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Location | Clatsop County, Oregon, United States |
Coordinates | 46°04′01″N 123°47′23″W / 46.067053°N 123.789859°W [1] |
Type | Cascade |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) [2] |
Total height | 54 ft (16 m) [2] |
Number of drops | 1 |
Total width | 45 ft (14 m) |
Watercourse | Youngs River |
Youngs River Falls is a 54-foot (16 m) tall [2] waterfall on the Youngs River in central Clatsop County, northwestern Oregon, United States. [1] 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. [2]
The falls have appeared in movies such as Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Benji the Hunted and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. [2]
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." [3] In April 2016, Joseph T. Nestor, a 34-year-old Astoria man, fell and died from injuries at the falls. [4]
Youngs River Falls | |
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Location | Clatsop County, Oregon, United States |
Coordinates | 46°04′01″N 123°47′23″W / 46.067053°N 123.789859°W [1] |
Type | Cascade |
Elevation | 10 ft (3 m) [2] |
Total height | 54 ft (16 m) [2] |
Number of drops | 1 |
Total width | 45 ft (14 m) |
Watercourse | Youngs River |
Youngs River Falls is a 54-foot (16 m) tall [2] waterfall on the Youngs River in central Clatsop County, northwestern Oregon, United States. [1] 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. [2]
The falls have appeared in movies such as Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Benji the Hunted and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III. [2]
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." [3] In April 2016, Joseph T. Nestor, a 34-year-old Astoria man, fell and died from injuries at the falls. [4]