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:
- Days and hours vary with the seasons. (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
- Phone:
- 609-823-6473
- Admission:
- Adults $8.50
- RA Rates:
- The Best
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Unique, multi-story 19th century building open for tours. "The only elephant you can go into and come out of alive." A complete renovation of her exterior was completed in Dec. 2022.
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Road report and review on renovations on the giant pachyderm south of Atlantic City.
Roadsideamerica.com Report...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...
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...
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Lucy the Elephant has reopened to the public after 15 months and a $2.4 million renovation. Her exterior and much of her wooden framework have been completely replaced.
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