Youngs River Falls, Cascade waterfall near Astoria, Oregon.

Youngs River Falls is a waterfall near Astoria, Oregon, where the water drops roughly 55 feet (17 meters) in a wide cascade formation. The falling water collects in a deep pool surrounded by thick forest on all sides.

The first Americans to report the falls were members of a hunting party from the Lewis and Clark Expedition, in March 1806. The falls later appeared in the films 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; in April 2016 Joseph T. Nestor, a 34-year-old Astoria man, fell and died from his injuries there.

The waterfall has served as a filming location for popular movies over the years, bringing attention to this remote spot in the forest. This role in cinema has made it known beyond the local area.

The falls sit about 10 miles (16 km) south of Astoria in central Clatsop County. Visitors reach the base on foot; the site has no guardrails at the top, and two deaths followed jumps or falls there, in July 2014 and April 2016. Stay back from the lip and off the wet rocks.

Members of the Lewis and Clark Expedition's hunting party were the first Americans to report the falls, in March 1806. The 54-foot drop later appeared on screen in Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Benji the Hunted and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.