Yuma Arizona Attractions & Activities
Get ready for a day of fun and adventure! Best Western InnSuites is the perfect gateway to the exciting array of attractions and activities in the Yuma Arizona area. Enjoy casinos, golf courses, art museums, shopping malls and theaters. Try your luck at the Cocopah Casino or embrace the great outdoors on the Colorado River. Families will love the Fun Factory, where they can enjoy 36 holes of mini-golf, laser tag and more excitement nearby our hotel's Yuma, AZ accommodations. Allow the front desk to arrange a day of desert exploration, a golf game or trip to a casino. Combined with Best Western InnSuites’ award-winning accommodations, enjoy exciting nearby attractions including:
Casinos
Cocopah Casino
Here, you'll find some of the hottest gaming around with 500 slot machines, 10 Vegas-style blackjack tables and a 250-seat bingo hall.
Phone: (928) 726-8066
Quechan Casino
This Mediterranean-themed casino features a live 10-table poker room, 24 tables with a variety of card games and a 30,000 sq. ft. slot machine floor.
Phone: (877) 783-2426
Sports Venues
Desert Hills Golf Course
Hit the links at this southwestern par 72 golf course that is home to several professional events, including the Ben Hogan and Nike Tour Events.
Phone: (928) 344-4653
Yuma Speedway
3450 W. County 15 St.
Yuma, AZ 85365
Yuma Scorpions Baseball
1280 W Desert Sun Dr
Yuma, AZ 85365
Ph (928) 257-4700
Family Fun
Yuma Fun Factory, 24th street and Araby
(928) 782-6800
www.yumafunfactory.com
Yuma’s newest Family Fun Center is just 2.5 miles from our hotel! A GREAT place to enjoy water bumper boats, go-carts-batting cages-arcade-sports bar-mini golf-plenty of good family fun!
Yuma Valley Railway
180 N. 2nd Ave
Yuma, AZ
Ph. 928-782-9629
Ride back through time aboard the historic Yuma Valley Railroad. Travel along the winding banks of the beautiful Colorado River within sight of Old Mexico, and listen to the folklore and historical facts as told by a local historian.
Golden Cue Family Recreation Center
2680 South 4th Ave
Yuma, AZ
Ph (928) 726-9715
Get some local flavor at the state's oldest pool hall, which is no longer a casino but serves up its famous Especial Burger, a combination hot dog and hamburger
Mission/Parks/Museums
Historic Yuma Theater
Enjoy a variety of events inside this 640-seat historic theater and visit the many visual and performing arts events at the galleries of the Yuma art center.
Phone: (928) 373-5202
St. Thomas Mission
Fort Yuma, AZ
Ph (760) 572-0283
This replica of the mission built in 1780 was created in 1922, to replace the original mission, destroyed in 1855 during an Indian uprising.
Yuma Territorial Prison State Park
1 Prison Hill Road
Yuma, Arizona 85364
Ph (928) 783-4771
On July 1, 1876, the first seven inmates entered the Territorial Prison at Yuma, and were locked into the new cells they had built themselves.
Yuma Crossing State Historic Park
11520 San Bernardino NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122
Ph (505) 823-1111
Yuma Crossing State Historic Park, site of the Yuma Quartermaster Depot, was used by the US Army to store and distribute supplies.
Roxaboxen Park
8th Street and 2nd Avenue
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma has a unique park unlike any other, attracting visitors from all over the United States, where you can use your imagination and the rocks that are there to create your own home away from home.
Sanguinetti House Museum
240 Madison Ave
Yuma, AZ 85364
Ph (928) 782-1841
The Sanguinetti House Museum was constructed in the 1870's, and was purchased in 1890 by pioneer merchant
E. F. Sanguinetti.
Cocopah Indian Museum
County 15th & Avenue G
Somerton Arizona 85350
Ph 520-627-2102
This facility exhibits and sells Cocopah items, such as jewelry, arts and crafts, tribal dolls and and CD’s.
Quechan Indian Museum
Quechan Indian Reservation
Yuma, AZ
Ph (619) 572-0661
Located in what used to be the mess hall of Fort Yuma
now is home to the Quechan Indian Museum. Inside the museum you will find archeological items, Quechan arts, historical photographs and more
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge
P.O. Box 72217
Yuma, Arizona 85365
Ph (928) 783-3371
Imperial National Wildlife Refuge protects wildlife habitat along 30 miles of the lower Colorado River in AZ and CA, including the last unchannelized section before the river enters Mexico. The river, lakes and wetlands are a green oasis, contrasting with the surrounding desert mountains.
Yuma Conservation Garden
P.O. Box 6780
Yuma, AZ 85366-6780
Ph (928) 317-1935
Yuma Segway Tours
Phone: (928) 342-1969
Take a tour on a Segway with Steve and Kate in Downtown Yuma and learn all about our history while enjoying our great weather just two miles from our hotel in Yuma, AZ.
Military
Yuma Proving Ground
301 C Street, Building 2100
Yuma, AZ 85365
Ph (928) 328-6285
U.S. Army Yuma Proving Ground is located near the Arizona-California border, adjacent to the Colorado River, approximately 24 miles north of the city of Yuma, Arizona. Situated in the southwest portion of the state, the proving ground is in the heart of the great Sonoran desert. Being in the desert but also being close to the city assures test and training customers the best of both worlds.
Marine Corps Air Station Yuma
32nd street and 3E, Po Box 99100
Yuma AZ, 85369
(928) 269-2252
MCAS is just 3.5 miles from our hotel and covers 5 square miles of southeastern Yuma. The air station is home to a number of tenant units including Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1, Marine Aircraft Group 13, Marine Wing Support Squadron 371, Marine Fighter Training Squadron 401, Marine Control Squadron 1 (Reinforced) and Combat Service Support Detachment16.
