1Score 52.7 out of 100
Historic Site
Yuma Crossing
A crossing of the Colorado River between Arizona and California, used in the Spanish colonial period and after.
Yuma Attractions
The 12 attractions in this database associated with Yuma, ranked by the site's overall score.
12 attractions
- 2Score 48.8 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Yuma Desert
A low-lying section of the Sonoran Desert receiving under 8 inches of rain a year, among the harshest deserts in North America. - 3Score 45.4 out of 100
Historic Site
McPhaul Suspension Bridge
A 1929 suspension bridge over the Gila River near Yuma, 1,184 feet long and replaced in 1968 when the river was rerouted. - 4Score 45.3 out of 100
Historic Site
Ocean To Ocean Bridge
A 1915 through truss bridge at Yuma, the first highway crossing of the lower Colorado and the only Pennsylvania truss in Arizona. - 5Score 43.0 out of 100
State Historic Park
Yuma Territorial Prison
A prison that took inmates from 1876 to 1909, now operated as a museum by Arizona State Parks in Yuma. - 6Score 39.7 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Gila Mountains
A fault-blocked range 26 miles long east of Yuma, in the Sonoran Desert, rising to 3,156 feet at Sheep Peak. - 7Score 38.0 out of 100
Landmark
Morelos Dam
The last dam on the Colorado River, built in 1950 to divert Mexico's treaty share of the water to the Mexicali Valley. - 8Score 34.8 out of 100
Landmark
Desert Sun Stadium
A Yuma stadium built for the 1970 spring training season, home of the San Diego Padres until 1993 and converted for soccer in 2015. - 9Score 25.5 out of 100
Natural Landmark
Telegraph Pass Trail
Telegraph Pass Trail, in Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona, is a 4.3-mile hiking route with views from the top of the pass. - 10Score 25.2 out of 100
State Historic Park
Colorado River State Historic Park
A state park in Yuma preserving the 1870s quartermaster depot that supplied the south-western frontier forts. - 11Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Castle Dome Mine Museum
The Castle Dome Mine Museum near Yuma, Arizona, is built around a collection of original and reproduced Old West buildings. - 12Score 24.2 out of 100
Museum
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens
Sanguinetti House Museum and Gardens, in Yuma, Arizona, is an 1870s adobe house with exhibits on the lower Colorado River region since the 1540s.
About this list
Attractions are associated with the nearest recognisable destination rather than by municipal boundary, so a place just outside Yuma still appears here if that is how visitors reach it. 2 of these publish an official visitor count, together recording 62,625 visits in their most recent reported year.
Near Yuma
The closest attractions outside Yuma, measured from the places listed above rather than from a town centre nothing occupies.
- Kofa National Wildlife Refuge — 19 miles away, Quartzsite
- Dripping Springs petroglyphs — 40 miles away, Quartzsite
- Tyson Wash grinding holes and petroglyphs — 40 miles away, Quartzsite
- Hi Jolly Monument — 43 miles away, Quartzsite
- Quartzsite Historical Society — 43 miles away, Quartzsite
- Aztec ghost town — 45 miles away, Dateland
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