STAR TREK | Filming Locations

Going on a tour of some iconic “Star Trek” locations, all found in and around Los Angeles.
1) VASQUEZ ROCKS, a designated natural area that’s depicted various alien terrains in Star Trek, most notably in “Arena”.
2) BRONSON CAVES, near the Hollywood sign in Griffith park, which has been used many times in the Star Trek TV and movie series.
3) PARAMOUNT PICTURES STUDIOS, a portion of which was Desilu studios, where most of Star Trek has been filmed.
LINKS:
Vasquez Rocks can be found here on Google maps:
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Bronson Caves can be found on Google maps here:
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Paramount Pictures Studios can be found on Google maps here:
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RESSOURCES:
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CLIPS:
Star Trek TOS
“Arena”
“Bread and Circuses”
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Star Trek: The Next Generation
“Who Watches the Watchers”
“The Best of Both Worlds, Part I”
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
“The Way of the Warrior”
Star Trek: Voyager
“The Cloud”
“State of Flux”
Star Trek: Enterprise
“Broken Bow”
MUSIC:
Most Thunderous
Alexander Courage
George Fried
Dennis McCarthy
Leonard Rosenman
Fred Steiner
WEBSITES:
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[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

My dad Bobby Clark lives just a few miles from Vasquez rocks, he played them Gorn captain. I was fortunate enough to work on several productions at Vazquez rocks as well as Bronson cave when I work in the film industry. Very interesting video.

[@MatthewPlatz]

That’s so cool!! Literally, Children of the Gorn! Thank you for sharing!

[@davekiddie4467]

Need translation

[@palerider964]

Wow!! Super cool!! Tell him "arena" is my fav tos episode cuz of him!! "...wait for me....thiiiisssss" "I shall be mer-c-full....thiiiisssss"

[@davekiddie4467]

@@palerider964 Ted Cassidy

[@beav1962]

I have my signed Gorn figure on my signed Trek figure wall.

[@timelordtardis]

An excellent tour of the filming areas. You kept it simple and straightforward. Thank you.

[@Protokino]

Glad you liked it! Star Trek 4 locations video coming today.

[@nathanwhitfield8517]

Bang up job. More KZbin videos could take a lesson from you on being concise yet informative.

[@gregkent8955]

I was 16 when Star Trek was on at 8PM on Thursdays. It was the only show I was allowed to watch on a school night. I Loved every minute of it. Thanks for this behind the scene look.

[@trevorsebastian1341]

When I was little I remember watching Star Trek voyager from 10pm to midnight every night on syfy during summer with my siblings. Some of my fondest memories ever. And we always had pizza bites XD. And then when my brother and sis saw the last episode with the borg queen I wasn’t there to see it for some reason but I remember being so sad and jealous that I didn’t see it lol

[@brianpaine1749]

Me too! I was a bit younger and my Dad used to watch it. That’s how I discovered it and grew to love it.

[@subhajitkarmakar291]

If you don't mind me asking, how old are you now?

[@gregkent8955]

@@subhajitkarmakar291 Dot he Math: Star Trek Premiered in 1966 makes me 72.

[@lincolnparc8897]

good parents they understood the influence of television!

[@williamlloyd3769]

Took my daughters to Vasquez Rocks county park several times when they were growing up. They had fun visiting another planet!

[@mattwood1323]

So nostalgic. It literally makes me ache inside hearing and seeing the original Star Trek episodes and seeing where and how they were made. It was just another day in the life of actors Shatner and Nimoy and Kelley 50+ years ago but it continues to live on inside the hearts and minds of millions upon millions of kids and young adults that watched it over and over and over back in the day. It really takes me back. It's like I'm actually sitting in my living room in front of the television, age 10, back in 1978. It's the closest thing to a time machine that we have. Thanks for making and posting this. Much appreciated.

[@thefonzkiss]

Maybe see a doctor if Star Trek makes you ache inside.

