Marshal Scotty's Playland Park is an abandoned theme park in

El Cajon, California El Cajon ( , ; Spanish: El Cajón, meaning "the box") is a city in San Diego County, California, United States, east of downtown San Diego. The city takes its name from Rancho El Cajón, which was in turn named for the box-like shape of the va ...

. The park contained multiple attractions, such as a railroad, a

Ferris wheel A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components (commonly referred to as passenger cars, cabins, tubs, gondolas, capsules ...

, a water slide, a small roller coaster, and a tilt-a-whirl ride. The park is privately owned and is now mostly abandoned and fenced off. In 2017, numerous relics were still visible from the road, through overgrown vegetation. Starting in 2015, the park now opens every Friday and Saturday in October as a "Haunted Amusement Park" and scare trail.

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{{Defunct Amusement Parks in California Defunct amusement parks in California History of San Diego County, California Amusement parks in California 1967 establishments in California 1998 disestablishments in California Western (genre) theme parks Amusement parks opened in 1967 Amusement parks closed in 1998 Modern ruins