Fountain in the Adventure Rivers area of Great Adventure in NJ circa 1991

Six Flags Great Adventure is a theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, located 67 miles from New York City, 58 miles from Newark and 50 miles from Philadelphia, consisting of a theme park area, a Wild Safari area, and a water park, Hurricane Harbor. Because of this location, it serves as the amusement park for one of the biggest and most well-known metropolitan areas in the world. Owned by the Six Flags brand of amusement parks, Great Adventure is known for its roller coasters with brilliant and colorful tracks, such as Nitro, Medusa, The Great American Scream Machine, Rolling Thunder, Batman: The Ride, Superman: Ultimate Flight, the world's tallest and fastest roller coaster Kingda Ka (as of 2005), and the newest coaster, El Toro. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Six Flags Great Adventure has more rides than any other theme park in the world, with 72 attractions as of 2006.

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