[@elosogonzalez8739]

"ARENA" My second favorite episode. Only surpassed by "THE DOOMSDAY MACHINE". I've been a trekie since the show debuted. I have an autographed photo of Bobby Clark (the actor that played the Gorn captain). Love this show!

[@stevenjones6780]

What is that piece of TOS memorabilia owned by Ben Stiller. I think it was the Gorn vest?

[@elosogonzalez8739]

@@stevenjones6780 I'm sorry.I can't answer. Bobby Clark does all the Star Trek and Comic book shows, signing autographed photos and handling out Gorn Dollars. Pretty cool.

[@richardthompson6366]

The Doomsday Machine is a favorite.

[@hubbsllc]

@@richardthompson6366 It’s on my list of TOS episodes for a ST newcomer to watch. An excellent “starship procedural” in addition to the high-concept premise of an gigantic ancient machine of mass destruction created by unfathomably distant beings.

[@recoveringsoul755]

The offspring of Bobby Clark left a comment on this video!

[@Custerd1]

The set that keeps on giving.

[@michaellinner7772]

I remember at least 2 episodes of the Wild, Wild West being filmed here around the same time as well. It was a lot closer to L.A. than Zions Park, Bryce Canyon or Monument Valley that's for sure. The short-lived Planet of The Apes T.V. series also did a great deal of filming at this location.

[@user-xu4ow3bu6f]

Vasquez Rocks is marvelous. It took me years and years of hiking around to find the exact spot where Captain Kirk fires is primitive Cannon to incapacitate the Gorn. Hard to explain in a note but hunt around until you find it. It's helpful to take a photograph with you of that scene so you can compare it to the formations. By the way Vasquez Rocks is not a state park but a Los Angeles County Park. And let me say I very much enjoyed this video and thank you so much

[@michaelblackwell7408]

Didn't your father play some other supporting roles as well?

[@raymondclark1785]

That rock has been in a bunch of coyboy movies, Bonanza at least twice. NCIS used it once also

[@recoveringsoul755]

@@michaelblackwell7408 think you left comment in wrong thread, another thread was started by the offspring of the man who played the Gorn captain. For me, it's the comment directly above yours.

[@TreadwellJay]

2:03 Behind you is where the standing fort set was that was used as the destroyed Cestus III station in Arena. There is a shot with a foreground piece of debris put in the foreground to block the view of Highway 14. :) DS9 also made use of Bronson Canyon more than once. Thanks for the video!

[@scottweaverphotovideo]

Not just Star Trek. It was used for endless B-grade westerns and more! Such a convenient spot!

[@littlerichie874]

As Mr. Spock would say: " Fascinating."

[@Protokino]

It is the only logical thing to say.

[@jimthomas777]

Spock is really that smart , He's out of his Vulcan mind

[@michaelleclair8278]

Live long and prosper

[@chetpomeroy1399]

I seem to remember that "The Zanti Misfits" episode of the 1963 Sci-Fi series "The Outer Limits" was also filmed there, at Vasquez Rocks.

[@stevelopez372]

Ah yes, the oversized Ants with a Face, yikes.

[@bubhub64]

Hearing that old Star Trek series music is so nostalgic for me. Just hearing it, takes me back to my youth. And of note, you mentioned Jeffrey Hunter, and as we all know or maybe not know, he played the original Captain Pike in the original pilot episode of Star Trek.

[@azshooter348]

I grew up in the Valley & was in the Boy Scouts in the 60's. We would occasionally go out to Vasquez Rocks for picnics. It brings back memories of all the wonderful outdoor events with the Boy Scouts.

[@mort6913]

I remember some Buck Rodgers episodes featuring Vasquez Rocks as a backdrop as well. It must be great fun to walk in the foot steps of pop culture icons! :-)

[@hughgreentree]

We went there last November. I dragged my wife and one cousin up there. As we were leaving, another of my cousins arrived just hoping to find us. It was a wonderful day for all of us.

[@Protokino]

I love hearing stories like that.

