Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large park located in Los Feliz , Los Angeles , California . It was used as filming location for several " Star Trek " episodes . The Griffith Observatory is also located in the Griffith Park . " Star Trek " locations . On , director Corey Allen shot the very first day of shooting for the pilot episode at Griffith Park . The scene included actors Jonathan Frakes , Brent Spiner , and Wil Wheaton and stood in for the scenes on the holodeck . ( " " ) In , director David Livingston chose the location of Fern Dell , a section of Griffith Park , as location for the Monastery of the Kai in the episode , the last episode of the first season . The scene involved Avery Brooks and Philip Anglim and their " first meeting " in the series . According to Livingston , he was able to do a location shoot because of the high budget for the episode and he chose Fern Dell which is close to the studio . It was the easiest location for a director to shoot because of its narrow path that restricts movement which prohibits wider shots , according to unit production manager Robert della Santina . ( " " ) In director Peter Lauritson filmed several scenes at Cedar Grove , a section of the Griffith Park , for the TNG Season 7 episode . The location stood in as surface of Barradas III . Due to a fire ban on live explosives at the location , all explosions were done in post production . ( " " ) In , on their second day of shooting , Monday , the production team of the episodes went on location in Griffith Park to film the wood scenes between the " Enterprise " crew and the Na ' kuhl and Nazi soldiers . Bronson Canyon . Bronson Canyon , part of Griffith Park , has become famous as a location for several movies and television series . It was used many times for location shoots in all five live action " Star Trek " series as well as the movies . In , Bronson Canyon was used as a filming location for two " Star Trek " episodes , ( filmed on Friday ) , and ( filmed on Tuesday and Wednesday ) . In , the Bronson Canyon caves stood in for the cave shots of Rura Penthe in . ( David G . Trotti , ENT Season 2 DVD special " Enterprise Secrets " ) Also in , the canyon was used as a location for " The Next Generation " fifth season episode . The location stood in as the surface of El - Adrel IV in this episode . The scenes were filmed on Tuesday and Wednesday under director Rick Kolbe and with Patrick Stewart , Paul Winfield , Rex Pierson , stand - in s Dennis Tracy and James Washington , stunt double Gerard Williams and stunt coordinator Dennis Madalone . The call sheet for the first day has the note " Dress Appropriately for bees , rattlesnakes and hot sun " and listed the sunrise at 5 : 58 am and the sunset at 8 : 01 pm . The call sheet also has an attachment , a map of the area and the way from the studio to the location . The same year the production of " The Next Generation " returned for the episode to this location just a few days after it was filmed for " Darmok " . In this episode the location stood in as the surface of Valo II and its Bajoran settlement . Twenty - one background performers , Patrick Stewart , Brent Spiner , Michelle Forbes , Michael Dorn , and Scott Marlowe were directed by Les Landau and assistant director Arlene Fukai on Monday with a crew call at 6 : 00 am and a shooting call at 7 : 00 am . Sunrise at this day was at 6 : 07 am and sunset at 7 : 50 pm Birds & Animals Unlimited provided the twelve guineafowl seen in several scenes . An almost identical map as the one used for " Darmok " was attached to the call sheets for this day . Also on location were photo double s Ron Large and Lanier Edwards , who filmed several close - ups for " Darmok " . The cast and crew of " The Next Generation " returned to Bronson Canyon for filming a brief scene for the fifth season episode in late - . The scene was later upgraded with a matte painting . ( " " ) In the team of " The Next Generation " filmed scenes for the seventh season episode for two days at Bronson Canyon , where it stood in for the surface of the planet Kesprytt III . ( " " ) During the location shooting in Griffith Park ' s Bronson Canyon for the seventh season episode in which the location stood in as surface of Boraal II , the crew had to break the filming on because of the heavy wildfires in that area . According to line producer Merri D . Howard , director Alexander Singer was thankful that the area they ' ve chosen did not burn down and that it was not necessary to search a similar location . ( " " ) In the production of the episode moved to Bronson Canyon to shoot several scenes there . The surface scenes of the unnamed Delta Quadrant planet and the landing and starting of the were filmed in Bronson Canyon . The VOY Season 2 DVD trivia text version of " The 37 ' s " featured several pieces of information about the location ; and were filmed there and it has been a famous filming location since the 1930s for productions such as " The Scorpion King " , " The Searchers " , " Invasion of the Body Snatchers " , " Bonanza " , " Gunsmoke " , and as the well - known home for the Batcave in several " Batman " features . Regarding " Voyager " standing beside the mountains , special effects supervisor Dan Curry said that he used a foam core mock - up to plot camera angles and perspectives of the " Voyager " matte painting . For the scenes showing " Voyager " , the special effects team had to digitally remove the legendary Hollywood sign from some scenes .