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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 ...
Brass marker with the shapes of the three states is located in a monument box beneath the surface of a rural road. Was set in 1999 [20] and is referenced by a granite marker 20 feet to the east on the Michigan-Ohio line. [21] Iowa: Minnesota: South Dakota
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.
I've visited all 50 states and most major US tourist attractions — some of which I found overrated.. I wouldn't plan trips around the Four Corners Monument or Mount Rushmore. I'd also recommend ...
The Donald B. was built in 1923 and is the only 1920s unchanged diesel sternwheel towboat left in the United States. It still operates towing barges in the Ohio River. [10] After years of being located in Switzerland County, Indiana, its home port was moved to Bellaire, Ohio in 2012. [11] 16: Paul Laurence Dunbar House: Paul Laurence Dunbar House
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 ...
Satellite image of northeastern Arizona and northwestern New Mexico, including the Four Corners Monument (FC). Snow dusts higher elevations in the image. Labeled natural features are the Chuska Mountains (CM), the Carrizo Mountains (C), Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park (MV), Black Mesa (B), Canyon de Chelly National Monument (CdC), and the Defiance Uplift-() (D).
During October’s annular eclipse, which starts at 9:13 a.m. PT along the Oregon coast and ends in the United States in Texas at 12:03 p.m. CT, the moon will cover over 90% of the sun’s surface ...