[@WootTootZoot]

In the film industry, there is a rule that any filming location more than 30 miles from a central point near LA, would require extra pay for the crew. Vasquez Rocks State Park is at the 30 mile limit, that's why it's very popular for filming movies and TV shows. In fact, the road across from the parking lot is the limit, any filming that would be done on the other side of the road would require extra pay for the crew. The TV show TMZ, references that "Thirty Mile Zone"

[@Danni.D]

Grew up in Burbank in the 50s-70s (when California was still paradise) and my dad would drag us out to the desert or countryside at these filming locations to camp and target shoot. Simi Valley was still walnut groves. Could see Warner Bros. studios from my high school second story (Burbank), and us kids would run to the windows when any loud filming began with explosions and other excitement going on. You could also get on a freeway and only see a few other cars. Driving to Disneyland was great because when you got there you were in the middle of an orange grove and got to park right in front of the gates. Most of the kids I went to school with had parents in "the business" and we got to hang out watching filming at the big studios, including Disney. I met many celebrities over the years and most were super nice people like James Garner, as well as a few who weren't, like Robert Wagner.

[@Protokino]

I love reading stories like this, thanks for commenting!

[@dpsamu2000]

There are a couple of locations near a park in downtown LA. Across from the park, I think Olive Street, is the Biltmore now Millennium Biltmore hotel. The lobby is the lobby from The Omega Man. I was in there about 10 years after the film, and it looked exactly the same as in the movie. But it was being remodeled at the time, and has been remodeled again since then. It looks very little like it looked then. I was delivering to the manager, and his office was the same as in the movie where Heston finds the garbage with whisky, and sardine cans, and inside was a dead zombie at the desk. On the other side of the park, and down the street, I think Broadway, is the front of the theater from Blade Runner. Across from there is a building where the lobby is several floors of wrought iron balconies, stairs, and one of those cage elevators. You often see the place in film noir detective films, and was where the final scenes of Blade Runner were filmed. I was in there in the 19780s, and there was a classic 1940s style frosted colored half glass door on one of the offices for a "Private Eye" with actually a picture of an eye on the glass. The federal building is a location of the omega man where Heston is timing his run, and noting details of his search for the zombie hive. He shouts the zombie leader's name, Matthias, which echos through a montage of deserted LA locations. There is a building on Melrose called the pacific design center, name may have changed, it's nicknamed the blue whale because it's covered in blue glass. it has a lot of offices for modern furnishings like what you might see in Star Trek (TNG), and Star Wars (1, 2, 3). Of course there are the bridges over the Los Angeles "River". A lot of films shot there. Century Plaza in downtown Beverly Hills is where Conquest of the Planet of the Apes was filmed.

[@Protokino]

I look forward to doing an "Omega Man" video in the near future.

[@weirdnomad8868]

I'm shocked this video doesn't have more views.

[@MyEyesBled]

I shot a fashion shoot there in 1982... 2 assistants were Trekkies and played out many of those memorable scenes.... we had a blast ... thanks for sharing!

[@Protokino]

That DOES sounds like a blast!

[@1990758]

Question how far is that rock from the parking location.

[@carlosbermudez1775]

Thank you very much. From Uruguay, you took me to my childhood. I also appreciate the memory of the batmobile.

[@ProfSimonHolland]

wonderful...must visit the rocks.

[@webadage]

The first time I saw that rock scene used on TV was an episode of Bonanza when I was about 5 or 6 years old. I still remember the Bonanza episode which featured the Little Joe character and every time I see it in some other show I think of Bonanza. I'm 67 years old now.

[@Protokino]

Amazing, thanks for sharing. So much history at Vasquez Rocks, it would take an hour video to cover every movie andTV show filmed there!

[@greeneyedggirl]

Vasquez Rocks was also used in Picard for Raffi's home location. Right there in the parking lot at Vasquez Rocks was where the built the set for her house. Kinda cool!

