Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: The average distance between the Earth and the Sun is 149,590,787 km or 92,951,640 mi. This distance is called an Astronomical Unit (AU). The orbit of the Earth deviates a bit from a circle, so the distance between the Earth and the Sun isn't always the same.
The Oregon Trail and modern-day Interstate 84 wind and meander through the Blue Mountains in NE Oregon. Here are the oldest mountains in the state. The sub-ranges of the Blue Mountains were once an arc of volcanic islands thousands of miles south and further west in a giant ocean called Panthalassa.
A full description is in Douglas Lorain's 100 Classic Hikes of Oregon.. The off-trail section is pretty straightforward, especially when hiking clockwise from Three Creeks Lake. The route is through open country downhill to the southwest, until you hit the Broken Top Crater Ditch trail.