If you are in Yuma it is worth a stop. Lots of old buildings to explore. Well layer out grounds. If you go to their website "Yuma Quartermaster state historical park" it will show you a map. Self guided tour.Friendly & helpful staff. The building also houses a large travel centre where you can find magazines & leaflets all about Arizona.Be sure to go into the pie shop & go to the back. The gift shop is in an old walk in safe. Very cool!If you like history or looking at old machinery be sure to visit.
Interesting piece of history. Like others said, nothing earth shattering... but there is quite a bit of neat history here. Also learned here that Yuma produces something like 90+% of all the green leafy vegetable for the United States!Former/active military gets 50% discount, so make sure to ask! And it counts for all in your group..so 4 of us went through for $8.The pie shoppe inside makes good pie as well!
We were pleased with the tour thru the site and the gift shop was different from most. Probably would not do it again, since we learned all about it in a hour or so.
Trip advisor needs to correct the name of this attraction, but don't think they will. Nice historic attraction that a lot of visitors bypass by mistake just because it's not as well know as the prison. It's definatly worth a visit.
We met many nice people, we saw some cute donkeys, a mom and baby too. Our girls were delighted. There were many places to climb. Beautiful country side. We had a cool January day.
not exactly Disneyland, or anything remotely like it. you'll drive through a kind of older run down neighborhood to get there, one street over in either direction and you may end up using the forced neighborhood valet service, or being offered a variety of pharmaceuticals for purchase. kids would probably rather grab a fishing pole and try their luck in the pond at the park just west of this facility.
A quaint, small park along the Colorado River. It's a quiet spot for walking or biking. Pretty views and a nice place for a calm little stroll.
Once being the major supply post in the area we thought it would be a much larger exhibit. There are several restored historic buildings to walk through and see old pictures, memorabilia, and they have it set up as what it would have looked like back then. Even stopping in every building and reading everything it didn't take us long to get through the whole thing. They also have a farmers market there on occasion and we lucked out on our Sunday visit that admission was free that day. However the farmers market was a joke - only about 5-6 "booths" there selling pumpkins, jellies, hot sauces, etc. Calling it a farmers market is a stretch. Don't know if its always that small or just that particular Sunday. The grounds itself are very pretty. Big open area in the middle for relaxing, playing, kids to run around, etc. A few picnic tables. There is a building that sells homemade pies by the slice. We browsed but didn't eat. They have tables outside to sit on and eat your pie or whatever. Still an interesting place to check out.
Imagine yourself in the past, a new land, no dams on the Colorado River, spring flooding, unbearable summer heat.The exhibits are interesting but lacking in depth, still well worth a visit.
We had such a great time strolling the grounds of this historic site and imagining what it must have been like about 100 years ago in this area of Arizona.