[@RolandThePaladin1]

Sure, but Picard isn't Star Trek! /s

[@shashankmongrel]

@@RolandThePaladin1 haha

[@pault151]

There is a reasonable list of some of the shows that have shot there, at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasquez_Rocks I visited there (VR) with some fellow Trek-buddies years back, it was amazing, and quite a climb to the top!

[@cranerigging3604]

That's pretty cool ! Also remember a Bonanza episode filmed at that location where "Little Joe " lost his rifle on top of the rock formation .

[@gwaccola]

Vasquez was also used in the Outer Limits episode, "The Zanti Misfits". Also, "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey".

[@luciancorvus9992]

FunFact - At 05:38 and 08:20 ... There's a cemetery behind the stage 9 lot where "The Greatest Show On Earth" train wreck scene was shot. Some of the monkeys got loose and went over the fence into the cemetery. For awhile, family and friends had monkeys attending the services for the deceased. The lot was also used for the granary scene in "The Ten Commandments" and a brief shot in "The War Of The Worlds" . Not sure ... but I think Vasquez rocks was also used for a matte painting shot at the beginning of "Dracula" (1931).

[@SatoriSoul]

Grew up in SF Valley, visited Vasquez often. Place is awesome, this was back in 1985. Joshua Tree is an awesome place to visit as well.

[@paulranger5250]

Thanks for the tour PROTOKINO. I enjoyed seeing where my favorite Star Trek series were shot. I have been living in New York most of my life after coming from Jamaica where I was born. I never went to California, but when traveling through New Mexico and Arizona on my way to Las Vegas via I-40 the first time, the scenary looked very much like some of the Westerns I watched as a kid. I loved it.

[@millionsofrecordsernieb7587]

Do you like reggae? If yes then you and me are perhaps the only only deep into reggae and Star Trek!

[@madmax2069]

Ahh Vasquez Rocks. Me and my grandpa walked that area quite a few times in the 80s. Lived in Canyon Country not too far from there (only a few miles). I do miss it out there.

[@llchapman1234]

Our family went on weekend trips to Vasquez Rocks numerous times. We would laugh at the Star Trek scene filmed here. Good times.

[@stevenmandeli6932]

Definitely visit the Vasquez rocks, convenient to get to. I visited when they had a set there for Flintstones viva Rock Vegas movie. I was lucky enough to visit the deep space nine set before it was all torn down. I tried to get a piece of it but only succeeded in getting a red light bulb they were throwing away. Be careful climbing those rocks. When I visited someone fell 20 feet. I never heard what happened to them.

[@Protokino]

Yikes! Hope they were ok... Yes, Vasquez Rocks is super cool (and a bit dangerous) to visit. Totally awesome that you got to see the DS9 set, how did that happen? I'd love to see a video of the little red light bulb. Yes, that is how much I love that show.

[@BirthquakeRecords]

Yeah lmao please post a video of that little red light bulb with some commentary about when you got it. I’d watch that in a second - That’s how invested I am in Star Trek haha

[@stevenmandeli6932]

@@Protokino DS9 was over, all the sets were being struck down. Literally all that was left was a short corridor and a cross corridor to that. So the tour guide said we could probably go in, which we did. The timing was just right. I have no idea where that bulb is, but I surely still have it.

[@KOENIGSPILZ]

Thanks for your work. Amazing video. I hope you get more clicks

[@perrywalton2464]

Arena, one of my favorite star trek episodes. Thanks for sharing.

[@Protokino]

My pleasure! So much fun to go there.

[@rshaddock]

Thanks for all your work to bring this to us. Live long and prosper.

