Land Tripoints
Of the 62 points in the United States where three and only three states meet (each of which may be associated with its own tri-state area), 35 are on dry land. They are:
| State 1 | State 2 | State 3 | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Florida | Georgia | Marker on riverbank is actually a few feet above and west of true tripoint at high-water line. |
| Alabama | Georgia | Tennessee | Recently stolen marker on dry land at surface level and unmarked on lake in cavern directly below. |
| Arizona | Nevada | Utah | Marked. |
| Arkansas | Louisiana | Mississippi | Unmarked on silt island in river connected to west bank by riprap. |
| Arkansas | Louisiana | Texas | See Ark-La-Tex. Marker in process of being surrounded and absorbed by tree. |
| Arkansas | Missouri | Oklahoma | Marked. |
| Arkansas | Oklahoma | Texas | Unmarked 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. |
| California | Nevada | Oregon | Marked. |
| Colorado | Kansas | Nebraska | Marked. |
| Colorado | Kansas | Oklahoma | 8 Mile Corner. Marker is concealed in crypt beneath removable manhole cover. |
| Colorado | Nebraska | Wyoming | Marked. |
| Colorado | New Mexico | Oklahoma | Preston Monument |
| Colorado | Utah | Wyoming | Marked. |
| Connecticut | Massachusetts | New York | See Brace Mountain or Mount Frissell. Marked. |
| Connecticut | Massachusetts | Rhode Island | See Thompson, Connecticut. Marked. |
| Delaware | Maryland | Pennsylvania | See Delaware Wedge. Marked. |
| Georgia | North Carolina | Tennessee | Marked. |
| Idaho | Montana | Wyoming | Located within Yellowstone National Park. Marked. |
| Idaho | Nevada | Oregon | Marked. |
| Idaho | Nevada | Utah | Marked. |
| Idaho | Utah | Wyoming | Marked. |
| Indiana | Michigan | Ohio | Marker is located in a crypt beneath the surface of a rural road. Was set in 1999and used to have a removable metal plate protecting it, but it has been missing since fall 2010. |
| Iowa | Minnesota | South Dakota | True 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. |
| Kansas | Missouri | Oklahoma | Marked. On seldom used dead-end road. Apparently a teenagers' backwoods drinking spot. |
| Kentucky | Tennessee | Virginia | Tri-State Peak Located within Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. Marked. |
| Kentucky | Virginia | West Virginia | Marked. |
| Maryland | Pennsylvania | West Virginia | Marked. |
| Massachusetts | New Hampshire | Vermont | Marker is technically on dry land, but buried within river bed. |
| Massachusetts | New York | Vermont | Marked. |
| Montana | North Dakota | South Dakota | Marked. |
| Montana | South Dakota | Wyoming | Marked. |
| Nebraska | South Dakota | Wyoming | Marked. |
| New Jersey | New York | Pennsylvania | Marked by the Tri-State Monument in Port Jervis, New York by the confluence of the Delaware and Neversink Rivers. |
| New Mexico | Oklahoma | Texas | Texomex Marker |
| North Carolina | Tennessee | Virginia | Marked. |
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