Four Corners Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
monument at the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States
About Four Corners
First erected in 1899 to honor the only geographic location in theU.S.where the boundaries of four states touch, Four Corners Monument is a cartographic curiosity with limited infrastructure and essentially one thing to do: to stand in a number of places simultaneously. Come prepared. There are waterless self-contained toilets, but the site has no running water, no electricity, no telephones or cell phone coverage. The monument is something of a paradox. It is a small and limited attraction, surrounded by low lying, nondescript bluffs that aren't particularly photogenic. And yet "Four Corners" is a widely-applied label for all there is to do within a 200 to 500 mi (322 to 805 km) radius of where these four states intersect. When travellers speak of their "Four Corners" vacation, they may b
Four Corners Travel Guide Sections
Our comprehensive guide covers 12 sections including: