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Four Corners
Location
The "Four Corners" is the name given to the only point in the USA where four states meet, namely southeastern Utah, southwestern Colorado, northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico.
The name is also often applied to the surrounding region.
Description
The actual point where the four states meet is marked by a monument which can be accessed by a clearly marked short spur road from US160. The spot lies within a Native American reservation, and a small entrance fee is made for visitors. For current pricing visit the Navajo Parks And Recreation Department web site (external link verified Apr-06). There is a small Native American market/trading post adjacent to the monument.
It is astonishing how many people derive a considerable amount of innocent pleasure from placing each limb in a separate state!
Some Ideas for Places to Stay
In the Area
- Anasazi Heritage Centre, near Dolores, Colorado
- Aztec Ruins National Monument, New Mexico
- Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona
- Colorado Plateau
- Colorado River
- Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Colorado
- Edge Of The Cedars State Park, Utah (near Blanding in southeastern Utah)
- Goosenecks State Park, Utah
- Grand Circle
- Hovenweep National Monument, Colorado and Utah (a series of widely separated pueblo ruins in southwestern Colorado and southeastern Utah)
- La Sal Mountains, Utah
- Manti - La Sal National Forest, Utah
- Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
- Million Dollar Highway, Colorado - photograph (37KB)
- Moki Dugway, Utah
- Monument Valley, Arizona and Utah
- Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah
- Navajo National Monument, Arizona (three separate sets of pueblo cliff dwelling ruins in northeastern Arizona)
- San Juan Skyway, Colorado
- US550 Between Durango and Silverton, Colorado - the Million Dollar Highway - photograph (37KB)
- Valley Of The Gods, Utah (near Blanding in southeastern Utah)
- Vallecito Reservoir, Colorado (near Durango)
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
USA - General
Amusing, Interesting And Mysterious Place Names
Colorado Plateau
Desert Southwest
Grand Circle
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