H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor

{{Short description|Scenic route in Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

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| name = H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor

| photo = Van duzer state scenic corridor.jpg

| photo_width = 300

| photo_caption = Rest stop in the Van Duzer Corridor

| map = Oregon#USA

| map_width = 220

| type = Public, state

| location = Lincoln, Polk, and Tillamook counties, Oregon, U.S.

| nearest_city = Lincoln City

| coords = {{coord|45.0442774|N|123.802613|W|region:US-OR_source:gnis|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coords_ref = {{cite gnis |id=1151724 |name=H B Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor |access-date=June 26, 2011}}

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| operator = Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

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H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor is a {{convert|12|mi|km|adj=on}} scenic driving route along Route 18 in Lincoln, Tillamook, and Polk counties in the U.S. state of Oregon that passes through a forested corridor. The Van Duzer Corridor stretches from northwestern Polk County to Lincoln City, passing through the Northern Oregon Coast Range.

The forest corridor was named for Henry B. Van Duzer, a member of the Oregon State Highway Commission and president of the Inman Poulson Logging Company, who was appointed by Governor I. L. Patterson as the first chairman of the Oregon State Parks Commission in 1929.{{cite web |url= https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/agency/Pages/transportation.aspx |title=Department of Transportation Records Guide: Agency History—1914–1939 |publisher=Oregon State Archives |access-date=February 10, 2012}} The land, purchased by the State of Oregon between 1935 and 1942,{{cite book |last=Bannan |first=Jan Gumprecht |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6ARUE9X3lgQC&q=%22Oregon%20State%20Parks%3A%20A%20Complete%20Recreation%20Guide%22&pg=PA90 |title=Oregon State Parks: A Complete Recreation Guide |year=2002 |publisher=Mountaineers Books |isbn=0-89886-794-0 |access-date=June 26, 2011}} is managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, which also maintains a scenic rest stop on the route.

An old growth Douglas-fir forest is located along the Salmon River.{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_222.php |title=H. B. Van Duzer Forest State Scenic Corridor |publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department |access-date=August 1, 2008}} Roosevelt elk can be seen along the route.