If you have a fast connection, you'll probably find this map to be more informative - it has all the sites shown below, as well as a few others, with links to the pages that contain photos and more info... plus it's an interactive Google-style map, so you can get directions, view aerial photos, etc.
But you can also check the map below for a site that interests you. Then click on the name of a feature on the map to view photos and get more info. Or, if your browser doesn't support image maps, you can use the text links below the map.
Click here if you're interested in my rationale for doing these pages.
Panorama Point,
Nebraska
Mt. Sunflower,
Kansas
Black Mesa,
Oklahoma
Mt. Elbert, Colorado (Yeah,
yeah - I know it's not on the High Plains...)
Arikaree River,
Colorado (This is actually the lowest point in the state -
contrary to the prevalence of misinformation on the subject.)
These points along state boundaries are interesting to some mapgeeks
like me. But even if I wasn't one, I'd still find it fascinating that
some of the markers at these locations are the original monuments
first set by 19th-century surveyors. Try to imagine the conditions
under which these people meticulously marked out on the ground the
boundaries of our states.
Colorado/Nebraska/Wyoming
Colorado NE corner
Colorado/Kansas/Nebraska
Colorado/Kansas/Oklahoma
Colorado/New
Mexico/Oklahoma
New
Mexico/Oklahoma/Texas
Texas NW corner
Carhenge, Nebraska
Pawnee Buttes, Colorado
Fremont Buttes,
Colorado
Beechers Island
Battleground, Colorado
Site of the Sand Creek
Massacre, Colorado
Picketwire Canyon,
Colorado
Chalk Pyramids,
Kansas
Castle Rock,
Kansas
Geographic Center of the
48 Contiguous States, Kansas
Geographic
Center of the 50 United States, South Dakota
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