Entry Points:

Downtown Blythe	Todd Park
Colorado River	Blythe Canals

About Blythe

Blythe lies at the heart of the Palo Verde Valley, a rich farming valley on the Colorado River in southern California. The flat bottom of the valley, a floodplain of the Colorado, stretches for miles to the west of the river, for many miles south of Blythe and some distance to the north. Barren rocky mountains rim the valley in all directions, rising at a distance above the irrigated fields. Beyond the reach of the canal network, the barren desert quickly takes over.

Blythe is named after Thomas Blythe, who in 1877 put in a claim for water rights from the Colorado River and made possible the settlement of the valley. The city was incorporated on July 21, 1916. Blythe is home to 12,155 people, as of the year 2000. A season influx increases the population during winter months, as people retreat from the cold.

The elevation at Blythe is 200 feet. Interstate 10 crosses the Colorado just east of Blythe, heading westward toward the coast. U. S. Highway 95 leaves Blythe northward, following the Colorado River. California Route 78 goes southwest from Blythe towards the Imperial Valley.

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Street Index

14th Avenue a street Acacia Street Agate Road Alice Lane Ash Avenue Avenue A Avenue B Barnard Street Bates Street Bell Lane Birch Street Blueridge Road Broadway C and D Boulevard California Street Chanslorway Chaparral Drive Commercial Street Cottonwood Lane Cottonwood Road Date Road Dekema Street

Donlon Street El Parque Street Eleventh Avenue Eucalyptus Avenue Eucalyptus Fifth Street First Street Fourth Street Green Valley Drive Hobsonway Holley Lane Intake Boulevard Interstate 10 Juliana Lane Juniper Trail Lane C Lee Street Lovekin Boulevard Main Street Michigan Street Murphy Street Murphy Street Ninth Street

Ocotillo Road Olive Lake Boulevard Palm Drive Pedestrian River Crossing Rice Street River Valley Avenue Riviera Drive Second Street Seeley Avenue Seventh Street Sixth Street Spring Street Stewart Drive Stewart Street Tenth Avenue Third Street Wells Street Williams Road Willow Street Wisconsin street Wisconsin Street