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A 32-foot-long concrete whale sculpture, named 'Queequeg' by its creator, outsider artist Kyle Siler, sits in an undersized blue-tiled pool at an oceanside rental property on Highway 1 in Westport, on California's Mendocino coast. The whale sculpture spouts water from a mechanism at the top of the hour between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., and has a door leading into its hollow interior. It hosts an annual Memorial Day weekend 'Westport Whale Festival' celebrating the migrating gray whales offshore.
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Westport Whale
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Approximate location · 39.644° N, 123.784° W
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Visible from Highway 1 at the property; the associated house is a vacation rental, so close-up/interior access depends on rental status, but the whale itself is visible from the road.
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37060 California State Route 1, Westport, CA 95488 -- concrete whale sculpture visible beside the highway.
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