Yuma Crossing

	Yuma Crossing and Associated Sites
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	U.S. National Historic Landmark District
Nearest city	Winterhaven, California and Yuma, Arizona
Coordinates	32°43′43″N 114°36′56″W
Area	149 acres (60 ha)
Built	1852
NRHP reference No.	66000197
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1966
Designated NHLD	November 13, 1966

Yuma Crossing is a site in Arizona and California that is significant for its association with transportation and communication across the Colorado River. It connected New Spain and Las Californias in the Spanish Colonial period in and also during the Western expansion of the United States. Features of the Arizona side include the Yuma Quartermaster Depot and Yuma Territorial Prison. Features on the California Side include Fort Yuma, which protected the area from 1850 to 1885.

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