New Carousel Opening at Wheaton Regional Park 2025

Carousel Ribbon-Cutting | Wheaton Regional Park
Fri April 4 | 4:00 – 6:00p
2000 Shorefield Rd, Wheaton, MD 20902

Please bring your friends and family to Wheaton Regional Park on Friday, April 4, from 4 to 6 p.m. to celebrate the opening of the new carousel with free carousel rides and treats.

Speaking Program begins at 4:15 pm
Elected Officials Attending:
Council: Glass, Albornoz, Friedson (speaking), Fani-Gonzalez (speaking)
Delegates: Crutchfield
Regional Services Center: Director Luisa Cardona
Planning Board: Chair Harris (speaking)

WHEATON, Md. – Montgomery Parks is celebrating the opening of a new carousel at Wheaton Regional Park on Saturday, April 5, 2025, by offering half-price rides on opening day.

What: New Wheaton Carousel Opens
When: Saturday, April 5, 2025, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Where: Wheaton Regional Park near Shorefield Road entrance
2000 Shorefield Road, Wheaton
Tickets: $2 each on opening day. $4 regularly. Children under 2 ride free when accompanied by a paying adult.

The new carousel features colorful, hand-painted, fiberglass horses and zebras, as well as two bench-like chariots. One of the chariots is ADA accessible. The new carousel is located near the Shorefield Road entrance to Wheaton Regional Park, next to the miniature train station.
The carousel will be open weekends through October, with expanded operating hours on holidays and during Montgomery County Public Schools’ spring and summer breaks. Full details on the operating hours are available on the carousel and miniature train webpage.

The new carousel replaces the Ovid Hazen Wells Carousel which operated at Wheaton Regional Park from 1985 through 2024. That carousel will be reconditioned and relocated to Ovid Hazen Wells Recreational Park in Clarksburg in the future.