Santa Clarita, California - Star Trek Gorn Battle Rocks - Vasquez Rocks
- Address:
- 10700 Escondido Canyon Rd, Santa Clarita, CA
- Directions:
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park. From Los Angeles, I-5 northbound to 14 east (Antelope Valley Freeway) about 25 miles, exit right onto Agua Dulce Canyon Road. Once off 14, turn left, drive under the highway and across the Sierra Pacific Railroad. Watch for Vasquez Rock Park signs, Escondido Canyon Road.
- Phone:
- 661-268-0840
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Aqua Dulce - Santa Clarita, California - Vasquez Rocks - Where the Gorn Battles Kirk Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is 905 acres of unique geological rock formations along Escondido Canyon Road in Agua Dulce and is a part of the San Andreas fault line. Vasquez Rocks has been the location of numerous movie sets, television programs, music videos, and a famous bandit's hideout. The notorious bandit Tiburcio Vasquez hid out amongst the rocks from 1873 and 1874 to escape capture by law enforcement.
The rocks became a part of the National Register of Historic Places (site #72000228) in 1972 due to its significance as a prehistoric site for the Shoshonean and Tataviam peoples. [Kim, 10/15/2009]
Santa Clarita, California - Star Trek Gorn Battle Rocks Meg and Marisa -- Roadsideamerica.com's unofficial rock formation testers -- battled for balance during a recent family visit to Vasquez Rocks Park, northeast of LA. They could hardly have known (or cared) that on this same craggy outcropping, Captain James T. Kirk battled the vile Gorn commander in the "Arena" episode of the original Star Trek TV series. The telegenic rocks have also appeared in Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, Austin Powers, the Flintstones movies, etc. [Jay Kirby, 03/06/2004]
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