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Mountainburg, Arkansas: Climb-Thru Concrete Dinosaurs

Triceratops, Brontosaurus, and T-rex -- designed with hollow sections for kids to climb through. Home-built by Douglas W. Birchfield in 1980. T-rex is 14 feet tall, Brontosaurus is 20 feet long; both were fenced-off by the early 2020s. Triceratops is still open to climb through.

Mountainburg City Park

Address:
201 US 71, Mountainburg, AR
Directions:
Mountainburg City Park. West side of US Hwy 71, on both sides of a culvert next to the fire department.
Admission:
Free
RA Rates:
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Climb-Thru Concrete Dinosaurs

The dinosaurs have been fenced off. I guess they suffered too much climbing damage.

[Jill Simpson, 09/06/2023]

The T-rex and Brontosaurus have been fenced off, but the Triceratops is still open to climb through.

Climb into a triceratops.

Climb-Thru Concrete Dinosaurs

Two of the dinosaurs have been fenced in so that they don't wander off. The triceratops is still free range, though.

[Todd Kent, 03/25/2023]

Playground Concrete Dinosaurs

Pretty park. Weird cement dinosaurs.

[Vance Erwin, 11/11/2016]

Dinosaurs have stood in an old fashioned children's playground since 1980 (one was made earlier for a private residence, and probably moved here later). Creator Douglas Birchfield designed ladders onto the brontosaurus and triceratops so kids could climb into the hollow interiors.


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