This place is called the Four Corners after the quadripoint (37° north latitude with 109° 03’ west longitude). It is the only point in the United States shared by four states, named the Four Corners Region.
Four Corners also mark the boundary between two semi-autonomous Native American governments: the Navajo Nation, which maintains the monument as a tourist attraction, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe’s reservation.
The monument is a tourist attraction maintained by the Navajo Nation Parks & Recreation Department–Four Corners Monument Navajo Tribal Park. It consists of a granite disk set around a blade with a smaller bronze disk, surrounded by smaller, appropriately placed state seals and flags representing both the states and tribal nations of the area.
Encircling the point, starting with Colorado, the disk bears two words in each state, “Four states here meet in freedom under God.” The monument, located on the Colorado Plateau, is an example of a political boundary that is a tourist destination in its own right.
