Gabilan Range
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The Gabilan Range or Gabilan Mountains are located on the Pacific Coast Range of California's Central Coast trending in a northwest-southeast direction along the Monterey County and San Benito County line. It is bordered by the Diablo Range, the San Andreas Fault, and State Route 25 to the east and by the Santa Lucia Range, Salinas Valley, and U.S. Route 101 to the west. The range is home to the Pinnacles National Monument, and contains several peaks over 3,000 feet.
In Spanish, gavilan (gabilan is an older alternate rendering, or possibly simply an American misspelling) means "hawk". Hawks, especially the red-tailed hawk, are common to the range.
The Gabilan mountains are mentioned in several novels by John Steinbeck, such as Of Mice and Men and East of Eden. In The Red Pony notably, the main character (Jody Tiflin) names his pony "Gabilan" after the mountain range.
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