{"id":1406,"date":"2009-05-27T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-27T22:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=1406"},"modified":"2022-05-23T14:23:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T19:23:05","slug":"four-corners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/four-corners\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Corners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/blog\/4-corners.jpg\" alt=\"The U.S. Four Corners Monument. Photo by howderfamily.com; (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)\"\/><figcaption>Four Corners &#8211; Summer 1992<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Four Corners is a unique spot in the United States. It&#8217;s the only U.S. location where four states join together with a common boundary &#8211; a quadripoint. Thus, a visitor can touch Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona simultaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maps of the area show this situation clearly and anyone can get there by automobile with only a short detour. Thus it may be the most famous and commercialized piece of &#8220;strange geography&#8221; in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Navajo Nation maintains the site and charges a nominal admission fee. Also, enterprising entrepreneurs sell a variety of Native American crafts at the site. They&#8217;ve created a ring of craft tables along the periphery of the monument.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Absolutely no logical reason exists to commemorate this barren patch of desert except for two artificially designated lines that happen to cross there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; And yet I&#8217;m curiously drawn to it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Updates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m10!1m8!1m3!1d2559.955055296758!2d-109.045079!3d36.998834!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1624878743900!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><i>A couple of notes added after the original publication of this entry:<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>I am aware of the controversy concerning the placement of the Four Corners supposedly at the &#8220;wrong&#8221; spot and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngs.noaa.gov\/INFO\/fourcorners.shtml\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quick rebuttals<\/a> of that claim. 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