Rancho Capistrano, is a private, gated community surrounded by the Cleveland National Forest, in Riverside County, California.

[2] It is located within the Morrell Potrero, in the Elsinore Mountains, northwest of Elsinore Peak.

The potrero, drained by Morrell Canyon Creek, a tributary of San Juan Creek, was originally the site of the Morrell Ranch.

It was developed as a gated community in 1969.

This Riverside County, California-related article is a stub.