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The monument is located on the Colorado Plateau west of U.S. Highway 160, on State Road 597, approximately 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Cortez, Colorado. [1] In addition to the four states, two semi-autonomous American Indian tribal governments have boundaries at the monument, the Navajo Nation and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe Reservation, with the Ute Mountain tribal boundaries coinciding with ...
The Four Corners area is named after the quadripoint at the intersection of approximately 37° north latitude with 109° 03′ west longitude, where the boundaries of the four states meet, and is marked by the Four Corners Monument. It is the only location in the United States where four states meet.
Four Corners marker. The National Scenic Byway connects prehistoric sites of Native Americans, including the Navajo, Utes and early puebloan people, who lived and farmed in the Four Corners area from about 1 CE to about 1300 CE. There were people hunting and gathering for food in the Four Corners region by 10,000 B.C. or earlier. Geological ...
A witness monument nearby in the South Dakota corner acknowledges the tri-point being set in 1859. Kansas: Missouri: Oklahoma: Marked with a plaque on a seldom used dead-end road. [23] Kentucky: Tennessee: Virginia
US 160 enters Colorado near the Four Corners Monument. It goes northeast and intersects US 491 , then turns north to enter Cortez with US 491. East of Cortez, a road leads south from US 160 to Mesa Verde National Park .
After passing the toll booth, the road becomes 4 Corners Road, [2] that leads up to Four Corners Monument. [3] The highway's posted speed limit is 15 miles per hour (24 km/h). The highway is the second shortest highway in New Mexico; the shortest is NM 446 at 0.250 miles (402 m).
The Four Corners Monument is the only point in the United States where four states meet: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona meet at right angles. The United States first acquired the area now called Four Corners from Mexico after the Mexican–American War in 1848.
The four corners is a quadripoint near 60° N 102° W where four Canadian provinces or territories meet. [1] [2] ... The final monument, designated No. 157, ...