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Six Flags America
Mitchellville, MD

By Arthur Levine, About.com Guide

The Joker's Jinx Six Flags picture

The Joker's Jinx launched coaster has a spaghetti bowl of tangled track.

Arthur Levine, 2002. Licensed to About.com, Inc.
Inside the Beltway, politicians are fond of using roller coasters as an analogy for everything from the state of the economy to the fate of candidates' campaigns. Just outside the Beltway, Six Flags America offers some real roller coasters to help beleaguered citizens escape the Washington doublespeak. And what great coasters!
  • Location: Mitchellville, MD (near Washington, D.C.)
  • Phone: (301) 249-1500
  • Schedule: Daily through August 25. Plus August 29 to Sept. 2. Sept. 7,8, and 15. Weekends from Oct. 4 to Nov. 2.
  • Affiliated water park: Six Flags Hurricane Harbor at Six Flags America- included with admission.
  • FastLane virtual queue system offers ride reservations for the major coasters.

Highlights
It's all about the coasters:

Next page: Taking a look at Six Flags America's coasters.

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