The marker at the exact "Four Corners" point. August 2005.

The Four Corners Monument rest area, maintained on Navajo Nation lands.

A child straddling all four states, on the monument as it looked in the 1960s.

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. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 635 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 944 pixel, file size: 299 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Four Corners Marker. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 635 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (1000 × 944 pixel, file size: 299 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Four Corners Marker. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1737x1146, 310 KB) The Four Corners Monument at the common border point of w:Utah, w:Colorado, w:Arizona, and w:New Mexico. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1737x1146, 310 KB) The Four Corners Monument at the common border point of w:Utah, w:Colorado, w:Arizona, and w:New Mexico. ... Map of the Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation (Dineé in Navajo language) is a Native American sovereignty. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2286x1601, 769 KB) Summary Family vacation photo at Four Corners Monument. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2286x1601, 769 KB) Summary Family vacation photo at Four Corners Monument. ... In geography, a quadripoint is a point on the Earth that touches four distinct regions. ... Map of the Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation (Dineé in Navajo language) is a Native American sovereignty. ... The Southwest region of the United States is drier than the adjoining Midwest in weather; the population is less dense and, with strong Spanish-American and Native American components, more ethnically varied than neighboring areas. ... Official language(s) English Spoken language(s) English 74. ... Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area  Ranked 8th  - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²)  - Width 280 miles (451 km)  - Length 380 miles (612 km)  - % water 0. ... Capital Santa Fe Largest city Albuquerque Area  Ranked 5th  - Total 121,665 sq mi (315,194 km²)  - Width 342 miles (550 km)  - Length 370 miles (595 km)  - % water 0. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...

It is located on the Colorado Plateau west of U.S. Highway 160, 40 miles southwest of Cortez, Colorado. It is centered at 36°59′56.31532″N, 109°02′42.62019″W.^[1] 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. The Colorado Plateau, also called the Colorado Plateaus Province, is a physiographic region of the Intermontane Plateaus, roughly centered on the Four Corners region of the southwestern United States. ... United States Highway 160 is an east-west United States highway. ... Cortez is a city in Montezuma County, Colorado (USA). ...

Not only is the point a perpendicular corner intersection, it is 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. In order to view (and take a photograph at) this monument, a $3 per person fee must be paid to enter the premises in which the marker lies. Fig. ... The Four Corners region is in the red area on this map The Four Corners Monument, placed by the Interior Department at the exact point. ... The Utes (/juːts/; yoots) are an ethnically related group of American Indians now living primarily in Utah and Colorado. ... For the song, see Indian Reservation (song) BIA map of reservations in the United States Tribal sovereignty: Map of the United States, with non-reservation land highlighted. ... Taj Mahal Big Ben Saint Basils Cathedral Azadi Square in Tehran For other senses of this word, see landmark (disambiguation). ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... For the 1914 Charlie Chaplin film, see Recreation (film). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Around the monument, local Navajo and Ute sexy 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. ^[2] 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. Look up souvenir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Year 1868 (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... Assorted ancient Bronze castings found as part of a cache, probably intended for recycling. ... Seal on envelope A seal is an impression printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a signature. ...

See also

• New Mexico State Road 597

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External links

• Additional information about the Four Corners Monument
• NGS Survey Information
• Geocaching Recovery Logs
• Maps and aerial photos for 36°59′56″N 109°02′43″W / 36.998976478, -109.045172275Coordinates: 36°59′56″N 109°02′43″W / 36.998976478, -109.045172275
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  • Topographic maps from TopoZone or TerraServer-USA

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