Gavilan (Spanish: Gavilán, meaning "Sparrow Hawk") is a location in Orange County, California. Most internet-based mapping websites locate Gavilan as a 55+ neighborhood or small locale near the cities of Mission Viejo and Laguna Niguel, about two miles north of the Interstate 5-California State Route 73 interchange. A California State Highway Map from 1960 from the Department of Public works, Division of Highways, shows Gavilan 5 miles north of Highway 74. Coordinates for the location are 33.569, -117.674. While Gavilan's status varies from map to map, it is almost always located at the spot where old U.S. Highway 101 (now Camino Capistrano) crossed over the Santa Fe railroad tracks.