Many spooky stories have been told about Black Star Canyon. This
was the site of an Indian masacre. It is listed as California Historical Landmark No. 217 Black Star Canyon Indian Village
Site. Claims
that cars won't start at trail head for no apparent reason, strange behavior of wildlife, sites of groups of...something
dressed in black hooded robes are among the stories. According to news articles, an old timer living in the canyon shot
at passing people for whatever reason and was prosecuted. News stories of people assaulted (not related to the shooting).
This place has a history. |
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| Black Star Canyon Road just beyond the locked gate, 9/25/05 |
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| Black Star Canyon, shown from Santiago Canyon Rd, 3/22/08 |
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| Black Star Canyon, this area also referred to as Red Rock Canyon, 3/9/08 |
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Strange fact:
I don't often update this page...the page usually
"scrambles" knocking everything out of alignment for no good reason if I mess with it, I spend hours fixing
it every time. This is the only page on my site with this problem. This is also page number thirteen created
on my site which was not on purpose, I loaded up several pages at a time and this happened to fall on 13.
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| Black Star Canyon Road, 9-25-05 |
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| Rabbit on Black Star Canyon Rd., 9/25/05 |
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| CaliforniaTarantula, 9/25/05 |
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Wildlife we noticed in this area include rabbits, lizards, various
birds, mountain lions, mule deer and California tarantulas. In Sept '05 we found mountain lion tracks of a
mother and at least one kitten.
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| Black Star Creek 9/25/05, now Irvine Ranch Conservancy |
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| Black Star Creek 9/25/05, now Irvine Ranch Conservancy |
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Most of the property along Black Star Canyon Road is privately owned.
Many stories have been told of the residents here getting upset at passing mountain bikers. I've never had any problems
here. If you stick to the trail it is very doubtful anyone will bother you. The property along the creek
pictured on the left is now part of the Irvine Ranch Land Preserve. To visit this part of Black Star Canyon call the
Irvine Ranch Conservancy at (714) 508-4757.
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| Black Star Creek 9/25/05, now Irvine Ranch Conservancy |
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At the end of the paved part of the road off to the left is a very
nice creek. I might mention again most of the land around the trail is private property or part of the Irvine Ranch Conservancy.
The mountain lion tracks we found in '05, were near the creek.
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| Black Star Creek 9/25/05, now Irvine Ranch Conservancy |
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| Black Star Canyon, 9/25/05 |
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| View of hills from Black Star Canyon Road, 9/25/05 |
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| Black Star Canyon, creek day after a storm, 2/26/11 |
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| Canopy of California native oak trees over Black Star Canyon Road, 2/26/11 |
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| 2/26/11 |
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| Seasonal creek, 2/26/11 |
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| The walk down the paved road begins, just past trailhead, 2/26/11 |
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| Trail past the end of the paved road, turning up into the hills. |
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| Creek running along Black Star Canyon Rd. The purple bush is California Lilac. |
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| Another of many views of the creek seen from Black Star Canyon Road, 2/26/11 |
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| Lichen covered rocks along Black Star Canyon Rd trail, 2/26/11 |
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| California Lilac, or Ceanothus, covers hillsides top to bottom, 2/26/11 |
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| View of Red Rock Canyon area off Black Star Canyon Road, 2/26/11 |
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| Creek crossing on Black Star Cyn Rd near Silverado Cyn Rd, snow cap mountains above Maple Springs. |
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