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8 Mile Corner

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In 1990, satellite images showed the actual meeting place to be several feet away from the monument. A brass plate in the ground marks this. The site is approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of
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The view around this site has been described as "starkly beautiful", with
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in the summer as the most notable flora. Visitors are likely to see
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on mostly unpaved State Line Road at an elevation of 3,692 feet.
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Meeting point of the U.S. states of Colorado, Kansas and Oklahoma
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Buildings and structures in Cimarron County, Oklahoma
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Index

Cimarron National Grassland
tri-point
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Western United States
Midwestern United States
Southern United States
windpump
Elkhart, Kansas
yucca
buffalo gourd
mule deer
prairie dogs
OK-KS-CO Tripoint - Windmill marker
OK-KS-CO Tripoint - Road marker - Actual tripoint
OK-KS-CO Tripoint - USGS survey marker
Cimarron National Grassland
Tri-point
List of Oklahoma tri-points
Four Corners Monument
"CO-KS-OK" Highpointers.org


"Eight Mile Corner." Kansas Travel & Tourism
"Cornering America's tri-points: A guide to 65 lonely spots where at least three states converge" (Sept. 17, 2015)
8 mile corner windmill
36°59′35″N 102°02′32″W / 36.99306°N 102.04222°W / 36.99306; -102.04222
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Buildings and structures in Baca County, Colorado

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