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Millions of bored kids on vacation, living a lie
But, because of surveying errors, the popular tourist spot actually is just a bit off.
The accurate location would be downhill to the east of U.S. 160 in Colorado and northeast of the San Juan River as it flows into New Mexico.
"That's a long ways to be off," said David Bronson, surveyor of San Juan County, Utah.
Still, he said the monument's present location is the accepted one.
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Millions of bored kids on vacation, living a lie
the Four Corners marker showing the intersection of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah is about 1,807 feet west of where it should be have been placed in 1875.
It's not the only thing that's off the mark.
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Millions of bored kids on vacation, living a lie
And what do they mean by saying it's accepted? By the public, or by the law?
Thankfully my parents never dragged me to Four Corners.
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Mumpo wrote:
The whole concept of the 'Four Corners marker' seems pretty wrong to me, to be honest.
"Put your left leg on Utah!", etc.
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Why on Earth... wrote:
God, what a shit holiday that would be.
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That area's got a ton of amazing national parks, though. I'm pretty sure my parents took me to Four Corners when we went to Zion, Bryce and Arches. I can kind of understand not wanting to go to Utah, but you'd be missing out on some of the most beautiful landscapes in America.
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Yeah, I went to Arches and Zion a few years ago and they're just stunning.
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I used to get taken to Boxhill in Surrey when I was a kid. My parents told me over and over again, in tones of increasing excitement, how amazing it was that I could see five English counties from where I was standing. If only they'd have heard of this Four Corners place, then they might have taken me to America instead, and I could have found out what Twinkies were.
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My family did a big trip out west when I was 10. We spent about 20 minutes at the four corners monument. That is - at least so I thought - the only time I've ever been in Utah.
I wouldn't drive all the way from LA (or anywhere) to see the four corners monument, but that area has a lot to recommend -National Parks, etc. Durango is a cool little town. I did some fishing down around that area in Colorado and New Mexico a few years ago and had a fantastic time.
I've stood in Canada and the US simultaneously. There's a remote part of the border in the Boundary Waters. A portage runs right along the border. There's a little monument marker thingy. I also managed to piss from one country into the other.
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Reed of the Valley People wrote:
I've stood in Canada and the US simultaneously. There's a remote part of the border in the Boundary Waters. A portage runs right along the border. There's a little monument marker thingy. I also managed to piss from one country into the other.
Which side of the border were you standing on at the time, might I ask?
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Why on Earth... wrote:
God, what a shit holiday that would be.
A few years ago were camping in Colorado and detoured to check out the 4-corners monument - once we saw the RIP-OFF prices we went back home.
Amusing place to commit a crime, though, and watch the jurisdictions try to palm it off on each other.
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Cal Alamein wrote:
As one who lives fairly close to the four corners it is not all that bad.
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Point taken.
Unless you were camping or planning to hit Grand Canyon, Mesa Verde, or the national parks in Utah, a drive for the specific intent of going to the four corners would be a dull journey for a young person -- and worthy of a Bryson-like entry (however his penny-pinching old man would have fainted at the prices).
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