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Margate City, New Jersey: Lucy the Elephant

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Address:
9200 Atlantic Ave., Margate City, NJ
Directions:
On the beach side of Atlantic Ave. at Decatur Ave.
Hours:
Summer M-Sa 10-8, Su 10-5. First tour 10:15. Fewer hours and days off-season. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Phone:
609-823-6473
Admission:
Adults $8.50
RA Rates:
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Lucy the Elephant.

Lucy the Elephant

Unique, multi-story 19th century building open for tours. "The only elephant you can go into and come out of alive." A total renovation of her exterior was completed in Dec. 2022.

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Lucy the Elephant - Century 3.

Lucy the Elephant - Century 3

Road report and review on renovations on the giant pachyderm south of Atlantic City.

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Margate City, New Jersey - The Elephant Is The Room
Lucy the Elephant: Lucy is the only elephant that you can go into, take a nap, and emerge undigested the next morning. Special overnight stays offered.... [02/27/2020] Complete Story...
Margate City, New Jersey - Lucy In The Sky With Damage
Lucy the Elephant: Lucy The Margate Elephant, that great, grey, wide-window-eyed wonder of the Jersey shore, suffered serious injury this fall when strong September winds lifted a party tent up off its moorings and into the air and smashed it against Lucy's pachyderm posterior. [11/09/2009] Complete Story...

Lucy is Back!

Margate City, New Jersey - Lucy the Elephant Reopens!
Lucy the Elephant:

This Exit for News: Lucy Returns to the roadside attraction landscape!

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