La Brea

La Brea Tar Pits comprise an active paleontological research site in urban . was formed around a group of tar pits where natural asphalt has seeped up from the ground for tens of thousands of years.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: protected area
  • Also known as: “La Brea Tar Pits”, “La Brea Tar Pits and Museum”, “Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County”, and “Rancho La Brea”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Petersen Automotive Museum.

Museum
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The is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits.

Museum
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The is an automobile museum located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of . One of the world's largest collections, the is a nonprofit organization specializing in automobile history and related educational programs.

Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The is a film museum that opened in 2021 located in , California, United States. The first large-scale museum of its kind in the United States, it houses part of the Academy Collection, the largest film-related…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wilshire and West Hollywood.

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Greater is an area of . Its boundaries are Melrose Avenue/Hollywood to the north, La Cienega Blvd/ to the west, the 10 Freeway to the south, and Hoover Street/ to the east.

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is a city on the West Side of , sandwiched between the Hollywood and districts of Los Angeles to the east and to the west.

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is an enclaved city in in Southern California, surrounded almost entirely by . Since the 1950s has marketed itself as a high-end shopping venue and home of the rich and famous, which still rings true today – its reputation has even been the basis of a few popular TV shows such as The Beverly Hillbillies and , 90210.

La Brea

Latitude
34.0632° or 34° 3′ 48″ north
Longitude
-118.3564° or 118° 21′ 23″ west
Elevation
213 feet (65 metres)
Open location code
85633J7V+7C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 369164732
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­quarry
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
5363852
Wiki­data ID
Q1147168
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“La Brea” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “حفر قطران لابريا”
  • Azerbaijani: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Basque: “La Brea”
  • Bavarian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Catalan: “La Brea pits”
  • Catalan: “Parc La Brea”
  • Catalan: “Pous del Ranxo de la Brea”
  • Catalan: “Ranxo La Brea”
  • Cebuano: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Chinese: “拉布雷亞瀝青坑”
  • Czech: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Dutch: “La Brea teerputten”
  • Dutch: “La Brea-teerputten”
  • Dutch: “La Brea”
  • Esperanto: “La Brea”
  • Finnish: “La Brean tervahaudat”
  • French: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • French: “La Brea”
  • Galician: “Rancho La Brea”
  • German: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • German: “Rancho La Brea”
  • Hebrew: “בורות הזפת בלה בריאה”
  • Hebrew: “בורות הזפת של לה בריאה”
  • Ido: “Gudro-Fosi La Brea”
  • Indonesian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Irish: “La Brea”
  • Italian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Japanese: “ウエストレイクのタール坑”
  • Japanese: “ラ・ブレア・タールピット”
  • Japanese: “ランチョ・ラ・ブレア”
  • Korean: “라브레아 타르 웅덩이”
  • Lithuanian: “La Brea degutduobės”
  • Lithuanian: “Rančo la Brea degutduobės”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “La Brea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rancho La Brea”
  • Norwegian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Persian: “رنچو لا بریا”
  • Polish: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Polish: “Rancho La Brea”
  • Portuguese: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Portuguese: “La Brea”
  • Portuguese: “Poços de betume de La Brea”
  • Romanian: “La Brea Tar Pits”
  • Russian: “Ранчо Ла-Бреа”
  • Spanish: “Pozos de asfalto de La Brea”
  • Spanish: “Pozos de brea de La Brea”
  • Swedish: “La Brea”
  • Swedish: “LaBrea”
  • Turkish: “La Brea Katran Çukurları”
  • Ukrainian: “Ранчо Ла-Брея”
  • Western Frisian: “Tarreputten fan La Brea”

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