Fun fact: Colorado isn't a perfect rectangle (besides the lines of longitude converging). It's legally defined as straight lines between certain points that sur

Fun fact: Colorado isn't a perfect rectangle (besides the lines of longitude converging). It's legally defined as straight lines between certain points that surveyors tried to make straight, but didn't get it exactly right. For example, see this part of the western border: https://goo.gl/maps/BKgwJ4bMfjF2 https://goo.gl/maps/BKgwJ4bMfjF2 http://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/kink-in-utahs-border/ http://geology.utah.gov/map-pub/survey-notes/glad-you-asked/... Another kink in the souther border: https://www.google.com/maps/@36.988568,-106.87603,12z https://www.google.com/maps/@36.988568,-106.87603,12z Credit to this blog: http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/colorado-not-rectangle/ http://www.howderfamily.com/blog/colorado-not-rectangle/