Four Corners, NM – The Four Corners Monument, also known as Four Corners Tribal Park, is the landmark for the only quadripoint in the United States, i.e. location where four states intersect. The spot where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado meet is commemorated by a granite and brass monument. Nowhere else in the US can you have one hand in Colorado, the other in Utah, one foot in New Mexico and the other in Arizona! The monument also marks the boundary between the Navajo Nation and Ute Mountain Tribe reservations and is managed by the Navajo Nations Parks and Recreation Department. There was an entrance fee of $5/person and children under 6 years/free when we visited in June 2018.
Four Corners Monument
Activities include photographing the unique location, shopping and sightseeing. Tourists were politely waiting in a line at least 25 groups long to take their family photos at the Four Corners. Native American artisans (from Navajo Nation and Ute Mountain Tribe) are onsite with handmade jewelry, crafts and traditional Navajo foods. There is also a short trail, Dancing Horse Trail, a 1.5 mile out and back that traverses a mesa straddling New Mexico and Colorado.
Flags for each state and the two adjoining reservations fly at the monument
The Dancing Horse Trail climbs this mesa
View driving from the Four Corners to Cortez, Colorado
We visited here while staying at Sundance RV Park in Cortez, Colorado. We also visited Mesa Verde National Park, Hovenweep National Monument, Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, the Anasazi Heritage Center, and Yucca House National Monument while staying in Cortez.
Another view along our drive back to Cortez
