Youngs River Falls


Youngs River Falls is a tall waterfall on the Youngs River in central Clatsop County, northwestern Oregon, United States. They are located about south of Astoria.

History

The first Americans to report on the falls were members of a hunting party from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, in March 1806.

In the media

The falls have appeared in movies such as , 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 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.