Fourmile Canyon ~ From I-84, take exit 137, then drive four miles south on Hwy 19, east onto Eightmile Road for five miles, and then two miles to the site on Fourmile Canyon Road. Sections of this route follow gravel roads. This segment of the Oregon Trail was part of the difficult transit of the Columbia Plateau.
Located in the continent of Europe, Bulgaria covers 108,489 square kilometers of land and 2,390 square kilometers of water, making it the 105th largest nation in the world with a total area of 110,879 square kilometers. Bulgaria became an independent state in 1878, after gaining its sovereignty from Turkey.
The Balkan Peninsula, popularly referred to as the Balkans, is a geographical region of Southeast Europe. The region takes its name from the Balkan Mountains that stretch from the east of Serbia to the Black Sea at the east of Bulgaria.he Balkans meets the Adriatic Sea on the northwest, Ionian Sea on the southwest, the Mediterranean and Aegean Sea on the south and southeast, and the Black Sea on the east and northeast. The highest point of the Balkans is Mount Musala 2,925 metres (9,596 ft) on the Rila mountain range in Bulgaria.