Los Ranchos Estates
Half-acre to multi-acre custom estates at the top of the price range, often with equestrian zoning.
Communities · Orange County
Coto de Caza.
Southern California's largest guard-gated community, with equestrian, golf, and estate-sized parcels behind a single front gate.
The neighborhood
What you're really buying.
The gate is the product. You get a 24-hour guarded entry, private patrol, and an interior road network that doesn't see any through-traffic. Inside there are two private golf courses (the Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club), an equestrian center with on-property boarding and miles of bridle trails, the Coto Sports Park, and a hard limit on density set by the original community plan.
Estate inventory in Los Ranchos and The Estates trades at the top of south-county pricing. The trade-off is the drive. Coto is a true canyon address, not a freeway-frontage one, so the buyer pool is typically remote or hybrid workers, semi-retired families, or people willing to trade commute days for acreage.
- Coto de Caza is tucked into Trabuco Canyon east of RSM.
- It's an unincorporated, fully guard-gated community with about 4,000 households on roughly 5,000 acres.
- Originally a 1968 hunting and equestrian retreat (the name translates loosely as 'hunting preserve'), it grew into a residential master plan in the late 1980s and 1990s.
- By area, it's still the largest gated community in Southern California.
~$1.9M
Median sale price (Q1–Q2 2026)
CUSD
Capistrano Unified
~5,000
Acres behind the gate
2
Private 18-hole courses
*Estimates based on recent market data and may vary by village. Contact us for street-level comps.
Live market data
Coto de Caza by the numbers, updated continuously.
Pulled live from current CRMLS data. Each chart tracks the trailing market trend, so you always see where Coto de Caza stands today.
Source: CRMLS market statistics. Figures are area medians and may vary by village or street — contact us for street-level comps.
What buyers love
What makes Coto de Caza different.
The full gate.
One guarded entry off Coto de Caza Drive, private security inside, and no public through-routes. Coto is one of the rare south-county addresses where you really do leave the traffic at the gate.
Two courses and an equestrian center.
The Coto de Caza Golf and Racquet Club operates the North and South courses. The Coto Equestrian Center handles boarding, lessons, and a network of bridle trails into the canyon.
Estate inventory and large lots.
Los Ranchos Estates parcels run from half an acre to multiple acres. It's the south-county address most buyers picture when they think 'estate,' and custom homes here can trade well into the high single digits.
Inside Coto de Caza
The villages worth knowing.
Each village in Coto de Caza has a different personality. Here are the ones buyers ask us about most.
The Estates
A guarded-within-the-gate enclave of recent custom and semi-custom homes off Hollyhock.
North Coto Village
The original mid-1990s detached neighborhoods (Las Brisas, Le Conte, San Marino), closest to the front gate.
South Coto Village
Newer detached neighborhoods (Glenmere, Summit Estates, Westridge) at the canyon's south end.
Coto Valley Club
A separate gated pocket just outside the main Coto gate, with its own clubhouse and pool.
Equestrian properties
Homes on lots with private barns or pasture rights, mostly on the east and south edges along the canyon.
Common questions
What buyers ask about Coto de Caza.
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