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  1. Coordinates: 34°03′46″N118°21′22″W. For the tar pit in La Brea, Trinidad and Tobago, see Pitch Lake. La Brea Tar Pits. Methane gas bubble emerging at La Brea Tar Pits (2004) Location in Los Angeles. La Brea Tar Pits (California) La Brea Tar Pits (the United States) Location. Hancock Park, Los Angeles, US. Coordinates.

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    • Hancock Park La Brea
  2. Click on map link below to find your way to your favorite exhibits and follow the one-way paths throughout the museum. Helpful icons point out restrooms, shops, eating areas, accessible features, and more. English map (PDF) Spanish map (PDF) Mandarin map (PDF) Korean map (PDF)

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  4. The La Brea Tar Pits is an active paleontological research site in urban Los Angeles. Hancock Park was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years. Map. Directions.

  5. Discover La Brea Tar Pits. On the app, you'll find maps, highlights of La Brea Tar Pits and museum, helpful information, and deep dives into Tar Pits history. Delve into the earliest digs and the latest discoveries!

  6. 3,271 reviews. #30 of 923 things to do in Los Angeles. Natural History MuseumsScience Museums. Closed now. 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM. Write a review. About. Explore the world's only active, urban Ice Age excavation site.

    • Not Tar... Asphalt. Asphalt bubbling up from below ground at the La Brea Tar Pits pond. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. To be clear: the La Brea Tar Pits are not actually composed of tar at all.
    • Only A Few Inches Deep. Smilodon californicus (Saber-Tooth Cat) and Canis dirus (Dire Wolf) fight over a Mammuthus columbi (Columbian Mammoth) carcass in the La Brea Tar Pits.
    • Asphalt is an Amazing Preservative. La Brea Tar Pits lab worker cleans asphalt from a 40,000-year-old bison bone. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. Asphalt is not easily removed from fossil remains, as La Brea Tar Pits paleontologists can tell you, but skeletal remains encased in it are kept in pristine condition.
    • No Dinosaur Fossils... Ice Age Fossils. Mural portraying Ice Age Los Angeles at La Brea Tar Pits & Museum. Los Angeles Almanac Photo. Fossils found in the La Brea Tar Pits only date from the very end of the Pleistocene epoch (also known as the Ice Ages), from 11,700 to 50,000 years ago, which still falls within our current Cenozoic Era.
  7. Get Directions. Go Metro Website. Arts & Culture Family Friendly Museums Recreation Tours. Follow Us: Located in the heart of metropolitan Los Angeles, the La Brea Tar Pits are one of the world’s most famous fossil localities. Explore the world’s only active, urban Ice Age excavation site.

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