La Brea and Pitch Lake require planning before you set out
La Brea’s asphalt lake rewards a brief, accompanied visit, but the security context and variable services mean every detail should be confirmed.
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La Brea is a settlement in southwestern Trinidad and an access point for Pitch Lake. Its connection with asphalt includes extraction and commercial use for paving and other purposes.
The place
What makes it special
- Access to Pitch Lake is beside Southern Main Road.
- Asphalt from the area has been extracted and marketed for paving and other uses.
- Local stories include narratives associated with Indigenous peoples.
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Sources and references
This profile summarises our destination guides. Their research sources and the geographical reference are listed below.
- visittrinidad.tt
- visittrinidad.tt
- tradeind.gov.tt
- visittrinidad.com
- whc.unesco.org
- ptsc.co.tt
- visittrinidad.com
- ajsonline.org
- Trinidad y Tobago · Wikidata
- Trinidad and Tobago · World Countries — mledoze
- Trinidad and Tobago · World Bank Open Data
- Trinidad and Tobago · DBpedia
- Trinidad and Tobago/Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Table 5.25. Trinidad and Tobago / Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Table 5.24. Trinidad and Tobago / Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Table 5.25. Trinidad and Tobago / Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Table 5.23. Trinidad and Tobago / Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Table 5.23 / Trinidad and Tobago / Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Table 5.22 / Cuadro 5.22. Trinidad and Tobago / Trinidad y Tobago · Crossref
- Notes on Trinidad and Tobago · Crossref
- Pitch Lake · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- La Brea · GeoNames · Datos geográficos bajo CC BY 4.0; requiere atribución a GeoNames. · Fuente: GeoNames
- La Brea, Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago · OpenStreetMap · ODbL 1.0; atribución y obligación de compartir bases derivadas. · Fuente: OpenStreetMap
- Place identification and coordinates
Profile updated: 07/10/2026