@cassiescompass: Going wherever the dart lands in Central California 🎯 ep 1 The center of the dart landed me in the middle of an oil field just 5 minutes outside the tiny town of McKittrick. And somehow, the dart led me to a place I had NEVER heard of: the McKittrick Brea Tar Pits! These natural asphalt deposits stretch for miles and are considered the most extensive natural asphalt-lake area in California, bigger than the La Brea Tar Pits, AND one of only five natural asphalt-lake areas in the world. 🤯 Oil naturally seeped to the surface here, creating pools of thick asphalt that preserved an incredible collection of fossils, now a tar river on the side of the road. Would I have ever intentionally driven out here looking for this? Probably not 😂 but it was a cool discovery. 📍 McKittrick Brea Tar Pits | Kern County, CA Where will the dart land next? Follow along for more interesting finds. #dart #centralvalley #california #tar

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born.to.bark
Born to Bark :
I like how the first dart totally bounced off probably Los Banos. It was like “naw, no thanks” 😏
2026-09-17 06:16:42
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no_prob_lama
Fax_disconneted :
it hit Bakersfield and was like nah and bounced off.. 😂
2026-09-17 18:16:06
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hermanramirez6
Jupiter🪐 :
Female Huell Howser 😭
2026-09-17 04:45:09
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eazydub2
✨ :
Born n raised in Bakersfield and i never knew about this. Very neat ✨
2026-09-17 06:05:39
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bigfootfarmz
bigfootfarmz :
It could land at our pumpkin patch in October 🎃 let that dart land in Porterville
2026-09-22 04:32:54
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6ft2_tattooed
6ft2_tattooed :
Funny story to me… born and raised in a Bakersfield, never knew about this until a handful years back. I work for the largest oil producer in California, we purchased a small mom and pop lease, near there. It was a weekend and also my first time visiting the new lease, it was my job to go put eyes on that lease. On my travels, I noticed the river of tar. I thought a pipe busted and I have to find the leak. Since it was the weekend and early early morning, non of my supervisors answered their phone. By the time one called me back and let me know it was natural, I had already been walking back and forth for hours 😩…
2026-09-17 20:25:20
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miramontes661
MIRAMONTES661 :
Next time Shark Tooth Hill near Taft
2026-09-17 06:35:43
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i_am_suxi_red
Suxi Red :
I just came from there on my way back from the coast. 😁😁😁
2026-09-22 04:00:28
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raphtaliarapture
Raphtalia Rapture :
haha I grew up around there, that pit is one of the inspirations for a horror story I've been working on about my hometown.✨
2026-09-21 16:59:12
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moreenabellew
moreena :
this is a fun series
2026-09-17 04:43:45
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hectorjuarez_21
hectorjuarez_21 :
carrizo plain next door during the spring is amazing
2026-09-17 22:42:04
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damnit_chanelll
Chanel Martinez :
When I was in oil tech at Taft High, we went there as one of our first field trips to learn about the rich oil history of our small town and we were told that sometimes when the oil is let out and makes that stream that little rodents that make there home in the fields get caught in the oil! 🤷🏽‍♀️😭 definitely go to the oil museum in Taft if you’d like to learn more about it!!
2026-09-18 07:11:55
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09080505it
09080505 :
As a Bay Area native I never would have known this! Thanks for sharing!
2026-09-17 03:55:35
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secondchapterbookbundles
Second Chapter :
such a fun and creative idea!
2026-09-17 05:48:35
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michiganjfrog3
michiganjfrog3 :
I've been there! there are only so many tar pits in the world and thats 1 of them. very rare phenomenon
2026-09-17 13:07:22
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mommatoboth22
✨ALICIA🐶🐔🪿🥤✨ :
Fun fact that’s home for some of us! 🥰
2026-09-17 04:48:33
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captaingrizzly559
Eric De Jong :
so much fun!! I mean, the result was lame-ish, but who would've ever known about this?!
2026-09-17 04:25:20
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sir.max870
sir Max :
teach me ⭐⭐
2026-09-21 14:22:39
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docflash
flash gordon md :
Nice find! Or as the French say, an "Objet d'art!😉
2026-09-18 02:27:49
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josepalos57
jose palos :
i was just out there in that are! how cool more of these please 🙏🏻
2026-09-17 23:02:27
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primetime661
Chris McInnis :
wth? driven past there who knows how many times and have never known this.
2026-09-18 05:45:28
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jillralphio
jillralphio :
The second I saw “Buttonwillow” I said “poor gal, there’s nothing out there for her.” 😂
2026-09-19 16:41:57
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phatbeard35
Keith Howes :
We use to live there. And our dogs would get out sometimes and go find that place. They would come home covered in it. Lol. Talk about a nightmare.
2026-09-18 02:59:24
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sequoia_hiker
Sequoia_hiker :
Very cool…..the Central Valley is awesome.
2026-09-18 01:38:38
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jeffreym530
Jeff :
Interesting! I lived north of there in Fresno and Merced for years and never knew that existed.
2026-09-17 15:40:03
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