundation is down for the new roller coaster, and parts of it have also arrived. It will have a loop taking passengers upside […]
13.01.2014 
Sandy-ravaged Keansburg Amusement Park ready for Easter after exhausting repairs
This article originally appeared on New Jersey 12 Pattie Cappuccio never doubted it. Not even the day after the storm, when her game booths at Keansburg Amusement Park were covered in knee-deep sand, left behind by chest-high flood waters. "I knew Bill and Hank (Gehlhaus) would get us open. I really did," she said, as […]
02.04.2013 
Keansburg Amusement Park vows to rebuild after Hurricane Sandy destruction
This article originally appeared on NJ.com KEANSBURG — Just days after getting battered by Hurricane Sandy, the co-owner of the Keansburg Amusement Park and Runaway Rapids Waterpark has already set a reopening date: April 8, 2013. That gives the Gehlhaus Family and its crew five months five months to clear out several feet of sand […]
01.11.2012