La Brea Tar Pits and Museum
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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Mount Deception stands 1,767 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hancock Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110 passes 6.2 miles off.
The story
The La Brea Tar Pits constitute an active paleontological research site located in urban Los Angeles, California, United States. Hancock Park was established around a cluster of tar pits formed by natural asphalt (also referred to as asphaltum, bitumen, pitch or brea in Spanish) that has continuously seeped upward from the ground for tens of thousands of years. Over centuries, these asphalt deposits trapped numerous prehistoric animals, preserving their skeletal remains. The site is home to the George C. Page Museum, dedicated to the ongoing excavation, research and public display of preserved specimens. The La Brea Tar Pits is recognized as a registered National Natural Landmark. The museum closed on July 7, 2026 for a 2-year renovation.
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Wikidata Q1147168, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.2 mi off the Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway - Route 110, National
Overlooks nearby
- Point Grandview · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hancock Park: 0.0 mi
- Wilshire Green Park: 0.2 mi
- Carthay Circle Park: 0.6 mi
- Lower Carthay Circle Park: 0.7 mi
- Pan Pacific Park: 0.7 mi
- La Brea Tar Pits: 0.0 mi
- Pits 3, 4, 61, 67: 0.0 mi
- Pit 91: 0.1 mi
- Project 23: 0.1 mi
- Pit 9: 0.1 mi
- G. Allan Hancock: 0.0 mi
- Sinking Mammoth: 0.1 mi
- Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Sculpture Garden: 0.1 mi
- Smoke: 0.1 mi
- Urban Light: 0.1 mi
- Pleistocene Garden: 0.1 mi
- Funkmeyer New Reality Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Spanish Garden: 2.8 mi
- Italian Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
- Edmund D. Edelman: 0.1 mi
- Berlin Wall Segments - Wall Project: 0.1 mi
- Portolá Trail 1769: 1.1 mi
- Babij Yar Massacre Memorial: 2.0 mi
- WWII Soviet Army Veterans Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art: 0.1 mi
- Craft Contemporary: 0.1 mi
- Broad Contemporary Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Academy Museum of Motion Pictures: 0.2 mi
- Petersen Automotive Museum: 0.3 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.1 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.2 mi
- LADWP Open Space: 3.4 mi
- MRCA Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Hillpark Open Space: 3.8 mi
- Baldwin Hills: 3.5 mi
- Olive Hill: 4.4 mi
- Briar Summit: 4.4 mi
- Maltman peak: 4.8 mi
- Burbank Peak: 5.2 mi
- Lake Side: 3.8 mi
- Garden Grove: 3.8 mi
- Blue Lagoon: 3.9 mi
- Burke-Roche Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Central: 4.0 mi
- Temescal Falls: 10.3 mi
- Santa Ynez Falls: 12.3 mi
- Brown Mountain Dam Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Millard Falls: 16.3 mi
- Royal Falls: 16.9 mi
- Mother's Beach: 8.1 mi
- Palisades Beach: 9.4 mi
- El Segundo Beach: 11.3 mi
- Will Rogers State Beach: 11.3 mi
- Castle Rock Beach: 11.9 mi
- Kuruvungna Springs: 6.0 mi
- Siutcanga Spring(LA River source): 10.5 mi
- Eagle Spring: 12.4 mi
- Goldenrod Spring: 15.8 mi
- Fascination Spring: 15.9 mi
- Upper Switzer Falls Grotto: 17.7 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 18.9 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.3 mi
- Porter Ranch Palisades: 19.4 mi
- Malibu Bluffs: 19.9 mi
- Spa Palace: 5.0 mi
- Point Fermin Lighthouse: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of La Brea Tar Pits and Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Deception | NE 47° | 1,767 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Markham | NE 51° | 1,746 m | 19.0 mi |
| Mount Lowe | NE 51° | 1,699 m | 18.5 mi |
| Mount Lukens | NNE 25° | 1,546.6 m | 15.7 mi |
| Condor Point | NNE 22° | 1,538.3 m | 19.1 mi |
| Muir Peak | NE 54° | 1,427 m | 17.9 mi |
| Brown Mountain | NE 45° | 1,363 m | 16.9 mi |
| Hoyt Mountain | NE 36° | 1,346 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:32 | 20:09 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:19 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 06:56 | 16:10 | 16:49 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 58 | 59 | 61 | 64 | 66 | 69 | 73 | 75 | 74 | 69 | 63 | 58 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.6 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Angeles Downtown/usc, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Los Angeles/Wilshire · 2 mi
- West Hollywood · 2 mi
- Beverly Hills · 3 mi
- Los Angeles/Hollywood · 3 mi
- Culver City · 5 mi
- Los Angeles/Northwest · 5 mi
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