La Brea Pits
La Brea Pits is a mine in Los Angeles, Southern California, California. La Brea Pits is situated nearby to the museum Pavilion for Japanese Art, as well as near Los Angeles County Museum of Art.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mine
- Description: mine in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “La Brea Asphalt Pits”, “La Brea Fossil Pits”, “La Brea Tar Pits”, and “LaBrea Pits”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include La Brea Tar Pits and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
La Brea Tar Pits
Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 2.5.
La Brea Tar Pits comprise 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.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Museum
Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art 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. Los Angeles County Museum of Art is situated 990 feet west of La Brea Pits.
Pavilion for Japanese Art
Museum
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pavilion for Japanese Art is a part of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art containing the museum's collection of Japanese works that date from approximately 3000 BC through the 20th century AD. Pavilion for Japanese Art is situated 410 feet west of La Brea Pits.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Miracle Mile and Park La Brea.
Miracle Mile
Neighborhood
Photo: DaveofCali, CC BY 2.0.
Miracle Mile is a neighborhood in the city of Los Angeles, California. It contains a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard known as Museum Row. It also contains two Historic Preservation Overlay Zones: the Miracle Mile HPOZ and the Miracle Mile North HPOZ.
Park La Brea
Neighborhood
Park La Brea is an apartment community in the Miracle Mile District of Los Angeles, California. With 4,255 units located in eighteen 13-story towers and thirty-one two-story buildings, it is among the largest apartment complexes in the continental United States.
Little Ethiopia
Neighborhood
Photo: Ucla90024, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Little Ethiopia is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles. It is known for its collection of Ethiopian restaurants, coffee shops, boutiques and thrift stores.
La Brea Pits
- Category: industry
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“La Brea Pits” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “La Brea Pits”
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