Ghost Town in the Sky · Maggie Valley, N.C.

Park map

The park on top of Buck Mountain, from an original park brochure. Tap or hover a number to read about that stop. Pinch, scroll or use the buttons to zoom, and drag to move around. The 29 stops are listed below the map.

Ghost Town in the Sky park mapThe park map from a Ghost Town in the Sky brochure. Main Street, the Frontier Church and the train are at the upper left, the roller coaster at the lower left, the chairlift at the bottom, and the midway rides along the top right. The 29 numbered stops are listed below the map.

Map: Ghost Town in the Sky park brochure.

Stops on the map

  1. The two-seat chairlift climbs a 3,370 foot course at 310 feet per minute.[1]
  2. After buying the park back in 1986, Coburn added the Red Devil roller coaster, built out over the side of Buck Mountain. It opened in September 1988 and was later renamed the Cliffhanger.[2][3]
  3. Staged gunfights on Main Street drew big crowds. Robert Bradley did a death fall off the General Store roof three times a day.[2][1]

Sources

  1. Smoky Mountain News, Fun facts about Ghost Town
  2. The Mountaineer, Many have tried and failed to revive Ghost Town
  3. Abandoned Southeast, Ghost Town in the Sky