Four Corners

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The Four Corners is the survey point at the intersection of the four U.S. states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona and the high desert plateau region surrounding that point in the southwestern United States. It is the only point in the United States where four states touch. Three of the four state corners are on the Navajo Indian Reservation. The fourth corner, Colorado, is on the Ute Mountain Indian Reservation.

The Four Corners Monument (located at the site) charges a per-person admission fee. The monument is located at the coordinates according to the U.S. National Geodetic Survey. US Highway 160 runs nearby, and New Mexico State Road 597 serves as access road to the monument.

Because the Four Corners is part of a high Colorado Plateau, it is often a center for weather systems, which stabilize on the plateau then proceed eastward toward the central and mountain states. This weather system creates snow and rainfall over the central United States.

Four Corners was parodied in an episode of The Simpsons, in which the Simpson family visits "Five Corners".

See also

• List of regions of the United States
• 37th parallel north
• 32nd meridian west from Washington
• Quadripoint

Similar places

• Four Corners (Florida), an area where four counties meet in central Florida.
• Four Corners (Canada)
• Tres Fronteras
• Triple Frontier
• Treriksröset
• Drielandenpunt

References

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