Shivering Timbers, the 122-foot-tall wooden coaster at Michigan's Adventure in Muskegon, Mich., claimed top honors.

Boulder Dash at Lake Compounce, Conn., took second place, while Phoenix at Knoebels, Pa., took third.

The poll is considered by many coaster enthusiasts to be the most accurate of the polls available. Enthusiasts download or save a list of coasters and rate their favorites, from first to last, and what they like to get out of coasters.

The results are tabulated with an algorithm by ranking their winning percentage.

For the list of all 176 wooden coasters, visit the 2004 Wood Coaster Poll Results.

A steel-tracked poll is currently being conducted. Ballot-casting ends Dec. 15. See the list and information here.

For more information on the algorithm, go here.