[@commandosolo1266]

What a lovely video, Mr. Protokino! :-) Some more history: The corner of Melrose and Gower, where that Globe is, yes that was Desilu. Before that the "Gower strip" was RKO Radio Pictures, and that globe had a radio tower atop it. (image: photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/00/46/42/31_big.jpg ) Howard Hughes purchased the RKO strip, then in his decline he sold it to Desi and Lucy. When Gulf Western bought next-door Paramount in 1968, Lucy and Gulf Western agreed to add Desilu as well. The fence came down, and the entire lot became Paramount. This was around the time Herb Solow left TOS halfway through its third season. (Herb Solow, Inside Star Trek.) At the time stages 30 and 31 were known as Desilu stages 8 and 9. Last I knew 9 houses the Dr. Phil Show. The Lucy Show (not I Love Lucy, which shot at what is now Sunset Gower Studios) filmed in stage 25 just south of 8 and 9. In the nineties, 25 housed Frasier. The area of Paramount stage 8 and 9, (not to be confused with what was Desilu stage 9!) 17 and 18 became "Star Trek Row," with Next Gen shooting at 8 and 9, DS9 on 17 and 18, then Voyager on 8 and 9, and Enterprise on 17 and 18. 16 was often used as "Planet Hell," where the crew would beam down to strange new worlds. (Map of Paramount: st3.depositphotos.com/14400606/17630/i/950/depositphotos_176305338-stock-photo-paramount-studios-map-paramount-pictures.jpg ) If you're a fan of the film Sunset Blvd., (and who isn't?) screenwriter Betty Schaefer's offices were in what would become Trek Row, and the area has changed very little since the 1950s. Ray Bradbury spent considerable time on the lot, involved with films like It Came From Outer Space. He often visited his friend Ray Harryhausen there. Ray writes about life on the lot, (including the massive Hollywood Forever Cemetery just north of the Trek stages) in his book A Graveyard for Lunatics. Next time I'm on the Paramount Lot, I'll add to your fine video. We're all missing on-set life right now. :-( ( :: Waves. :: memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Jack_Nolan )

[@Protokino]

Thanks for the treasure trove of new info, Commando Solo! Yes, I was on the Paramount tour in 2016 and the Dr.Phil set was (I think) on stage 27. "This Is Us" house INT was set up in stage 30, we were lucky enough to sneak a peak.

[@commandosolo1266]

@@Protokino Good to know. The sets do move around a bit, so it's hard to keep track. But yes, I've spent some time on all those stages. It's sad that there's never any trace remaining of what shot there, except the bronze plaques on the door.

[@apphappy3796]

I'm so relieved that I found this type of again here on KZbin. When I get to California and have expendable travel time I want to see the Vasquez Rocks area to see what was like when Star Trek went on location there. Definately gonna take some pictures may even get a costume and dress up like the "Gorn" Live long and Prosper Trek Fans 🖖🏻

[@Protokino]

Thanks 🖖🏼 !!

[@robd1329]

This was pretty amazing to see! Im a big classic trek fan and this made my day to see where this classic episode was filmed. Whats intresting is that it was used for manyTrek location many times...i did not know that!

[@Protokino]

So glad you liked it! It was blast to make.

[@TBanchieri-gr2uz]

This video clip was brilliantly crafted and produced. Kudos to staff who compiled all 👍👍

[@Protokino]

Thanks a ton!

[@thomasbarrasso6099]

Nicely done. So much history in such a small space.

[@Protokino]

I know, so amazing. More Star Trek location videos coming soon!

[@scottprather5645]

well done and thank you so much for not putting a bunch of ultra irritating sound effects in your video like so many channels do

[@JoseyWales44s]

VASQUEZ ROCKS appears in a lot of television shows and commercials. I stopped by there on time to see what it looked like and sure enough there was a film crew out there. I recall seeing an episode of Voyager, can't remember which one, but it was shot at VASQUEZ ROCKS and during a commercial break a Toyota commercial came on that was shot at the same exact location.

[@Protokino]

Right you are, Voyager season 2 “initiations” was filmed there.

[@fredlandry6170]

I live right near there.

