List of tripoints of U.S. states


This is a list of all tripoints in which the boundaries of three U.S. states converge at a single geographic point. Of the 60 such points, 36 are on dry land and 24 are in water. Of the points in water, 3 are in the Great Lakes and thus have no land nearby. A tripoint occurring in a populated area may also be informally described as a tri-state area.

Land

State 1State 2State 3CoordinatesNotes
AlabamaFloridaGeorgiaMarker on Chattahoochee riverbank is actually a few feet above and west of true tripoint at high-water line.
AlabamaGeorgiaTennesseeTri-State Corner. Marker on dry land at surface level and unmarked on lake in cavern directly below. Stolen in 2009 and returned two years later.
ArizonaNevadaUtahMarked with a red sandstone monument.
ArkansasLouisianaMississippiProbably unmarked on silt island in river sometimes connected to west bank by mud flat accreted by riprap.
ArkansasLouisianaTexasSee Ark-La-Tex. Marker in process of being surrounded and absorbed by tree.
ArkansasMissouriOklahomaMarked with a stone monument.
ArkansasOklahomaTexasUnmarked on seasonal silt island or in river bed, but Oklahoma–Texas state line as revised in 2000 is defective in not extending from vegetation line on south bank to pre-established tripoint.
CaliforniaNevadaOregonMarked with a cairn.
ColoradoKansasNebraskaMarked with a brass disc.
ColoradoKansasOklahoma8 Mile Corner. Marker is concealed in crypt beneath removable manhole cover.
ColoradoNebraskaWyomingMarked with a stone surrounded by a three-stone colored base.
ColoradoNew MexicoOklahomaPreston Monument
ColoradoUtahWyomingMarked.
ConnecticutMassachusettsNew YorkSee Brace Mountain or Mount Frissell. Marked with a stone inscribed with MASS-1898-NY and a scratched-on CONN.
ConnecticutMassachusettsRhode IslandSee Thompson, Connecticut. Marked with a stone inscribed with MASS-CONN-RI.
DelawareMarylandPennsylvaniaMarked by the Tri-State Monument, inscribed with M-M-P-P. See Delaware Wedge.
GeorgiaNorth CarolinaTennesseeMarked.
IdahoMontanaWyomingLocated within Yellowstone National Park. Marked, although difficult to access.
IdahoNevadaOregonMarked with a three-sided stone inscribed with N-I-O on the respective faces.
IdahoNevadaUtahMarked with a granite monument inscribed with the respective states' names.
IdahoUtahWyomingMarked with a stone.
IndianaMichiganOhioBrass marker with the shapes of the three states is located in a monument box beneath the surface of a rural road. Was set in 1999 and is referenced by a granite marker 20 feet to the east on the Michigan-Ohio line.
IowaMinnesotaSouth DakotaTrue point is marked with a disc in the center of a T-shaped road intersection. A witness monument nearby in the South Dakota corner acknowledges the tri-point being set in 1859.
KansasMissouriOklahomaMarked with a plaque on a seldom used dead-end road.
KentuckyTennesseeVirginiaTri-State Peak Located within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Marked.
KentuckyVirginiaWest VirginiaMarked with a USCG marker on top of a two-foot high iron pipe at the river's high point.
MarylandPennsylvaniaWest VirginiaMarked with a pyramid-like stone.
MassachusettsNew HampshireVermontMarker is technically on dry land, but buried within river bed due to a dam's construction downstream.
MassachusettsNew YorkVermontMarked with a stone.
MinnesotaNorth DakotaSouth DakotaNear the Bois de Sioux River
MontanaNorth DakotaSouth DakotaMarked with a red granite stone.
MontanaSouth DakotaWyomingMarked with a stone within a fence.
NebraskaSouth DakotaWyomingMarked with a stone within a fence.
New JerseyNew YorkPennsylvaniaMarked by the Tri-States Monument in Port Jervis, New York, at the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink rivers.
New MexicoOklahomaTexasTexhomex Marker
North CarolinaTennesseeVirginiaNorth Carolina–Tennessee–Virginia Corners - Marked.

Water

State 1State 2State 3CoordinatesWaterNotes
AlabamaMississippiTennesseeTennessee River
ArizonaCaliforniaNevadaColorado River
ArkansasMississippiTennesseeMississippi RiverMemphis, Tennessee metro area.
ArkansasMissouriTennesseeMississippi River
ConnecticutNew YorkRhode IslandLong Island SoundThe part of New York that is in this tri-state area is Fishers Island. It is the New London, Connecticut metro area.
DelawareNew JerseyPennsylvaniaDelaware RiverPhiladelphia metro area, at the east end of the Twelve-Mile Circle.
GeorgiaNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaChatooga RiverLocated in river very near marker on dry land.
IdahoOregonWashingtonSnake River
IllinoisIndianaKentuckyWabash River and Ohio RiverEvansville, Indiana metro area. See Illinois–Indiana–Kentucky tri-state area.
IllinoisIndianaMichiganLake MichiganKnown as either the Indiana Dunes or the Michigan Dunes Area
IllinoisIowaWisconsinMississippi RiverDubuque, Iowa metro area.
IllinoisKentuckyMissouriMississippi River and Ohio RiverLittle Egypt region popularly labeled as a tri-state area with St. Louis, Missouri, Carbondale, Illinois metro area and Paducah, Kentucky being its nuclei.
IllinoisMichiganWisconsinLake Michigan
IndianaKentuckyOhioOhio RiverCincinnati metro area. The tripoint is near, but not precisely at, the confluence with the Great Miami River.
IowaIllinoisMissouriMississippi River and Des Moines RiverBorder with Lee County, Iowa
IowaMinnesotaWisconsinMississippi RiverLa Crosse, Wisconsin metro area. Was apparently marked at one time with a sign that had been anchored in the location, but that sign has since been moved as of 2001.
IowaMissouriNebraskaMissouri River
IowaNebraskaSouth DakotaBig Sioux River and Missouri RiverSioux City, Iowa metro area.
KansasMissouriNebraskaMissouri River
KentuckyMissouriTennessee

Mississippi RiverThree separate tripoints, due to meanders of the river. See also Kentucky Bend.
KentuckyOhioWest VirginiaBig Sandy River and Ohio RiverHuntington (W.V.)-Ashland (Ky.)-Ironton (Oh.) Tri-State region.
MarylandVirginiaWest VirginiaPotomac RiverUnmarked, at high water mark, because the Maryland West Virginia state line is at the high water mark even tho the Maryland Virginia state line runs generally along the low water line, so perhaps misclassified here because it is rarely actually under water.
MichiganMinnesotaWisconsinLake Superior
OhioPennsylvaniaWest VirginiaOhio RiverTechnically the Beginning Point of the U.S. Public Land Survey, although the actual monument is 1,112 feet north of the tripoint due to the tripoint's current location under water; Pittsburgh Tri-State.