RECREATION IN BLYTHE AND THE PALO VERDE VALLEY

Blythe promotes itself as the "City of Outdoors", and much of the recreation in our area centers around sports and outdoor activities. With the nearby Colorado River and the massive canal system in the Palo Verde Valley it's only natural that fishing is one of the premier leisure time activities.

Bringing In A Few Catfish

Catfish and Bass abound in the river, backwaters, and canal system in the Palo Verde Valley. It's common to see residents occupying lawn chairs on canal ditch banks, a line or two in the water, and a hand on a cooler next to their chair, doubtless filled with soft drinks, cold water, and a few sandwiches.

Today's Catch! Could Anything Taste Better?

CLICK BELOW AND THE BLYTHE CLEAR SKY CLOCK

DISPLAYS AN HOUR TO HOUR FORCAST OF OUR WEATHER CONDITIONS

The Blythe Recreation Department sponsors many organized activities. They include soccer, baseball, boxing, racquet ball, and much more. Their new headquarters on South Main Sreet is a magnet for after school youth activities.

	Blythe Recreation Department 127 South Main Street Blythe, CA 92225 (760) 922-4266

Blythe boasts many fine parks. Two, however, are used extensively by large segments of the population for organized recreational activities. Todd Park has several excellent baseball diamonds with bleachers and lights. It also offers a horseshoe pit, BBQs, benches, tables, a skate boarding area, and most importantly in Blythe, shade. It is home to the Blythe Community Center, a large building capable of handling gatherings of more than 150 individuals.

Miller Park is also used for baseball. In addition, it is home to several local soccer teams. This park has covered picnic tables and benches as well as BBQs. Miller Park also features both potable water and a sanitary disposal facility for recreational vehicles. These are at no cost to our valley's visitors.

Just Another Day At A Riverside County Park

In addition to Blythe's city parks, the County Of Riverside has placed four county parks at scenic locations along the Colorado River in the Palo Verde Valley. With one exception, they all offer launch ramps, drinking water, restrooms, and BBQs. One also has a convenience store in the park.

Miller County Park, The Only Unimproved County Park (not to be confused with Miller City Park)

Each labor day hunters migrate to Blythe for the opening of dove season. Blythe is, indeed, a hunter's dream. In addition to dove, quail, pheasant, puma, coyote, and across the river, big horn sheep, there are many other species that find a home in and around the Palo Verde Valley.

White Winged Dove

Big Horn Sheep

Gembel's Quail

The Colorado River is navigable from the Palo Verde Irrigation District's Diversion Dam, about fifteen miles upriver from Blythe, to Laguna Dam at Yuma, Arizona. That is nearly eighty miles of one of the most scenic rivers in the United States. In addition to just relaxing and floating down the river, explore old mines, ghostowns, and other historic sites between Blythe and Yuma as the Colorado River meanders through the beautiful scenery.

Typical Colorado River Scene Downriver From Blythe

The Glamis Sand Dunes are about forty-five miles south of Blythe on State Highway 78. This enormous sand dune area is one of the largest in the nation, and attracts sand buggies and four wheel drive vehicles from all over the western United States. The Glamis Dunes offer camping, drinking water, fuel, and a convenience store.

The Glamis Dunes

Blythe has a magnificient eighteen hole golf course. It's on the mesa northwest of the city. Those playing the challenging course enjoy breathtaking views of the valley below. Best of all, green and cart fees are less than half those being charged in the neighboring Coachella Valley. If golf's your game, make this great course your choice.

The Blhythe Municipal Golf Course

Other activities here include rockhounding, prospecting, hiking, biking, camping, wildlife and bird watching, amateur astronomy, exploring ghost towns and old mines, water skiing, swimming and boating. We'll guarantee our desert will never bore you. There is a new multi-screen theater, many fine restaurants, and over 1,000 motel rooms. Blythe tries to offer something for everyone.

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