[@stevenjones6780]

That is just too good 😆

[@dtvjho]

In the movie National Treasure, the characters chase through downtown ("Center City") Philadelphia. First they're at the Franklin Museum (21st and the Parkway), then they're going by Independence Hall (5th & Market), a distance well over a mile and would take 20 minutes minimum to reach, with the narrow streets, traffic lights etc. The movie makes it like it's a 5 minute difference. Anyone who works in Center City knows it's not a 5 minute trip!

[@JoseyWales44s]

@@dtvjho Hahaha...yeah, Clint Eastwood, in "Sudden Impact" shoots the bad guy off the Big Dipper roller coaster and he falls through the skylight of the merry-go-round, which is actuall about 75 yards down the boardwalk.

[@Farley5927]

This is one of the best location videos ever!

[@darryllharden9141]

Nice that you brought up a Batman and Star Trek connection at Bronson Cave in there.

[@Protokino]

How could I not!

[@onkelhotte8762]

Die alte Serie aus den 1960er Jahren ist absolut Kult .👍

[@Protokino]

Ja!

[@quigonkenny]

A previous job took me to LA a few years back. I made sure that I visited Vasquez Rocks, specifically because of "The Arena", but those iconic rocks have appeared in a lot of other movies and TV series, such as Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey, and the live-action Flintstones movie. It's the central feature of the park, so it's pretty easy to find once you arrive. Lovely terrain.

[@williambagley5415]

I've driven by the Paramount Studio gates numerous times, but this little documentary gave it a great Star Trek reference...Also, great info in Alabama Rocks and Batcave location 😎

[@valpro811]

Very interesting. It must take a lot of research to put all of this together.

[@johnbockelie3899]

Ever since " Arena" I've either called that strutting rock, " Gorn.rock" or the " Kirk rock".

[@val13c59]

That fight scene with Kirk and the Alien was sooo intense..lol

[@Protokino]

Hahah!

[@sureshmukhi2316]

Watch the whole episode. This clip is too short.

[@emmittvick4216]

I expect him to say, “Yeah, that’s the ticket” at any moment!😂

[@camickelson]

Very very interesting. You did a good deal of research and it shows. Praying you're doing well and your channel does also.

[@Protokino]

Thank you and thanks for watching! In case you're interested, there's a Star Trek IV location video I shot in SF, releasing in the coming weeks. Come back to check it out!

[@bubhub64]

I've actually climbed on these rocks. A lot of movie and tv productions filmed there over the years, especially westerns. A cool place to be.

[@DenverStarkey]

they also filmed a scene of Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey at those rocks , part of the humor was they were watching that star trek episode right before going to these rocks in the movie.

[@SciHeartJourney]

Thank you. I'm from Los Angeles, so it's always nice to see parts of home, or places close by that anyone can visit. I'm a guy named Vasquez, born on July 28, 1966 (Jackie Kennedy's 41st birthday). Star Trek has been a lifelong venture for me. I feel like I'm surrounded by all these '7s' and signs of good hope. That's what Star Trek was about: optimism about the future. I feel that Gene Roddenberry's original message has been LOST. I make it a point to try and keep Roddenberry's dream alive!

[@caryolkob8199]

This wAs so interesting! Thanks for the tour. It was fun to learn about the site locations and hear the fun facts about the show! Nicely done video!

[@ww321]

Pretty good tour! Thanks for posting the video 👍

[@normmackey8019]

I liked the studio set, The Desert of Wobbly Rocks

[@ernesthyche2397]

Dude!!! What an awesome job! Very Professional. So glad I Subscribed!

[@Protokino]

Thanks for watching, and subscribing! I just shot some new videos in San Francisco, releasing in the coming weeks, including Star Trek 4 locations.

[@roberthahn3710]

As a kid I used to camp at Vasquez Rocks a lot. I climbed that angled rock many times.

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

Another fun fact While my father was a stunt man who played the Gorn Captain on Star Trek ,one of my first jobs in the film industry was building models for Star Trek the next generation. I was one of the crew who built the Borg spaceship for the episode Q who. I had the opportunity of meeting Gene Roddenberry while working on the Borg ship.

