California Historical Landmark
McKittrick Brea Pit

Located one-eighth mile west of here is ancient asphaltum seepage in which hundreds of Pleistocene (15,000-50,000 years ago) birds and animals were trapped. Site first explored in 1928 by the University of California with excavation completed in 1949 by Los Angeles and Kern County Museums.

State Registered Landmark No. 498

Marker placed by Kern County Historical Society Miocene Parlor No. 228 N.D.G.W., El Tejon Parlor No. 232 N.D.G.W. and Kern County Museum.

Dedicated June 29, 1952