Bonito is located in a nonactive "Lava Flow". Short hikes can reveal some interesting sights. This campground is right at the entrance to Sunset Crater National Monument. For an entrance fee, you can drive to the base of Sunset Crater there are wonderful views of an inactive volcano. It's amazing to see the cooled lava and the havoc it... more

What impressed us most was the open and spacious nature of this campground. 100 feet to the next camper on one side and a little less on the other. Very clean with asphalt pads (ours was level) and concrete walkways and pads around the picnic tables. Larger rigs may have problems fitting but there was plenty of room for our 25 f... more

We normally boondock directly across the highway from the turnoff to Bonito, but when I realized this one had never had a review, I decided to give it a try. The Forest Service campground is located immediately outside of the Sunset Crater Volcano National Monument and is operated by a contractor. Open seasonally, this is the first ti... more