Qualla: Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/d/6/four-corners-monument-wk/four-corners-monument-1-1.jpg Qualla: Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet: Introduction https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument/ Photo credit Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Four Corners Monument marks the only place in America where four states meet at a single point. Stand on the bronze disk embedded in the ground, and you're simultaneously in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. The geometry is artificial - Congress drew those borders using lines of latitude and longitude, indifferent to terrain or population. The original survey in 1868 was slightly off; the marker was moved in 1875 and again in 1992. The current location is either the legal corner (by agreement) or approximately 1,800 feet from where pure mathematics would place it (by measurement). The distinction matters to surveyors. Tourists just want the photo.

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/d/6/four-corners-monument-wk/9wd6-four-corners-the-only-place-in-america-where-four--intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet: The Borders https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument/ Photo credit Digital photo taken by Marc Averette (user Averette at the English language Wikipedia)., CC BY-SA 1.0. Congress created the borders between 1850 and 1912 as territories became states. The lines followed the 37th parallel (New Mexico-Colorado) and the 32nd meridian from Washington (Utah-Arizona). These arbitrary choices, made in Washington by people who had never visited the region...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/d/6/four-corners-monument-wk/9wd6-four-corners-the-only-place-in-america-where-four--the-borders.mp3 0:06 2 full Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet: The Monument https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument/ Photo credit John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0. The current monument, rebuilt in 1992, features a bronze disk set in granite, with the state names and seals marking each quadrant. Visitors photograph themselves spanning all four states - hands and feet in different jurisdictions. The monument is managed jointly by the Navajo N...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/d/6/four-corners-monument-wk/9wd6-four-corners-the-only-place-in-america-where-four--the-monument.mp3 0:06 3 full Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet: The Tribes https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument/ Photo credit Original uploaded by Cwolfsheep (Transfered by Gavin.perch), Public domain. Four Corners sits entirely on Native American land - Navajo and Ute territory that encompasses all four state corners. The monument generates revenue for both nations through admission fees and vendor permits. The Native presence is more significant than the state borders: tribal...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/d/6/four-corners-monument-wk/9wd6-four-corners-the-only-place-in-america-where-four--the-tribes.mp3 0:06 4 full Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet: The Disappointment https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument/ Photo credit English Wikipedia user User:ProveIt., Public domain. Reviews of Four Corners are frequently negative. Visitors complain about the remote location (it's roughly 40 miles from the nearest town), the entrance fee, the commercial atmosphere, the lack of natural attractions, and the fundamental silliness of celebrating an arbitrary surv...

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]]> Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/w/d/6/four-corners-monument-wk/9wd6-four-corners-the-only-place-in-america-where-four--the-disappointment.mp3 0:06 5 full Four Corners: The Only Place in America Where Four States Meet: Visiting Four Corners Monument https://qualla.com/four-corners-monument/ Photo credit Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0. Four Corners Monument is located on Navajo Route 597, roughly 40 miles northwest of Farmington, New Mexico. Access requires driving through rural reservation land; the monument is remote. The site is open year-round during daylight hours; admission is charged. Vendor stalls sell ...

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