Vasquez Rocks Trail is a 2.6 mile heavily trafficked loop trail located near Santa Clarita, California that features beautiful wild flowers and is rated as moderate. The trail offers a number of activity options and is accessible year-round. Dogs are also able to use this trail but must be kept on leash.
This site has been featured in many different TV shows, commercials, and movies.
We love coming to Vasquez Rocks to hike and climb. Today the weather was perfect, but it was quite crowded.
Beautiful and fascinating. The park is a network of crisscrossing trails, so it can be easy to get off of the AllTrails routes if you're not checking your GPS constantly. Also there are endless (totally optional) climbs, scrambles, and photo-ops that will draw you off course. Allow time for an unusually slow pace and have fun!
Really interesting rock formations! Went on Sunday 2/14/21 of Presidents Day weekend so it was fairly crowded. Trails are pretty indistinguishable, at least trying to follow this loop. We used the app to try and stay on the loop and followed some washes. Made it back in one piece. On the plus side, it’s easier to keep your distance from people when you can go anywhere. Plenty of parking.
Beautiful rock formations. Easy to get around and to a bit of rock scramble.
Fun trails all over. I love the scenery here, almost reminds me of another planet. I see why they film so much here. I actually saw some filming going on while I was there. Good to take your dogs, on leash of course. Very well kept. Overall I would recommend just about anyone to go and check it out.
Beautiful day for a hike. Trail is packed down after rain, no dust. Love this trail!
Not really a trail, you are just scrambling all over the place on the southern portion of it. As soon as we got to an actual trail 75% in, we just followed it back to the parking lot.
Beautiful place to explore nature. The rock formations are fantastic. There are picture opportunities everywhere. The trails are a little bizarre in that they kind of go everywhere. So there's not a clear path to 1 or 2 but endless trails. It's interesting. We did a few loops but took different trails both times. There are 3 parking areas. We parked in the middle one by the pacific crest trail but I think next time we'll park closer to the Star Trek location (because that's where the restrooms are and the big rock formations). We spent about an hour here looking around. Make sure you bring water and maybe a snack. I wore my GoRuck backpack and got a great workout in during that length of time.
The rocks themselves are incredible, worth scrambling up and looking out. As for the hike: What’s marked on this AllTrails route doesn’t follow a marked trail, so just be warned. If you try to follow the loop pay attention to where it diverges or you'll be climbing through brush and over rocks to get back on a clear path.
Nice little hike BUT make sure you stay on the trail!! Bring a map or a guide as this bad boy will have you in the hills pretty quick. If you have a friend named Francisco ... leave him at home ;) Watch the boys go on an adventure @ https://link.trailorbail.com/VasquezRocks - Oh, and we brought the girls too. . .