Youngs River Falls | |
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Youngs River Falls in late summer
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Location | Clatsop County, Oregon, United States |
Coordinates | 46°04′01″N 123°47′23″W / 46.067053°N 123.789859°WCoordinates: 46°04′01″N 123°47′23″W / 46.067053°N 123.789859°W |
Type | Cascade |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) |
Total height | 54 ft (16 m) |
Number of drops | 1 |
Total width | 45 ft (14 m) |
Watercourse | Youngs River |
Youngs River Falls is a 54-foot (16 m) tallwaterfall on the Youngs River in central Clatsop County, northwestern Oregon, United States. They are located about 10 miles (16 km) south of Astoria.
The first Americans to report on the falls were members of a hunting party from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, in March 1806.
The falls have appeared in movies such as Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Benji the Hunted and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.
In July 2014, Tod Gary Wagoner, of Williamsburg, Colorado, died after jumping from the falls, the "first [such] fatality at the falls in a while." In April 2016, Joseph T. Nestor, a 34-year-old Astoria man, fell and died from injuries at the falls.