Vasquez Rocks is located south of the San Andreas Fault zone along State Highway 14 in the western Transverse Ranges. It has been a popular television and movie set location for many years. Television shows like Star Trek as well as movies such as The Flintstones had segments filmed here.

The geology of Vasquez Rocks consists of coarse clastics deposited upon volcanic rocks released as the North American tectonic plate initially collided with the Pacific Plate about 25 million years ago.