Yuma Colorado Tourism

Yuma County’s largest city and namesake, this town’s everyday activities mimic scenes you might read in western novels, which give Yuma its hearty “Old West” appeal.

While cattle roundups and branding and rodeo events are easy to find, it’s also easy to spot the huge tractors and other equipment capable of planting up to 24 rows of corn at a time.

Yuma is recognized year after year as one of the largest corn producing counties in the nation. There are several activities in the community worth noting including the CO-NE-KS Swap Meet & Carshow Held the first weekend in June at the Yuma Community Center and Lake Yuma Park. This unique event offers opportunities for sellers and buyers to deal in any and all types of products and merchandise. Activities of the day include a Car Show, Poker Run, petting zoo, cow pie bingo and food to please every palate. The Irrigation Research Foundation Farm Show is a two-day event is held annually in mid-August at the Irrigation Research Farm in Yuma to provide demonstrations and information about the latest irrigated farming techniques, ideas, and innovations.

Yuma’s Old Thresher’s Days See demonstrations of frontier threshing equipment, corn shelling, and log sawing. Visit Yuma’s Pioneer Town.

Shop for gifts and souvenirs, and have a pioneer lunch on the grounds. Don’t miss the Yuma County Fair and Rodeo held the second weekend of August. This fair is one of the largest in the region and also boasts one of the largest parades in Northeastern Colorado. Sportsmen visit the second weekend in November when pheasant hunting season opens. The world’s largest cattle feedlot just six miles east of Yuma on U.S. Hwy. 34. Over 100,000 head of cattle are fed at this site. Whatever your recreational needs, the “Western” town of Yuma is sure to satisfy.