Beech Bend is an amusement park, campground and automobile race track located in Warren County, in the U.S. state of Kentucky, just outside the limits of the city of Bowling Green.

The park takes its name from a bend in Barren River where stands of beech trees are scattered throughout the area.

Charles Garvin purchased the park property in the early 1940s, adding amusements both rides and recreational activities over the years.

Carnival-type rides were abundant, with the famous Wild Mouse the most popular; midway games such as Skee ball and Fascination were a hit with guests.

The campground grew over the years, with more than 1,000 spaces advertised at its peak, billed at one time as the world's largest.

When he died in 1979, the park closed, though the racing facilities stayed open under a lease agreement to a third-party operator.

The park was purchased by an ownership group that included country music singer Ronnie Milsap, which operated it in 1981 and 1982.

The racetracks did well, and three years later, the couple purchased the rest of the park, which had by then fallen back into nature.

[9][10] On July 28, 2005, it was announced that the roller coaster would open in 2006, have a height of 96 feet (29 m), an 82-foot (25 m) drop, a maximum speed of 47 miles (76 km) per hour, and that a contest would be held to choose the ride's name.

In 2010, Beech Bend opened a large waterpark expansion (wave pool, lazy river and a water play structure), a Zamperla family tea cups ride, a kids' quad runner and a new amphitheater, billed as the largest in Beech Bend's history and was to open in early May.

[15] The expansion was delayed by two months due to the 2010 Tennessee floods, and the water play structure and amphitheater did not open until the 2011 season.

Power Surge was replaced by Air Race, as well as the park added a children's monster truck ride, and Bluegrass Breeze a Flying Carousel make their way to Beech Bend for the 2015 season.

[18] For the 2016 year, Beech Bend invested in a multimillion-dollar expansion to the water park, involving four new slides manufactured by ProSlide.

[20] In 2022, the park replaced it aging Flying Bobs with a more modern ride of the same type dubbed Thunderbolt.