FOUR CORNERS
The Four Corners Monument, placed by the Interior Department at the exact point.
The 'Four Corners' is the survey point at the intersection of the four U.S. states of Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona and the high desert plateau region surrounding that point in the southwestern United States. This 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 there has a $3 per person admission fee. Four Corners Monument is located at the coordinates according to the U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Four Corners PID AD9256 US Highway 160 runs nearby while 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 on the central part of the USA.
Four Corners was parodied in an episode of ''The Simpsons'', when the Simpson family go visit ''Five Corners''.
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See also
★ Four Corners Monument
★ List of regions of the United States
★ 37th parallel north
★ 32nd meridian west from Washington
Similar places
★ Quadripoint
★ Four Corners (Canada)
★ Tres Fronteras
★ Triple Frontier
★ Treriksröset
★ Drielandenpunt
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