Knotts Berry Farm
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KBF's Most Popular Attraction
Updated October 2024
Posted March 2022
Timber Mountain Log Ride:
Fifty years ago in 1969, Knott’s Berry Farm opened the Calico Logging Co. log ride (now known as the Timber Mountain Log Ride), the first– and still one of the very few– heavily themed log flume attractions in the world.
Fifty years ago in 1969, Knott’s Berry Farm opened the Calico Logging Co. log ride (now known as the Timber Mountain Log Ride), the first– and still one of the very few– heavily themed log flume attractions in the world.
Today the Timber Mountain Log Ride stands among Knott’s Berry Farm’s most consistently popular rides, and has undeniably helped inspire other world-famous attractions
- John Wayne served as the master of ceremonies (and was the first to ride) on its opening day.
- The mountain housing the attraction is 85 feet tall, while the main drop plummets riders 42 feet down.
- The ride’s water current is controlled by three 125-horsepower pumps that circulate 24,000 gallons of water per minute from a reservoir of 350,000 gallons.
Safety Guide
- Riders must be taller than 46" to ride alone or taller than 36" and accompanied by a supervising companion to ride.
- Remain seated facing forward in an upright position and hold on until the ride comes to a complete stop.
- Keep all body parts inside the ride unit at all times.
- Secure all loose items or leave them in a locker or with a non-rider.
- You will get wet!
- Compliance Certificate may be viewed at the security office.
- Alternate access via exit. Ambulatory
Entrance Sign
Entrance
Opened in 1969 and inaugurated by actor John Wayne, the Log Ride is the world's first, themed, water-flume attraction. A wet and wild journey through a nineteenth-century logging camp, the family-friendly attraction remains the most popular one at Knott's.
Opened in 1969 and inaugurated by actor John Wayne, the Log Ride is the world's first, themed, water-flume attraction. A wet and wild journey through a nineteenth-century logging camp, the family-friendly attraction remains the most popular one at Knott's.
Calico Logging Company
Seagulls
Timbers
Pully
Almost
Blacksmith
Logger
It Begins
Flume
Chopping Down a Tree
Hobo
TNT
Pine Trees
Rope
Drilling Contest
KEEP OUT
DANGER DANGER BLASTING AHEAD!
DANGER DANGER BLASTING AHEAD!
Explosives
Please Remain Seated
End of the Ride
Exit
Water Pipe made out of Wood
42 foot Drop
Splash
At Night
Timber Mountain Log Ride
Poster painted on the wall at Virginia's Gift Shop
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Timber Mountain sign spotted on Boysenberry Lane
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Timber Mountain Calico Logging Company
- Come one come all to an unparalleled town of the famous Calico Logging Company sawmills and forests. The honorable, generous management has completed an unprecedented engineering to modernize and rehabilitate the log driving system of the CLCp. Unlimited access to all mills.
- The most modern equipment is now available to Calico's loggers with unequaled felling methods. By high wheel loader, flume, or skidder, the logs are herded and loaded for mill delivery. Absolute safety is required for planing, flitching, and sawing while logging atop Timber Mountain.
