La Brea Tar Pits Address, Maps and Directions

La Brea Tar Pits, one of the world's most significant sources of Ice Age fossils, makes it possible to bring us back to Los Angeles 25,000 years ago. There you can explore how the "Tar Pits" formed, why so many animals were trapped at the Pits, and how climate has changed over the past forty thousand years.

Adjacent to La Brea Tar Pits, a museum was established to do research on and display fossils excavated from tar pits. It is named Page Museum after George C. Page, the founder of the museum. Page Museum boasts a wide collection of over 1 million fossils including skeletons of saber-toothed cats, short-faced bears, mammoths, giant sloths and much more. To appeal to kids, Page Museum has introduced the intriguing "A Children's Story about an Ice Age journey" and "What It's Like to be Trapped in Tar" exhibit.

Get ready for your Ice Age adventure? To start with, let's find out where La Brea Tar Pits is.

La Brea Tar Pits is in the urban heart of Los Angeles, within walking distances to Hancock Park. La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum, along with Los Angeles County Museum of Art, are in the "Museum Row" area of historic Miracle Mile district. The street address is 5801 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. To help you find it easier, both Google maps and local area map are offered:

La Brea Tar Pits on Google Maps

http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=%20La%20+%20Brea%20+%20Tar%20+%20Pits

Local Area Map

http://www.tarpits.org/info/prtmap.html

While looking at the above map, you can find that La Brea Tar Pits and Page Museum are bordered by four major freeways: I-10, US-101, I-110 and I-405. So in the following part, we are going to share with you driving directions from the four major surrounding freeways:

Coming from I-10 Eastbound

- Take I-10 east till exit the Fairfax Avenue

- Proceed north on Fairfax Avenue

- Make a right turn at Wilshire Boulevard

- Continue on Wilshire Boulevard for 5 blocks till reach Curson Avenue

- Make a left turn on Curson Avenue

- Drive to the end of the block

- Get to the parking lot on your left hand

Coming from I-10 Westbound

- Take I-10 west till exit the La Brea Avenue

- Proceed north on La Brea Avenue

- Make a left turn at Wilshire Boulevard

- Continue on Wilshire Boulevard for 10 blocks till reach Curson Avenue

- Make a right turn on Curson Avenue

- Drive to the end of the block

- Get to the parking lot on your left hand

Coming from US-101 Northbound

- Head north on US-101 to reach the I-10

- Take I-10 west till exit the La Brea Avenue

- Then follow direction from I-10 Westbound

Coming from US-101 Southbound

- Take US-101 south

- Exit Highland Avenue

- Head south on Highland Avenue to Wilshire Boulevard

- Make a right turn on Wilshire Boulevard

- Proceed on Wilshire Boulevard for 15 blocks to reach Curson Avenue

- Make a right turn on Curson Avenue

- Drive to the end of the block

- Get to the parking lot on your left hand

Coming from I-110 Northbound

- Take I-110 north to I-10

- Follow I-10 west to exit the La Brea Avenue

- Then follow direction from I-10 Westbound

Coming from I-110 Southbound

- Take I-110 south to I-10

- Follow I-10 west to exit the La Brea Avenue

- Then follow direction from I-10 Westbound

Coming from I-405 Northbound

- Take I-405 north to I-10

- Follow I-10 east to exit the Fairfax Avenue

- Then follow direction from I-10 Eastbound

Coming from I-405 Southbound

- Take I-405 south to I-10

- Follow I-10 east to exit the Fairfax Avenue

- Then follow direction from I-10 Eastbound

We suggest you to Mapquest your directions if necessary since your exact departure site is not clear to us. You can Mapquest it at:

Mapquest

http://www.mapquest.com/

Putting the following information to the boxes on Mapquest:

Address or Intersection: 5801 Wilshire Blvd

Zip Code: 90036