I take mine out in my backyard pretty regularly for photos if the weather is nice, and I live in Southern California... So you know it's not freezing here like in other parts of the country LOL. You won't get mites from nature if you live in the US- mites are only being spread within the reptile hobby/reptile shops. Just make sure there aren't pesticides or other chemicals.
For public places, never. It's stressful enough for the snakes to be out of their enclosure in improper temps/humidity for half an hour, nevermind an hour or hours of taking them out into public with other people and much activity. All it does is risk illness in the snake.
This reminds me, I find it embarrassing in general whenever I see people take their snakes out and walk around in public, if it's not a formal reptile program. It's almost always to show off, look cool, or in an attempt to "educate the public" when it's really unwanted or even illegal, and when it comes down to it, risking their own pet by exposing them to stress and illness... And it's almost always newbies who haven't owned snakes for long, and/or aren't educated enough about snakes and don't know why what they're doing is wrong.
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