Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Filmed in July 2021
Lightning Rod
Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States)
Operating since 6/13/2016
Roller Coaster Steel/Sit Down/Extreme
Stacked Storage/Hybrid
Make: Rocky Mountain Construction
Model: Topper Track / Custom
Length 3,800.0 ft
Drop 165.0 ft
Speed 73.0 mph
Vertical Angle 73.0°
G-Force 3.5
Elements Chain Lift Hill
During the 2020/2021 off-season sections of the original "Topper Track" (considered wooden) were replaced with "IBox Track" (considered steel). The amount of replaced track was 2,160 feet per a park spokesperson. This amounts to 57% of Lightning Rod's 3,800 feet total track length. Given the majority of track and specifically the record-setting areas (lift hill / drop) were changed from wood to steel, the type has been changed to reflect this. The "model" of "Topper Track" remains as this field is based on how the ride was built and does not reflect modifications.
In 2024 The LSM Lift Hill was changed to a Chain Lift Hill.
Filmed in July 2021
Lightning Rod
Dollywood (Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, United States)
Operating since 6/13/2016
Roller Coaster Steel/Sit Down/Extreme
Stacked Storage/Hybrid
Make: Rocky Mountain Construction
Model: Topper Track / Custom
Length 3,800.0 ft
Drop 165.0 ft
Speed 73.0 mph
Vertical Angle 73.0°
G-Force 3.5
Elements Chain Lift Hill
During the 2020/2021 off-season sections of the original "Topper Track" (considered wooden) were replaced with "IBox Track" (considered steel). The amount of replaced track was 2,160 feet per a park spokesperson. This amounts to 57% of Lightning Rod's 3,800 feet total track length. Given the majority of track and specifically the record-setting areas (lift hill / drop) were changed from wood to steel, the type has been changed to reflect this. The "model" of "Topper Track" remains as this field is based on how the ride was built and does not reflect modifications.
In 2024 The LSM Lift Hill was changed to a Chain Lift Hill.
