Tse Bonito (Navajo: Tsé Binííʼtóhí) is a census-designated place (CDP) in McKinley County, New Mexico, United States.
It is part of the greater Window Rock, Arizona, population center, and seat of the Navajo Nation government.
New Mexico State Road 264 passes through the community, leading east 16 miles (26 km) to U.S. Route 491 at Yah-ta-hey.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Tse Bonito CDP has a total area of 6.8 square miles (18 km2), all land.
[1] The community is drained by Tse Bonito Wash, which flows west past Window Rock to Black Creek, a south-flowing tributary of the Puerco River and part of the Little Colorado River watershed.
[7] Christian Musician and songwriter Rich Mullins moved to Tse Bonito, NM in May of 1995 after graduating from Friends University in Wichita, KS.