Valencia is an unincorporated community in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States.

For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau first defined the community as a census-designated place (CDP) prior to the 2020 census.

[2] The community is in eastern Santa Fe County, at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, and is bordered to the east by Glorieta.

I-25 leads northwest (southbound) 17 miles (27 km) to Santa Fe and east (northbound) 49 miles (79 km) to Las Vegas, New Mexico.

The highway crosses Glorieta Pass at the eastern border of the CDP.