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United States : New Mexico

12.2 miles (19.7 km) N of Aztec, San Juan, NM, USA
Approx. altitude: 1997 m (6551 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap topo aerial ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 37°S 72°E

Accuracy: 2 m (6 ft)
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#2: View North #3: View East #4: View West #5: Ground cover at the confluence point #6: All zeros! #7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m.  (The doubletrack road marks the boundary between Colorado (top) and New Mexico (bottom).) #8: View North, from 120m above the point #9: View East (along the Colorado-New Mexico state line), from 120m above the point #10: View South (into New Mexico, towards Lone Tree Mountain), from 120m above the point #11: View West (along the New Mexico-Colorado state line), from 120m above the point

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  37°N 108°W (visit #4)  

#1: The confluence point lies among stunted, thinly-spaced pine trees.  (This is also a view to the South, towards the Colorado-New Mexico state line, just 60 feet away.)

(visited by Ross Finlayson)

13-Jul-2021 -- I was in Durango, Colorado on vacation for a couple of days, and decided to take a break from mountain biking to visit this Degree Confluence Point, not far to the South. I followed the directions suggested by Shawn Fleming. It was interesting to see the extensive natural gas facilities in what would otherwise be a desolate area. I parked at a turnout at [36.997091,-108.00230] - 0.24 miles from the point - and hiked the rest of the way.

The Degree Confluence Project considers this point to be exactly on the border between Colorado (to the North) and New Mexico (to the South), so - according to its rules for borders - it assigned the point to New Mexico. However, it seems that the point actually lies within Colorado - barely - because there is a fence (running East-West) just 60 feet South of the point. The point lies among stunted, thinly-spaced pine trees (with occasional cactus). In mid-July, the ground was bone dry. This point reminded me a lot of [38,-109] - the point just to the Northwest - that I had (re)visited two months earlier.

Here is a remote-controlled aerial video of this confluence point.


 All pictures
#1: The confluence point lies among stunted, thinly-spaced pine trees. (This is also a view to the South, towards the Colorado-New Mexico state line, just 60 feet away.)
#2: View North
#3: View East
#4: View West
#5: Ground cover at the confluence point
#6: All zeros!
#7: Looking down on the point from a height of 120m. (The doubletrack road marks the boundary between Colorado (top) and New Mexico (bottom).)
#8: View North, from 120m above the point
#9: View East (along the Colorado-New Mexico state line), from 120m above the point
#10: View South (into New Mexico, towards Lone Tree Mountain), from 120m above the point
#11: View West (along the New Mexico-Colorado state line), from 120m above the point
ALL: All pictures on one page
  Notes
In the Southern Ute Indian Reservation, exactly on the border between NM and OR.