[@Protokino]

That's amazing! I would love hear more and interview you and your dad once the pandemic settles down, feel free to be contact me [e-mail] if you're interested! You can check out my website at www.protokino.com. Thanks for posting, a real treat.

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

@@malachiwhite356 should have been Gene. If you don’t know he was the creator of Star Trek.

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

@@Protokino how do I contact you?

[@RockinL7BuckingBulls]

I messaged you.

[@RaineStudio]

@@malachiwhite356 The guy from his dream.

[@peterquinn7237]

Thanks for making this video. I've often wondered where this place was.

[@johnbockelie3899]

One of my older brothers went there, told me he saw that famous cliff as well.

[@michaelweigel8253]

The Gorn sounds like an old man getting up in the morning.

[@djbside1965]

Excellent job! Continue to Live Long & Prosper.

[@Protokino]

Thanks! Peace and long life. 🖖🏼

[@jamesmorgan6782]

This is fantastic. This area was in the western BONANZA in particular where Little Joe had a issue with the height of mountain and had to resolve his inner conflict.

[@jameshersonjr3905]

Thank you so much for sharing this, I love it. If I go back to CA, I will stop and see it in person. Thank God Paramount is still here!

[@Protokino]

Indeed!

[@michel5355]

Thanks for the video and the memories! This location was also used in several episodes of the wild wild west series.

[@Protokino]

Oh cool!

[@trekzone962]

Brilliant . Lots of great info. Great job .

[@briang4225]

This is one of the best videos on Vasquez Rocks Thanks

[@Protokino]

Thanks!

[@wtf2203]

This local was also home for the fort of the Bengal Lancers and a site for Pony Express & Stations. I played here as a kid in the 1950s. I especially liked the Lancer fort because it was an extensive set, though it was just a hollow skin. It remained there quite awhile after the show had had ceased production. We used to camp where the parking lot is. Those ground level hollows were where the Vasquez gang sheltered when they came up from Mexico to raid.

[@CeeLiberty]

Very informative. Thanks so much!! I think I'm going to visit Vasquez Rocks next month!

[@Protokino]

Great place for a hike! Have fun and watch out for Gorn.

[@WookieeMonster1]

I live in Lancaster and drive past Vasquez Rocks quite frequently on my way to and from civilization.

[@pault151]

Which end of the trip do you consider more civilized?

[@348loadedlever3]

That looks like the spot the Lone Ranger did a wheelie on his horse in the intro

[@OddTimeMan]

I've been to Vasquez Rocks several times. I've even worked there on the film "Bubble Boy" with Fabio and a young Jake Gyllenhaal. I've had the pleasure of working on the Paramount lot many times over the years. Good times.

[@Protokino]

I love hearing stories like this, what other Paramount projects did you work on?

[@OddTimeMan]

@@Protokino TV shows "Glee", "Numb3rs", "Charmed", and the film "Cloverfield", just to name a few.

[@fredhayes6162]

thank you Very interesting to see these places.. Thank you from troy Michigan

[@fredboat]

Thanks ,Enjoyed, Been a Trek fan since the 60's. And proud of it. Later from Texas.

[@Protokino]

Very cool!

[@robertbright947]

I live in the SF Valley and have been to the Vasquez Rocks several times - it is a dramatic location unlike any other. It is a blessing it is so close to the city.

[@nzt4890]

This location is used in all the Hollywood westerns shows; from the Gunsmoke to Bonanza.

[@PauloPereira-jj4jv]

And Rin-Tin-Tin.

[@louissbass7782]

I thought star trek arozina,!

[@philkarn5661]

Don't forget Blazing Saddles!

[@uzeela]

Thank you so much for the tour of locations! Very Interesting!

[@AmericanShia786]

Thanks for verifying my suspicion over the decades. I though the area where Arena was filmed was the location where other episodes were filmed.

