Stella Falls is a 51-foot waterfall on Fall Creek in Cowlitz County, Washington, in the Coast Range region. It lies about 5.8 miles west of West Longview and roughly 44 miles northwest of Vancouver as the crow flies.
At 51 feet it is on the modest side for Washington, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 82 feet; it ranks 614th of 941. By form it is a horsetail, where the water keeps some contact with the bedrock as it falls.
The Coast Range is a belt of steep, deeply dissected hills along the Pacific, wrapped in dense temperate rainforest of Douglas fir, western hemlock, Sitka spruce and red alder. Heavy winter rain feeds short, fast creeks lined with ferns, salmonberry and moss that drop steeply toward the ocean or the Columbia. Fall Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 1,267 feet.
Cowlitz County holds 26 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Abernathy Falls, a cascade waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Harmony Creek Falls, is about 3.5 miles away. Coal Creek Falls, is about 4 miles away.
Stella Falls is located at 46.1912° N, 123.1154° W. The listing is based on the World Waterfall Database, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The creek name is confirmed against the federal Geographic Names Information System. The exact position has not yet been verified on aerial imagery, so treat the map pin as approximate. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.