text: The prominent rock formation is featured as fictional alien settings in four episodes of the original late 1960s Star Trek series, from which it gained the nickname "Kirk's Rock". The location was subsequently used the same way in the films Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986) and Star Trek (2009), and episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise. Star Trek: Picard features scenes set and filmed at Vasquez Rocks, making it the first time the rocks have been seen as themselves in the franchise. Futurama pays homage to its usage in Star Trek in the episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", in which most of the original series actors and broadcast tapes are transported to an alien planet whose landscape prominently features rocks modelled after those at Vasquez.
  Other feature films shot at Vasquez Rocks include Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey, Amazon Women on the Moon; Dante's Peak; The Muppet Movie; Hot Shots! Part Deux; Rustlers' Rhapsody; The Flintstones; Short Circuit; Blazing Saddles; Paul;  Hail, Caesar!; and Hearts of the West. Other television series include Power Rangers, Zorro, The Fugitive, F Troop, Kung Fu, The A-Team, MacGyver, Roswell, The Big Bang Theory, and GLOW. Commercials for Taco Bell, Bank of America, Pacific Bell, Pepsi, and Nike have been filmed at the rocks. Musicians Radiohead, Michael Jackson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Greta Van Fleet, 311, Eddie Money, Sammy Kershaw, Restless Heart, Lee Tae-min, and BTS have made music videos there.
  Activities
  Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is open from sunrise to sunset for outdoor activities. The park has equestrian areas, picnic areas, hiking trails, and rock climbing. The Pacific Crest Trail passes through Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park and can be used for short as well as lengthy hikes. Special events can also be hosted there, such as Star Parties and weddings.