Baker's Grove

Baker's Grove is the flagship amusement park of the Baker Amusements chain, as well as the only park in the chain built from the ground up. It is located outside of Lincoln, Nebraska.

History
The land that the park is currently built on used to be a farm run by Bernard and Frank Baker's father. After he died in 1966, Bernard and Frank both decided to convert the farmland into a theme park, after being inspired by a trip to Omaha Luna Park. The farm was subsequently torn down, and construction of the park began in 1967.

On May 26, 1969, the park opened with only one coaster, a flume ride, and a couple of flats.

In 1970, a second Arrow flume ride, Calypso Canyon, was added. It is currently unknown why the park added 2 near-identical flume rides just a year apart.

In 2019, the park celebrated it's 50th anniversary.

Areas

 * Main Gate Gardens
 * Kiddie Land

Roller coasters

 * Baker Bullet (1999; A Giovanola hyper roller coaster, old trains replaced with new B&M ones in 2011, given VR for a limited time in 2019)
 * Bernard's Coaster {1983; An Arrow Suspended Coaster, originally planned to be called "Jet Storm", name changed to dedicate Bernard Baker, who died 2 months before the ride opened, the original name was later used for another coaster)
 * Boomerang (1989; A Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster)
 * Cosmos (2013; A Mack multi-launch coaster, given VR for a limited time in 2015)
 * Dust Bowl (1991; A Dinn wooden roller coaster, retracked by GCI in 2002 and again in 2022 with GCI's new Titan Track, given Millennium Flyers that same year, given VR for a limited time in 2018)
 * Great Skate (1992; A Vekoma Roller Skater coaster, one of the debut Roller Skater coasters in North America, repainted in 2001)
 * Iron Maiden (2009; An Intamin Mega-Lite coaster, given VR for a limited time in 2017)
 * Jet Storm (1984; A Schwarzkopf Looping Star, was originally planned to have trains facing backwards for the 2020 season, but this was later canceled due to COVID)
 * Manticore (2010; A B&M dive coaster)
 * Rampage (1986; An Arrow looping coaster, heavily refurbished by S&S Sansei in 2006, given Vekoma's vest restraint trains in 2012)
 * Rumbler (1969; A PTC wooden coaster, retracked by Dinn in 1990, given Millennium Flyers in 2007, retracked again by GCI in 2019 for it's 50th anniversary)
 * Zombie (2013; A Maurer Sohne SC2000 spinning coaster, given VR for a limited time in 2016)

Flat Rides

 * Avalanche Falls (1969; An Arrow Hydro Flume, trains replaced by Hopkins in 2014)
 * Baker's Wheel (1969; A Ferris Wheel, manufacturer unknown)
 * Drunken Barrels (1978; A Mack Calypso ride)
 * Icarus (1985; A Huss Condor ride)
 * Scrambler (1969; An Eli Scrambler ride, given LED lights in 2004)
 * Untamed (1998; A Wisdom Tornado ride)
 * White Water Waves (1981; An Intamin river rapids ride, added water heaters in 2012 to make the attraction year-round)
 * Yo-Yo Swings (1969; A Chance Yo-Yo ride)

Kiddie Rides

 * Bumble Bees (2000; A Sellner Bumble Bee Bop ride)
 * Coconut Tree (2000; A Zamperla Samba Balloons ride themed to a coconut tree)
 * Fire Chief (1998; A Zamperla Crazy Bus ride themed to a fire engine)
 * Red Baron (1979; A Chance Rides "Red Baron" kiddie ride)
 * Sun and Moon Wheel (1988; A Zamperla kiddie Ferris wheel ride)

Baker's Water Grove
Inclusive waterpark, opened in 1995.


 * Dinosaur Pool (1995; A kids activity pool with a dinosaur shaped slide and a mushroom fountain)
 * Pipeline (1995; A ProSlide PipeLine)
 * Raging Rapids (1993; A river rapids slide, built by Bill Crandell, predated the waterpark by two years and was integrated into it in 1995)
 * Tasmanian Tornado (2011; A ProSlide Tornado 60, relocated from OBL Rochester where it previously operated under the same name from 2004-2010)
 * Tidal Wave Pool (1995; A wave pool)
 * Twister (1995; A ProSlide Twister)
 * Wee Wave (1995; A ProSlide kiddie water slide)

Roller coasters

 * Jet Star (1973-1982; A Schwarzkopf Jet Star 1 coaster, replaced with Bernard's Coaster, sold to a park in France)
 * Kids Coaster (1976-1991; An Allan Herschell Little Dipper coaster, replaced with Great Skate, sold to a park in Tennessee)
 * Mine Train (1971-1990; An Arrow Mine Train coaster, replaced with Dust Bowl, put into storage for several years and eventually sold to a park in Switzerland)
 * Mini Mine (1972-1990; An Arrow Mini Mine Train, scrapped)

Flat Rides

 * Calypso Canyon (1970-2009; An Arrow Log Flume, replaced with Manticore, scrapped with the trains being sent elsewhere)