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Snake, Serpent, and Sea Monster Statues (page 1)

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Rattlesnake Slide
Fort McDowell, AZ
This Rattlesnake Slide is located at McDowell Mountain Regional Park. It is 36 feet long and was installed in 2014. The slide was built by GameTime in Fort Payne, AL. There is another one of these slides at the Craig Ranch Regional Park playground in North Las Vegas, NV. For more, see this website.

Rattlesnake Bridge
Tucson, AZ
The Rattlesnake Bridge was built in 2002 for pedestrians and bicycles. It is also called the Diamondback Bridge. It is 11 feet tall and 280 feet long. [map]

More Arizona:
Rattlesnake (Gila Bend) [gone]

Snake
Escondido, CA
This Snake is installed at Kit Carson Park. The statue originally had a swing hanging from the middle. There were other animal statues and a sombrero hat slide in the park which are gone now. For more, see this website. [map]

Plumed Serpent
San Jose, CA
This Plumed Serpent is made of cast stone by Robert Graham. It was installed at Plaza de Cesar Chavez in 1996. [map]

Cobra and Serpent
Visalia, CA
This Cobra and Serpent are installed at the Lao Buddhist Temple. [map]

More California:
Snake (Cabazon)

Rattlesnake
Tallahassee, FL
This Rattlesnake was installed in 2020 at Florida A&M University. The school's teams are known as the Rattlers. The eight-foot-tall, bronze sculpture was created by Brad Cooley Jr. For more, see this website. [map]

More Florida:
Cobra (Miami) [vintage; gone]
Rattlesnake (Tallahassee)

Nessie
Grand Rapids, MI
Nessie, a Loch Ness Monster, was built in 2009 by a group of Grand Rapids artists. The sculpture is composed of five floating pieces. Together, they make Nessie 18 feet tall and 100 feet long. It was built with styrofoam, polystyrene over a wood frame. Nessie's eyes glow red at night, powered by solar panels. In 2010, the sculpture was moved to John Ball Park near the zoo. These photos are from 2011. The statue was originally located on the Grand River in town. For more, see this website.

Sea Serpent
Crosby, MN
Sea Serpent
Duncannon, PA
The fiberglass Sea Serpent in Crosby was built in 1977 by Creative Display. The statue is 20 feet tall. It is installed in Crosby Memorial Park, next to Serpent Lake. [map]

The Sea Serpent in Duncannon is from the same fiberglass mold as the one in Crosby. The statue has been here since at least 2005. It is located at Burgundy's Restaurant. [map]

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