Four Corners Monument
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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.
It is located on the Colorado Plateau west of U.S. Highway 160, 40 miles southwest of Cortez, Colorado. It is centered at .[1]
Not only is the point a perpendicular four-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 even 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 on which the marker lies.
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. [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.
[edit] External links
- Additional information about the Four Corners Monument
- NGS Survey Information
- Geocaching Recovery Logs
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
[edit] References
- ^ Four Corners PID AD9256 (text file). NGS Survey Monument Data Sheet. United States National Geodetic Survey (May 7, 2003). Retrieved on December 26, 2006.
- ^ Stimpson, George (1946). A Book About A Thousand Things. Harper & Brothers.
