Yuma Things to Do

Yuma Territorial Prison State Park - Between 1876 and 1909, this penitentiary housed many of Arizona's most dangerous and notorious criminals. Famed in movies,...

After the post was established, and as it continued to grow, the availability of water grew increasingly important. To solve this problem and esnure there was...

Once the tracks were laid to Yuma, the train became more and more important to both the distribution of supplies to and from Yuma and for people to come and go....

Here are some of the displays inside the storehouse: An old delivery truck (trucks eventually replaced the wagons for deliveries); some wagons; a steamship...

The US Reclamation Service was instrumental in preserving the unique terrain, plants and animals in the area and reclaiming the land for use. This is a...

The granary building is also original. It was later used by the US Weather Service and the US Reclamation Office. Sometimes the park has volunteers in the...

Yuma Crossing was a very important base for the expansion into the west so the Commander's Quarters were pretty nice for the time. They even had a separate...

Yuma Crossing started in the late 1800s as the Yuma Quartermaster Depot. It stored at least six months worth of supplies for military posts throughout Arizona,...

Your first stop at the park will be the visitor's center. Here you will pay the entrance fee, and collect brochures or other information to help you enjoy your...

One of the reasons I went to Yuma on the last trip was to see the Sanguinetti House Museum. Unfortunately, it was closed. The Sanguinetti House Museum is in an...

The Yuma Visitor's Center can provide you with brochures and information about Yuma, the area near the town and the rest of Arizona. The people here are very...

I've always loved floating the river and we found a new place that rents tubes in Yuma. Yuma Tubing at West Wetlands Park had super deluxe tubes and even a tube...

The second state historic park in Yuma is Yuma Crossing, which is also known as Yuma Quartermaster Depot. Yuma Crossing was established in the 1870s and...

On the site of the Mission La Purísima Concepción you can visit a beautiful church. I did not get in, but I think the style of the church is really beautiful....

Just beside the Yuma Prison State Historic Park you will find the Ocean-To-Ocean Bridge. This bridge was an important step to get a better connection between...

During my visit to Yumas Prison Museum I found the many stories and CVs of the inmates very interesting. You start to get an idea what kind of personalitythe...

Here you see the entrance to the cell area and some of the cells from the prison. These were all built by the prisoners that would later occupy them. The...

One of the first thimgs you will notice as you approach the Yuma Territorial Prison Historic State Park is the guardtower. The guardtower was built on top of...

Not open to the public except for special occasions, Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, is the hub of the area. Most of the local economy is dependent on this base,...

The Territorial Prison is on the north side of Yuma, just east of Fourth Avenue. There are easy to read signs everywhere in the city directing you to the...

The Imperial Dunes are in California, just a few minutes west of Yuma on I-8.There are areas one can drive their dune buggy or other all-terrain vehicle. There...

The completion of Yuma's Ocean-to-Ocean Highway Bridge in 1915 was a big deal to Yuma and its people for this is the final link in U.S. coast-to-coast highway...

Even as quartermaster depot, transporting the military supply in and out of Yuma Crossing was never an easy task. Freighting from California needs to cross the...

The statue in the photo is the original site of Mission La Purisima Concepcion (1780 - 1781). It's established by father Francisco Garces whom the city of San...