Rancho Cienega del Gabilán was a 48,781-acre (197.41 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day Monterey County and San Benito County, California. It was granted in 1843 by Governor Manuel Micheltorena to Antonio Chaves (Chávez). The name means "spring of the hawk ranch". The grant was located in the Gabilan Range east of present-day Salinas.