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.- 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 to form the Rio Hondo.
Tinnie
Hamlet
Photo: John Margolies, Public domain.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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
33.38203° or 33° 22′ 55″ north
Longitude
-105.27137° or 105° 16′ 17″ west
Elevation
5,180 feet (1,579 metres)
Open location code
855P9PJH+RF
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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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