Waterfall 12 mi NE of Bay City is a waterfall in Tillamook County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 210 feet. It lies about 12.2 miles northeast of Bay City and roughly 33.1 miles west of Hillsboro as the crow flies.
At 210 feet it stands in the tallest quarter of Oregon’s 425 waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 39th; the typical Oregon waterfall is about 54 feet.
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.
There are 57 recorded waterfalls in Tillamook County. Kilchis Falls, a 100-foot plunge waterfall, is under a mile away. Waterfall 14 mi NE of Bay City, is about 1.6 miles away. Waterfall 12 mi NE of Bay City, 225 feet high, is about 1.7 miles away.
Waterfall 12 mi NE of Bay City is located at 45.6025° N, 123.6655° 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 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.