Scenic Corridor Sunset

[AlanLichty]

One of the more interesting sections of the Oregon coastline is the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor. This area was once proposed as a national park in the 1920s by the corridor's namesake and the first superintendent of Oregon Parks but the NPS folks never followed through with the proposal. Oregon Parks dedicated the section of US101 between Pistol River and Brookings as a Scenic Corridor upon Boardman's retirement.

This is a late afternoon capture from an unnamed viewpoint along the corridor.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Ben Egbert]

Very scenic Alan.

 

[JimFox]

That’s a great viewpoint Alan. The Boardman SP or SC was an area that caught my eye with how it was almost like stepping stones along the coastline being broken up into little pieces.

As awesome as it is, I am not sure I could see it as a National Park though.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very scenic Alan.

Thanks Ben.

That’s a great viewpoint Alan. The Boardman SP or SC was an area that caught my eye with how it was almost like stepping stones along the coastline being broken up into little pieces.

As awesome as it is, I am not sure I could see it as a National Park though.

Thanks Jim - stepping stones is a good descriptor for all of the turnouts for the various viewpoints along the corridor. The National Parks System folks apparently agreed with you about it not really being suitable for a park. With the steep mountains on the east and the Pacific down steep cliffs on the west its a pretty narrow corridor for being much of a park.

There is a trail that along the whole length of the corridor that is also part of the Oregon Coast Trail system but its not for the faint of heart. I have hiked a couple of sections of it looking for more photo vantage points and can attest that it is not even vaguely flat like US101 right nearby - in fact the trail can be quite steep as the trail crosses all of the small drainages along the way. There aren't all that many neat viewpoints along the trail that aren't covered by one of the many turnouts along US101 from the sections I have hiked.

 

[BlackRockArt]

One of the more interesting sections of the Oregon coastline is the Samuel Boardman Scenic Corridor. This area was once proposed as a national park in the 1920s by the corridor's namesake and the first superintendent of Oregon Parks but the NPS folks never followed through with the proposal. Oregon Parks dedicated the section of US101 between Pistol River and Brookings as a Scenic Corridor upon Boardman's retirement.

This is a late afternoon capture from an unnamed viewpoint along the corridor.

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C&C always welcome.

Alan, nice spot, I never saw it on the map when I was driving back a few years ago. thanks for sharing.

Oliver

 

[AlanLichty]

Alan, nice spot, I never saw it on the map when I was driving back a few years ago. thanks for sharing.

Oliver

Thanks Oliver - I had no clue what/where the scenic corridor was when I took this shot quite a number of years ago. I was simply driving up towards Gold Beach from Eureka and spotted the sky color and decided to pull off and shoot it. The signage isn't all that prominent and for the average driver wandering along US101 if you miss the sign that says you are entering the corridor you will never have a clue you are in it. I had been driving up and down US101 for over 10 years before I really became aware of what all there was to see and where the scenic corridor started and stopped.