Stella Falls is a waterfall on Little Nestucca River in Tillamook County, Oregon, in the Coast Range region, with a total height of about 15 feet. It lies about 6.4 miles southeast of Pacific City and roughly 43.5 miles west of Salem as the crow flies.
At 15 feet it is on the modest side for Oregon, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 54 feet; it ranks 373rd of 425. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Little Nestucca River carries 3 recorded waterfalls, and Stella Falls is the tallest of them.
There are 57 recorded waterfalls in Tillamook County. Upton Falls, 10 feet high, is under a mile away. Gunaldo Falls, a 40-foot horsetail waterfall, is about 6.1 miles away. Little Nestucca Falls, is about 6.3 miles away.
Stella Falls is located at 45.1265° N, 123.8879° 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 position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this waterfall yet.