Gabilan Range

Gabilan Range
Gabilan Range panorama.
Highest point
Peak	Fremont Peak
Elevation
Geography
Location of Gabilan Range in California
Country	United States
State	California
District	San Benito County & Monterey County
Range coordinates
Topo map	USGS Mount Johnson

The Gabilan Range or Gabilan Mountains are in the Southern Inner California Coast Ranges System, in central California. Pinnacles National Park is located in the southern section of the mountain range.

Geography

The Gabilan Range trends in a northwest-southeast direction along the Monterey County and San Benito County line. It is bordered on the east by the Diablo Range, San Andreas Fault, and State Route 25; and on the west by the Salinas Valley, Santa Lucia Range, and U.S. Route 101.

Fremont Peak, at 3,455 feet (1,053 m) in elevation, is the range's highest point. There are several other peaks also over 3,000 feet (910 m) in the range.

History

In Spanish, gavilan (gabilan is an older alternate rendering) means "sparrow hawk". Hawks, especially the red-tailed hawk, are common in the range.

The Gabilan Mountains and other nearby places 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.

See also

• California interior chaparral and woodlands
• Pinnacles National Park

The southern Gabilan Mountains,
in Pinnacles National Park.