The river is shallow and and it doesn't run real fast. Come experience the Colorado River, 'America's Nile'. There is no better way to get in touch with Yuman Nature. You can swim or fish from the shore or enjoy  just plain laying in the sun! Sun, sand, water, and perfect weather make the Colorado River at Yuma a great place to be.

The Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma Arizona is one of the premier training grounds for military pilots. It is located in the Southeast corner of the Yuma City limits. The 13,300 foot runway makes Yuma the longest concrete runway in the Marine Corps. Nearly 80 percent of all marine pilot training is done within the bounds of their 2.8 million acre aviation and bombing land.

Yuma Proving Ground (YPG) is a United States Army facility and one of the largest military installations in the world. Located about 30 miles north-east of the city of Yuma, it encompasses 1,307.8 square miles in the northwestern Sonoran Desert.

The proving ground conducts tests on nearly every weapon in the ground combat arsenal. Nearly all the long-range artillery testing for U.S. ground forces takes place here in an area almost completely removed from urban encroachment and noise concerns. Yuma Proving Ground has the longest overland artillery range, 40 miles, in the nation.

There is over 200 miles of improved road courses for testing tracked and wheeled military vehicles, and the most modern mine and demolitions test facility in the western hemisphere. Realistic villages and road networks representing urban areas in Southwest Asia have been constructed and are used for testing counter-measures to the threat of roadside bombs.

The Colorado River State Historic Park - A significant site in the history of Arizona, Colorado River State Historic Park was founded to preserve its historic sructures and interpret the site's diverse history. Hernando de Alarcon, who accompanied Coronado on his search for the Seven Cities of Cibola, passed this site in 1540. Padre Kino saw the present location of the Prison and the Quartermaster’s Depot in 1683, and Padre Graces established a mission directly across the river and was later killed there by the Indians in 1781.

Yuma began to experience the American westward surge when countless immigrants crossed by ferry from Yuma on their way to the California gold fields in 1849. In 1850, a military post was established at Yuma, and when rich placer gold strikes on the Colorado River precipitated a gold rush in 1858, Yuma experienced a boom. In 1871 Yuma incorporated and became the county seat of Yuma County.