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.
The park is registered as California Historical Landmark #170.
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