Yuma County, Arizona
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- Castle Dome Mines Museum — Ghost Town · Yuma County, AZ
Preserved mining camp of the Castle Dome district—Arizona’s longest-worked silver-lead district—now a private museum ghost town with 50+ relocated and restor…
- Imperial National Wildlife Refuge — Wildlife · Yuma County, AZ
USFWS refuge protecting about 30 miles of lower Colorado River floodplain and desert uplands north of Yuma (AZ/CA). Marshes, backwaters, and mesquite bosques…
- Kofa National Wildlife Refuge — Wildlife · Yuma County, AZ
Kofa National Wildlife Refuge covers roughly 665,000 acres of Sonoran Desert mountains and valleys northeast of Yuma. It was established primarily for desert…
- Mittry Lake Wildlife Area — Wildlife · Yuma County, AZ
BLM/AZGFD desert wetland and ~750-acre backwater lake on the lower Colorado River system north of Yuma. Marshes, open water, boat launch, and year-round bird…
- Muggins Peak — Geology · Yuma County, AZ
Signature summit of the Muggins Mountains Wilderness east of Yuma—a rugged block of desert ranges and peaks above the Gila River corridor. Classic Sonoran ge…
- Palm Canyon — Natural · Yuma County, AZ
Signature Kofa National Wildlife Refuge hike into a steep desert canyon holding one of Arizona’s few native California fan-palm (Washingtonia filifera) stand…
- Sears Point Petroglyph Site — Petroglyph · Yuma County, AZ
BLM Area of Critical Environmental Concern on basalt ridges above the lower Gila River west of Gila Bend, with thousands of Archaic, Hohokam, and Patayan pet…
- Yuma Territorial Prison State Historic Park — Historic · Yuma County, AZ
Arizona Territory’s infamous prison (1876–1909) on a bluff above the Colorado River in Yuma. Stone and adobe cellblocks, the main gate, guard tower, and muse…