Bonito Lake
- Area
- 0.17 km²
- Tonight
- 47°FRain showers and thunder · Wind 5–10 mph S
Bonito Lake is a lake at 2,248 m above sea level in New Mexico, United States, 0.17 km² in area and 0.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2,248 m
- Length
- 0.9 km
- Shoreline
- 2.6 km
Bonito Lake in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 2.6 km≈45 min to walk around
Bonito Lake 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 4 × 4 km
Bonito Lake terrain and contours
20 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Bonito Lake elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Bonito Lake weather
Tonight · Rain showers and thunder · 47°F (8°C) · 82% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph S
Bonito Lake forecast for about 2,255 m.
- Tonight47°82%5–10 mph S
- Sat45°63°86%5–15 mph S
- Sun44°61°39%5–10 mph S
- Mon41°62°27%0–5 mph S
- Tue40°61°10%5–10 mph S
- Wed42°63°9%5–10 mph SW
- Thu41°61°47%5 mph S
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 00:02 UTC.
Camping & parking near Bonito Lake
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Bonito Lake, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
0.3 km NNW
Nearest campsite
1.1 km W
Nearest caravan site
7.4 km SSE
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 0.3 km NNW |
| Parking | 0.4 km NNW |
| Parking | 0.6 km W |
| Campsite | 1.1 km W |
| Monjeau CampgroundCampsite | 2.7 km S |
| Campsite | 3.9 km S |
| Caravan site | 7.4 km SSE |
Slope
Share of the 4 × 4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 27.3% of the 16 km² view
- Relief in view
- 543 m low point 2,179 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2 km; 82 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Southwestern Ponderosa Pine43
- Southwestern white pine12
- Great mullein8
- Douglas-fir7
- Mallard6
- Giant Milkvetch5
Where Bonito Lake sits
- Region
- New Mexico13United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
Bonito Lake downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-08-10)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)