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Four Corners Monument

Four Corners Monument is so named because it is the only location in the United States where four state adjoin. Although remote, it is a popular tourist stop and most days, local crafts merchants are available to sell native art work and crafts. The states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah meet on the Colorado Plateau just off Highway 160 which runs between northeast Arizona and southwest Colorado. The entrance is from the short distance that the highway runs through New Mexico.

At the precise point where the four states meet is a raised concrete, granite, and bronze platform with seals, flags and other appropriate ornamentation. An adjacent wood platform allowed for better photographs looking downward. There is usually a short line of tourist ready to pose in simple or awkward positions as they stand, lie, crawl, or otherwise occupy all four states at once.

The Four Corners Monument was originally surveyed and established in 1868 when Colorado's southern boundary was established by US Government Surveyors and Astronomers. New Mexico's western boundary and Utah's eastern boundary were surveyed and established in 1878 and Arizona's northern boundary in 1901. A small permanent marker was erected in 1912 and the Monument was refurbished in 1992..

There is a small fee and the monument is run by the Navajo Nation Parks and Recreation Department (928-871-6436). Navajo lands occupy three of the four corners, excluding only Colorado. A Visitor Center is sometimes open. Facilities are portable toilets.

Park hours are from 7 am to 8 pm June through August and 8 am to 5 pm September through May.

The entrance is in New Mexico.

Looking back at the road into the monument.

Visitor Center.

"Four States - Meet Here - In Freedom - Under God"

Flags.

Arizona.

Colorado.

New Mexico.

Utah.

Arizona (left) and Utah (right) border, looking west.

Utah (left) and Colorado (right) border, looking north.

Colorado (left) and New Mexico (right) border, looking east.

New Mexico (left) and Arizona (right) border, looking south.

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