{{Short description|Valley in California, United States}} {{For|the valley on Vancouver Island|San Juan Valley (Vancouver Island)}} {{Infobox valley | name = San Juan Valley | native_name = {{native name list|tag1=es|name1=Canada de San Benito|paren1=omit|tag2=es|name2=Llano De San Juan}} | photo = | photo_caption = <!-- MAP --> | map = USA California | map_image = | map_caption = | location = | country = [[United States]] | state = [[California]] | region = [[San Benito County, California|San Benito County]] | district = | city = | relief = | label = | label_position = | coordinates = {{coord|36|52|52|N|121|33|21|W|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = <!-- Statistics --> | elevation = | elevation_m = | elevation_ft = | elevation_ref = | direction = | length = | length_mi = | length_km = | width = | width_mi = | width_km = | area = | area_mi2 = | area_km2 = | depth = | depth_ft = | depth_m = | type = | age = | border = | topo = | traversed = | river = <!-- Below --> | footnotes = | embed = }}

'''San Juan Valley''', sometimes called '''San Benito Valley''' formerly '''Canada de San Benito''' or '''Llano De San Juan'''<ref name=Gudde>{{cite book|last=Gudde|first=Erwin G|title=California Place Names: A Geographical Dictionary|location=Berkeley, California|publisher=University of California Press|year=1949}}</ref>{{rp|290,307}} is a valley that has its head near the [[Gabilan Range]]. Bounded on the north by the Lomerias Muertas and the Flint Hills and south and east by the Gabilan Range, and the gap between the Gabilan Range and Flint Hills where the [[San Benito River]] enters the valley from the east. It terminated where the [[San Benito River]] has its confluence the [[Pajaro River]], about {{convert|15|mi|km}} upstream from the river's outlet in [[Monterey Bay]].<ref name="gnis">{{gnis|232424|San Juan Valley}}</ref> It is the lowest part of the watershed of the San Benito River and can be considered part of the San Benito Valley.

Named for the [[Mission San Juan Bautista]] which was established in this valley.

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[[Category:Valleys of San Benito County, California]] [[Category:Valleys of California]]