[@PlanBProductioninc]

great video , thanks for sharing a well produced video

[@VR360TV]

Nice, thanks

[@Protokino]

Thanks for watching!

[@rwilkinson2819]

Just found your video. AMAZING! I want to go there and take my kiddos. We live near Atlanta so maybe next summer. Thank you and keep making more.

[@Protokino]

Will do! Definitely worth the trip.

[@davidfinch7407]

I referred to Vasquez Rocks for years as "The Hollywood Rocks" because you'd see them in a lot of different things.

[@Protokino]

My friend and I had a competition trying to name how many shows/movies were filmed there. Sliders! Westworld! ST Voyager! Austin Powers!

[@lilorbielilorbie2496]

David Finch They filmed some of the t.v. show The High Chaparral there and who knows how many car commercials and I think a Taco Bell commercial.

[@leticiagarcia9025]

Roswell was filmed there too. The alien pods were hidden inside according to the story.

[@KingsMom831]

Excellent video!!! Thanks so much for creating this!

[@feralcatbrothers]

Very well done and most entertaining - thanks for the look inside.

[@Protokino]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dongilleo9743]

I was watching an old black and white western once, thinking the terrain looked very familiar, when I suddenly recognized it from Star Trek. I wonder if Star Trek fans are ever out there, in costume, just hiking around or imagining themselves on the shows.

[@Frankie5Angels150]

Nobody is that much of a geek.

[@michaelproctor9114]

New Subscriber.. I was totally impressed with this video. Very Well Done .. I’ll be watching more of them too . I’m In Simi Valley.. I need to visit Vasques too. Maybe I’ll see the Gorn and he will be merciful to me... Great Video Thank You... How can I meet up w you since I’m in the area Thank You

[@Protokino]

Thanks so much! I'm looking forward to doing a zoom Q&A soon. Stay tuned!

[@ogarcia515]

I shot a TV commercial there in the 1980s for Kenner toys. I think it was called "Mormon Rock" at the time.

[@lmoore5264]

What a great video. Anything Star Trek always interests me. I look forward to more vids from you. Very skillfully done.

[@Protokino]

Much appreciated!

[@rodmandealerman3297]

Wonderful! I'm quite impressed with your editing, as well as those unforgettable sound bites from TOS. Between Arena and Mirror, Mirror, I can't choose a favorite for my #1 on the list. Many thanks! 🖖

[@skyscrapersophie2550]

Very cool video! One day I'll have enough money to buy a plane ticket to the USA and visit all these locations.

[@Protokino]

I hope you do, they're awesome!

[@TheLevifour]

The rock outcrops from star trek are the fossilised remains of a giant tree . The Vasquez tree .

[@stevenjones6780]

Thanks for this. All these places are somehow burned into the memory of a young child who discovered TOS in '70 and watched every bit of TREK since then. I always say Trek is actually more about the human condition; like where folks report for work every day, for example.

[@Protokino]

Filming locations are part of my childhood memory too, that's why I love visiting them.

[@stevenjones6780]

@@Protokino Excellent yes. And putting the 'TOS incidental music' to it was very well done. Many including myself consider those scores to be some of the best and most memorable in all of TV.

[@stevenjones6780]

I was trying to correlate the cemetery behind studio's 31 & 32 with the excellent UT channel 'Hollywood Graveyard'. Do you know which one it is? Maybe it is simply the 'Hollywood Forever' cemetery. That would make sense I suppose. Thanks.

[@JeffTY77450]

Very interesting, thank you. Been a Star Trek fan since 1970.

[@Protokino]

You're an original!

[@Argent377]

Man, my entire star trek universe was just given a new perspective. Sigh, I guess none of it was real after all. Great video!

[@Protokino]

Thank you!

[@gr84all]

That was really interesting. Thank you for doing all that research!

[@gsr4535]

Hahahah, love it. Reptile Man vs The Shat!

[@johnbockelie3899]

"The Cage" and "Where no man has gone before" was filmed there also.