Hancock Park

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For the Los Angeles neighborhood, see Hancock Park, Los Angeles.

Hancock Park
Type	Urban park
Location	5800 block of Wilshire Blvd, Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California
Coordinates	34°03′49″N 118°21′25″W / 34.063632°N 118.356823°W / 34.063632; -118.356823Coordinates: 34°03′49″N 118°21′25″W / 34.063632°N 118.356823°W / 34.063632; -118.356823
Operated by	Los Angeles Department of Recreation & Parks

California Historical Landmark
Official name: Hancock Park La Brea^[1]
Reference No.	170

Hancock Park is a park in the Miracle Mile, Los Angeles, California, area, which is the location of the La Brea Tar Pits, the George C. Page Museum of La Brea Discoveries, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA). The park does not, however, lie within the Hancock Park neighborhood which is approximately one mile to the east. The park is named after George Allen Hancock.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Hancock Park". Office of Historical Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved 2012-10-07.
↑ "Died". Time magazine. June 11, 1965. Retrieved 2010-03-27. "George Allen Hancock, 89, California oilman and philanthropist, who inherited a 3,000-acre ranch in 1883, discovered the famed La Brea tar pits full of prehistoric remains while digging for oil (which he also found), made a fortune from his wells and the sale of property for what is now Los Angeles' Wilshire district, later gave $7,000,000 to the University of Southern California; of a heart attack; in Santa Maria, Calif."

v t e Parks in Los Angeles, California

Downtown	Grand Park Central Library Park Los Angeles State Historic Park Pershing Square Pueblo de Los Angeles State Historic Park

Northeast	Ernest E. Debs Regional Park Heritage Square Hollenbeck Park Lincoln Park Mariachi Plaza Rio de Los Angeles State Park Sycamore Grove

Northwest	Echo Park Elysian Park Lafayette Park Macarthur Park

Hollywood	Barnsdall Art Park Campo de Cahuenga Griffith Park Runyon Canyon Park

Wilshire	Hancock Park La Cienega Park Pan-Pacific Park

South Los Angeles	Exposition Park Gilbert Lindsay Park Jesse Owens Memorial Park Kenneth Hahn State Recreation Area Mary Bethune Park Vermont Square Park

Westside	Cheviot Hills Park Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Topanga State Park Will Rogers State Historic Park

Harbor	Angels Gate Cabrillo Beach Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park Peck Park

San Fernando Valley	Bell Canyon Park El Escorpión Park Hansen Dam Lake Balboa Limekiln Canyon Los Encinos State Historic Park Marvin Braude Mulholland Gateway Park O'Melveny Park Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park The Japanese Garden Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve Van Nuys Sherman Oaks Park Woodley Park

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