The first stop on The Great Elephant Migration tour around the United States is none other than Newport, Rhode Island’s famous Cliff Walk. Over 100 life-size elephants line the overlook in four main points, simulating a real elephant migration.
Where to find elephants in Newport, Rhode Island?
You’ll find over 100 wooden elephant sculptures (including baby ones) lining Cliff Walk across four main points.
Find 52 elephants on the oceanside lawn of McAuley Hall at Salve Regina University! Continue along Cliff Walk to Rough Point, The Breakers, and The Great Friends Meeting House for even more elephant action!
The Meeting House features a massive tusker elephant which is stunning during Newport’s sunset or sunrise!
Join the movement
The herd is in town only through September 2, according to The Great Elephant Migration. Newport is the only New England destination these elephants will visit before making their way across the US to Manhattan, Miami, and Los Angeles.
While the elephant migration is free to explore, some of the stops are on private grounds. Find more info on locations, fees, and hours:
- Salve Regina University:
- Free admission
- Merchandise pop-up shop open from 9AM to 6PM daily
- 100 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI
- Rough Point:
- Free admission for Newport residents, Museum admission for others $20
- Tuesday-Sunday from 10 AM-5 PM
- 680 Bellevue Ave, Newport RI
- The Breakers:
- Must purchase grounds admission
- Open from 10 AM- 6 PM
- 44 Ochre Point Ave, Newport, RI
- The Great Friends Meeting House:
- Open sunrise-sunset
- 21 Farewell St, Newport, RI 02840
About The Great Elephant Migration
A coexistence non-profit, The Great Elephant Migration, focuses on the natural harmony between India’s people and its wildlife. In the past three decades, India’s population more than doubled, yet so did their elephant population, highlighting harmonic coexistence.
The wooden elephants are created from lantana camara, one of the world’s top invasive weeds, that pose a threat to the vibrant wildlife. The weed invasion can push animals out of their habitats into urban areas and increase human-elephant conflict.
The elephants are made from the weed by The Coexistence Collective, a community of 200 indigenous artisans who spent five years creating this migrating elephant community while simultaneously protecting real-life elephant-human interaction by removing the dangerous lantana weeds.