Ponderosa, ponderous or heavy in Latin, may refer to:
- Ponderosa (band), an American Southern rock band
- Ponderosa, California, a census-designated place in Tulare County
- Ponderosa Basin, California, an unincorporated community in Mariposa County, California, United States
- Ponderosa Campground, a United States Forest Service campground in the high country of Big Sur, on the central coast of California
- Ponderosa Elementary School (South San Francisco), an elementary school located in South San Francisco, California, United States
- Ponderosa High School, a member of the El Dorado Union High School District in Shingle Springs, California, United States
- Ponderosa High School (Parker, Colorado), a public high school in Parker, Colorado, United States
- a porterhouse steak
- Ponderosa Park (disambiguation)
- Ponderosa Pine, a widespread and variable pine native to western North America
- Ponderosa, New Mexico, a census-designated place in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States
- Ponderosa Ranch, a real-life amusement park which was located on the set of the fictitious setting of the television series Bonanza
- Ponderosa Ranch Airport, a private airport located 7 miles south of Seneca in Grant County, Oregon, United States
- Ponderosa (Sheffield), an open space / recreation area in Sheffield, England
- Ponderosa Steakhouse, a restaurant that primarily serves steaks
- Ponderosa Stomp, an annual American roots music festival dedicated to recognizing the architects of rock-n-roll, blues, jazz, country, swamp pop and soul music
- Ponderosa Sun Club, a nudist resort in Roselawn, Indiana, United States
- Ponderosa (TV series), a television series that was the prequel to Bonanza
- Village of Ponderosa, a New Urbanism inspired community in West Des Moines, Iowa, United States
- The place where the contestants of the TV-series Survivor go to when they are voted out of the game
- Latin binomial abbreviations for species
- A. ponderosa
- C. ponderosa (disambiguation)
- L. ponderosa
- M. ponderosa
- O. ponderosa
- P. ponderosa
- T. ponderosa