Saturday, November 11, 2023

The Colorado-Nebraska-Wyoming Tri-State Marker

Most people visit the CO-NE-WY Tri-State Point as part of a trip to the Highpoint of Nebraska: Panorama Point. However, the owner of the High Point Bison Ranch does not allow visitors to walk from the highpoint to the tri-state point. When we last visited Panorama Point, I tried to find the route to the tri-state point, but was unsuccessful. When Mom T and I visited Pawnee Buttes a few weeks ago, we headed home through Pine Bluffs and found the route to the tri-state point. No longer are you allowed to drive to the point. You must make a short hike. 

Heading out to the tri-state point meant that we would have to drive through Kimball, Nebraska. There's a ramen restaurant there called Ondori Ramen, and so before our visit to Wyoming, Colorado and Nebraska all at once, we stopped to fuel up in Kimball. The ramen did not disappoint!


Feeling full, we made the drive west into Pine Bluffs, Wyoming and then north on a county road. At the border with Colorado, the paved road turns to gravel. There is a pull-off on the east side of the road. We parked here, read the sign, 


and then crossed the fence for the flat walk to the tri-state monument.


There's not a whole lot to look at out here on the exceedingly flat plains. There are some windmills to generate electricity, and another windmill to pump water to the surface.


Just past the water tank windmill, we could see our destination: the tri-state monument. 


There's a concrete marker behind a fence with a benchmark embedded in the top.


These three states are special to Noelle and I. We were engaged in Colorado, married in Wyoming, and have lived in Nebraska for 4 years. We spent about a half hour investigating the site and taking photos.





Then, it was time to head back to the car for the drive home.


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