Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor

Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor is a 12-mile state park along Oregon’s southern coast, north of Brookings, where dense forest meets a steep, rugged shoreline of small beaches, creeks, arches, bridges, and offshore rocks and islands. Named for Oregon’s first parks superintendent, it took shape through state purchases beginning in 1949 and a major land donation in 1950 after a proposed national park failed to advance. The area preserves evidence of Native American use reaching back 10,000 to 12,000 years, as well as remnants of later mining. Today it is valued as a day-use coastal landscape known for hiking, old-growth forest, and dramatic scenery.

Oregon · United States