If you’re looking for an escape from the Yuma heat and sun, Gateway park provides a nice shady place to play in the sand and water. Just under the Ocean to Ocean Highway bridge, below the Yuma Historical Prison, you can enjoy the Colorado river, sandy beach, and shallow waters fun for playing and floating.
Located downtown, you can get there by turning onto S. Gila Street and head under the Interstate (not over the bridge). Thanks to the I-8 overpass, much of the parking is shaded too!
Click here to find Gateway Park on a map.
Gateway park also has a playground, covered picnic tables, and trails. There’s a paved trail that goes from Gateway park to West Wetlands that I highly recommend for a family bike ride when the weather is cooler.
If you go, be sure to pack some sand toys, water shoes, a blanket to sit on, and swim gear.
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Worth the Walk!! » YumaMom.com
April 4, 2012 at 8:36 pm (UTC -7)
[...] get there, walk from Gateway Park under the Ocean-to-Ocean Bridge, then upstream about half a mile. You also can access the path to [...]