Exhibit 5.1

		Hogan Lovells US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 T +1 202 637 5600 F +1 202 637 5910 www.hoganlovells.com

December 5, 2016

Board of Directors

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.

591 Redwood Highway, Suite 1150

Mill Valley, California 94941

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are acting as counsel to Four Corners Property Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) of the Company, having an aggregate offering price of up to $150,000,000 (the “Shares”), pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated December 5, 2016 (the “Agreement”), among the Company, Four Corners Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Barclays Capital Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated. The offering of the Shares by the Company is being made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated December 5, 2016 and the accompanying base prospectus dated December 5, 2016 (such documents, collectively, the “Prospectus”) that form part of the Company’s effective registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-214908) (the “Registration Statement”). This opinion letter is furnished to you at your request to enable you to fulfill the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K, 17 C.F.R. § 229.601(b)(5), in connection with the Registration Statement.

For purposes of this opinion letter, we have examined copies of such agreements, instruments and documents as we have deemed an appropriate basis on which to render the opinions hereinafter expressed. In our examination of the aforesaid documents, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the accuracy and completeness of all documents submitted to us, the authenticity of all original documents, and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies (including telecopies). We also have assumed that the Shares will not be issued in violation of the ownership limit contained in the Company’s Articles of Amendment and Restatement. As to all matters of fact, we have relied on the representations and statements of fact made in the documents so reviewed, and we have not independently established the facts so relied on. This opinion letter is given, and all statements herein are made, in the context of the foregoing.

This opinion letter is based as to matters of law solely on the applicable provisions of Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended. We express no opinion herein as to any other laws, statutes, ordinances, rules or regulations.

Based upon, subject to and limited by the foregoing, we are of the opinion that following (i) execution and delivery by the Company and the Operating Partnership of the Agreement, (ii) authorization by the Company’s Board of Directors, or authorization by a duly authorized pricing committee thereof, within the limitations established by resolutions duly adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors and duly authorized pricing committee thereof and in each case made available to us, of the terms pursuant to which the Shares may be sold pursuant to the Agreement, (iii) authorization by a duly authorized executive officer, designated by the pricing committee to approve placement notices under the Agreement, of the terms of each placement notice issued consistent with the foregoing and pursuant to which the Shares may be sold pursuant to the Agreement, (iv) issuance of the Shares pursuant to the terms established by the Board of Directors and the pricing committee thereof and the terms of the applicable placement notice, and (v) receipt by the Company of the proceeds for the Shares sold pursuant to such terms and such applicable placement notice, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

This opinion letter has been prepared for use in connection with the filing by the Company of a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the offer and sale of the Shares, which Form 8-K will be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and Prospectus, and speaks as of the date hereof. We assume no obligation to advise you of any changes in the foregoing subsequent to the delivery of this letter.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as Exhibit 5.1 to the above-described Form 8-K and to the reference to this firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Prospectus. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are an “expert” within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Hogan Lovells US LLP

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

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