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Four Corners Monument Travel Guide

Four Corners Monument is a unique place where four states comes together: Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.

Access the Four Corners Monument via New Mexico Highway 597
Access to the Four Corners Monument via New Mexico Highway 597

The Monument is located about 85 miles west of Durango, Colorado, and about 80 miles east of Kayenta, Arizona (see area map below). To reach to the Monument, turn off US Highway 160 onto New Mexico Highway 597.

The original marker erected in 1912 was a simple cement pad, but has since been redone in granite and brass. The Visitor Center is open year round, and features a Demonstration Center with Navajo artisans. Navajo vendors sell handmade jewelry, crafts and traditional Navajo foods nearby.

The monument also marks 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 Indian Reservation.

Lodging Options in the Four Corners Region

Farmington, New Mexico

Gallup, New Mexico

Cortez, Colorado

Durango, Colorado

Kayenta, Arizona

Moab, Utah

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Photographs from Our Trips to Four Corners Monument

Four Corners Monument U.S.A. sign showing opening hours and restrictions
Four Corners Monument U.S.A. sign showing opening hours and restrictions


Four Corners Monument ... parking area near the actual meeting point of the four states
Four Corners Monument ... parking area near the actual meeting point of the four states

Four Corners Monument plaque - "A Common Bond"
Four Corners Monument plaque - "A Common Bond"
Survey plaque marking the meeting point of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
Four Corners Monument survey plaque marking the meeting point of Utah, Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
Flags flying at the Four Corners Monument
Flags flying at the Four Corners Monument

Four Corners Monument Visitors Center
Four Corners Monument Visitors Center

 

 

More Information about the Four Corners Monument

Four Corners Monument official Navajo Parks & Recreation website

Four Corners Monument at Utah.com