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Blackbeard's Cave
Blackbeard's Cave has closed (last season: 2020). This page covers its history and the rides it had.
- Location
- Bayville, New Jersey
- Opened
- 1989
- Closed
- 2020
- Rides listed
- 0
Rides it had
No rides listed for Blackbeard's Cave yet.
Blackbeard's Cave closed for good in 2020 after attempts to reopen parts of the park from 2019. In 2023 Ocean County agreed to buy the site as open space, and the owner began demolishing the buildings.
Sources
- rcdb.com/5241.htm (RCDB: Blackbeard's Cave, 136 Route 9, Bayville, New Jersey, defunct; closed in 2018 and tried to reopen in sections; mini golf reopened and go-karts were being worked on in early 2019; announced it would not open for the 2021 season; one defunct coaster, Dragon)
- rcdb.com/1878.htm (Dragon at Blackbeard's Cave: Wisdom Rides Dragon Wagon, operated 2001 to 2018, SBNO 2019-2021, removed; later at YesterLand Farm as Texasauras)
- blooloop.com/uncategorised/in-depth/amusement-parks-blackbea... (2010 article: park on Route 9 in Bayville opened in 1989 by Ned Bevelheimer with mini golf and batting cages; later go-karts, bumper boats, Adventure Station kids' area)
- nj1015.com/theres-an-abandoned-park-in-nj-youve-probably-nev... (February 2023: the park was never able to reopen after closing down in 2020; demolition plans announced July 2022)
- co.ocean.nj.us/frmPressReleaseDetails.aspx?Name=10685 (Ocean County, December 1, 2023: $5.9 million purchase of almost 27 acres, the former Blackbeards Cave property off Route 9 in Berkeley Township, as open space; owner actively demolishing the structures at no cost to the county)