Gold Striker

Roller coaster · California’s Great America

About this attraction

Gold Striker is a wooden roller coaster at California's Great America that opened in 2013. Its opening descent runs through a tunnel that is said to be the longest on any wooden coaster, and it has been ranked among the top wooden coasters by Amusement Today.

Good to know

Minimum height
122 cm1

The information and notices on site are authoritative. Source: Park website

How it feels

  • Lights & flashes: unknown
  • Loud noises: unknown
  • Scents: unknown
  • Fog & smoke: unknown
  • G-forces: unknown
  • Bumpy & spinning: unknown
  • Darkness: medium (2 of 3)1
  • Surprises & scares: unknown
  • Heights: unknown
  • Tight spaces: unknown
  • Getting wet: unknown

Ratings from 0 (none) to 3 (a lot). “Unknown”: no rating yet.

Technical data

Top speed
87km/h2
Height
33m2
Track length
974m2

Manufacturer: Great Coasters International3

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Sources

  1. Park website, added on Oct 15, 2026
  2. Wikipedia article “Gold Striker” by its authors, CC BY-SA 4.0, added on Oct 15, 2026, values may have been converted (e.g. units)
  3. Wikidata (CC0), retrieved on Oct 15, 2026

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