Editing Bonita, California (section)

== Geography ==
Bonita is located at {{Coord|32.658420|-117.035336|type:city_region:US|format=dms|display=inline}}.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref>

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], Bonita has a total area of {{convert|5.1|sqmi|km2|abbr=off|sp=us}}.  {{convert|5.0|sqmi|km2}} of it is land and {{convert|0.1|sqmi|km2}} of it (2.71%) is water.

While Bonita is politically designated as an unincorporated community, bounded by the incorporated cities of [[Chula Vista, California|Chula Vista]], [[San Diego, California|San Diego]] and [[National City, California|National City]], it is closely associated with the geography of the Lower Sweetwater Valley. Thus considered, Bonita occupies about a five-mile (8&nbsp;kilometer) stretch of the [[Sweetwater River (California)|Sweetwater River]], its valley, and surrounding hills on either side, bounded upstream (east) by [[Sweetwater Reservoir]], and downstream (west) effectively by [[Interstate 805 (California)|Interstate 805]].  The community crosses west of I-805—an area less than {{convert|160|acre|km2|abbr=off|sp=us}}—reaching as far south and west as East H Street and Hilltop Drive. Its northern boundary is [[California State Route 54|State Route 54]] and its southern extent reaches approximately one-mile (1.6&nbsp;km) south of the river.

Large portions of modern Bonita consist of housing tracts built throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, including:
* Bonita Verde Estates
* Bonita Downs
* Bonita Fairways
* Bonita Glen
* Bonita Highlands
* Bonita Long Canyon
* Bonita Woods
* Bonita Woods Park
* Emerald Ranch
* Lynwood Hills
* Ames Ranch
* Villas de Bonita
* Rancho Robinhood

The Bonita area is populated by coyote, racoon, fox, rabbit, squirrel, bobcat, opossum, and skunk, among other wildlife.