Everything about The Four Corners Monument totally explained
The
Four Corners Monument marks the
quadripoint in the
Navajo Nation and Ute Mountain Tribal Lands in the
Southwest United States where the states of
Arizona,
Colorado,
New Mexico and
Utah meet — the only point in the United States where the boundaries of four states intersect.
It is located on the
Colorado Plateau west of
U.S. Highway 160, 40 miles southwest of
Cortez, Colorado. It is centered at . The point was originally declared by Congress to be 37°N, 109°W, but an early surveying error misplaced the location. The US Supreme Court later ruled that the current location had become so standard that it should be officially recognized as the actual boundary between the four states.
Not only is the point a
perpendicular corner intersection, it's the only point in the
United States shared by four states, leading to their being called the
Four Corners region. A
Ute Indian reservation abuts the point in Colorado. The
landmark is run by the Navajo Nation
Parks and
Recreation Department and is a popular
tourist attraction, despite its isolated and somewhat remote location. An admission fee is required to view and photograph the monument.
Around the monument, local Navajo and Ute artisans sell souvenirs and food. The position of the point was initially surveyed by E. N. Darling in
1868, and marked with a sandstone marker. The first permanent marker at the point was placed in
1912. It was replaced in
1992 with a
granite marker embedded with a large circular
bronze disk around the point, surrounded by smaller, appropriately located state
seals and flags.
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