small circular mountain bike area with easy jumps is located in upper Moores Canyon near the cyclone fence by the El Escorpión Park and Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Preserve boundary. Several trails goes northwest from this area, around the western side of the Peak, to connect with the trail down Bell Canyon along Bell Creek to Bell Creek Park, and even on to the Victory Trailhead for full loop. There are many other trails available for exploration in the area They are shown on the Victory Boulevard's trailhead map display. Los Angeles City's Bell Canyon Park adjoins directly north, with trails along riparian Bell Creek, past the community of Bell Canyon, and to the longer northern route up Castle Peak. The expansive 3,000-acre (12 km²) Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve adjoins along the southwest of El Escorpión Park with miles of trails and even further links west to the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy Cheseboro/Palo Comado Canyon Park's trails. History Castle Peak is the corrupted American form of the Ventureño Chumash name for the peak, which was Kas'ele'ew (also, Kas'elew) in the Chumash language, The area was inhabited for around 8,000 years by Native Americans of the Tongva-Fernandeño and Chumash-Ventureño tribes that lived in the Simi Hills and close to tributaries of the Los Angeles River. A village, Hu'wam (Ventureño Chumash placename), was located at the base of Castle Peak along present Bell Creek near the mouth of Bell Canyon. It was a meeting and trading point for them with the Tongva-Fernandeño and Tataviam-Fernandeño people. Adjacent parks Bell Canyon Park Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Open Space Preserve See also Rancho El Escorpión Rock art of the Chumash people Burro Flats Painted Cave Wildlife corridor Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy References External links L.A.Rec+Parks: official El Escorpión Park website L.A.Rec+Parks: official Bell Canyon Park website https://web.archive.org/web/20110615053342/http://wiki.revecess.com/index.php?id=1109150186&mode=view Revecess_WIKI-Homepage: click 'Alphabetically'; 'C'; then 'Castle Peak' for trails guide official Upper Las Virgenes Canyon Park website NPS: official Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail website Parks in the San Fernando Valley Simi Hills Parks in Los Angeles West Hills, Los Angeles Regional parks in California Geography of Los Angeles History of the San Fernando Valley Parks in Los Angeles County, California fr:Parc d'État d'El Escorpion