Rio Bonito
The Rio Bonito is a small river in the Sierra Blanca mountains of southern New Mexico, United States. The headwaters of the river start in the Lincoln National Forest on the slopes of Sierra Blanca and travel eastward until they merge with the south fork of the Rio Bonito just west of Bonito Lake, a man-made reservoir.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Stream
- Description: left headwater of Rio Hondo in New Mexico, United States
- Also known as: “Bonito River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hondo and Tinnie.
Hondo
Hamlet
Hondo is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is located about thirty-five miles downstream from Ruidoso Downs, where the Rio Bonito and Rio Ruidoso rivers join together to form the Rio Hondo.
Tinnie
Hamlet
Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.
Tinnie is an unincorporated community located in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. The community is located on U.S. Route 70, 22 miles east of Ruidoso Downs. Tinnie has a post office with ZIP code 88351. Tinnie is situated 2½ miles east of Rio Bonito.
San Patricio
Hamlet
San Patricio is a small community in Lincoln County, New Mexico, United States. It is located along the Rio Ruidoso and U.S. Highway 70, between the communities of Hondo and Glencoe. San Patricio is situated 3½ miles northwest of Rio Bonito.
Rio Bonito
- Category: body of water
- Location: Lincoln, New Mexico, Southwest, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Rio Bonito” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Rio Bonito (suba sa Tinipong Bansa)”
- Cebuano: “Rio Bonito”
- German: “Rio Bonito”
- Russian: “Рио-Бонито”
- Slovenian: “Rio Bonito”
- Venetian: “Rio Bonito”
- “Bonito”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rio Bonito”. Photo: Dschwen, CC BY-SA 3.0.