In relation to earlier geographical posts, Bob Slatten and another American visitor informed me that there is a point in The United States where four of those states meet. I was intrigued and went away for a massage google. Indeed, the four states in question are Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. They meet on Native American lands in a remote, desert-like area.
The Four Corners Monument has become a tourist attraction in recent years. There are stalls and concessions there plus "restrooms" (English: toilets) and plenty of car parking. See the image above that I snipped from Google Maps.
Above, a father and son have created an aerial image using a selfie stick at the very point where the four states meet and below Google imagery proves that some weird stuff happens out there. Perhaps there's an alien presence for we should remind ourselves of the wise old saying: "The camera never lies":-
The nearby main road is Highway 160 and below you can see the sign just ahead of the side road that eventually leads to Cortez, Colorado (population 9151)...
Now that I have researched the location, I would love to go there but I do not suppose I ever will - especially with a deranged right wing tyrant occupying The White House.
By the way, there is also a quadripoint in Canada. It is even more remote than the place mentioned above. The two provinces and two territories that meet in central Canada are Saskatchewan, Manitoba, North West Territories and Nunavut.
The location is very hard to access as there are no roads nearby. Back in the 60s, a survey team placed a small aluminium obelisk at the spot. On the top - these words have been imprinted as a warning to Keith Kline, Nurse Pixie, Debra Who Seeks, Jenny O'Hara and other would-be Canadian souvenir hunters: "5 years imprisonment for removal"...
I've heard of the US Four Corners and seen the Monument on TV. But the Canadian equvalent is news to me! I'm not surprised to learn there are no roads nearby. Judging from the photo, the survey team had to snowshoe in.
ReplyDeleteWow! I didn't know about this. It would be difficult and costly to get there so why do they worry about damage to he sign.
ReplyDeleteI think the Canadian version is safe, I have no desire to travel that far, without roads, to steal something.
ReplyDeleteNot quite as exciting as the GMT line.
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting to think that someone at some time must have bent over and placed a foot and a hand in all four states at once. We don't have any of those in Australia, but my state, South Australia, does share borders with all other mainland states, Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if the UK has something similar. I suppose London has many counties surrounding it but you certainly wouldn't be able to put a hand or foot in each county at the same time!!
ReplyDeleteIt really does seem to be in the middle of nowhere.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of the Canadian spot before bute it sounds a bit too remote! Especially in winter
ReplyDeleteWe could do a blogger gathering in the four states at once and that would not be solid, liquid, gas and plasma.
ReplyDeleteI've visited the Four Corners, and yes, I lay down so bits of me were in all four states at the same time.
ReplyDeleteI visited Four Corners many, many years ago and as a youngster it was a boring drive to get there. I'm sue it's still a boring drive but my sense of adventure is much broader and more patient to get to a destination.
ReplyDeleteMore harsh and, for me, unsettling landscape. Miles and miles of it.
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