Hydes Falls is a stretch of rapids on Missisquoi River in Franklin County, Vermont, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 6.6 miles east of Swanton as the crow flies.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment. Missisquoi River carries 2 recorded rapids, and Hydes Falls is the tallest of them.
Franklin County holds 2 recorded rapids, and several are close by. Richford Falls, is about 16.1 miles away. Little Falls, 1 feet high, is about 21.3 miles away. Ithiel Falls, is about 23.4 miles away.
Hydes Falls is located at 44.9310° N, 72.9901° 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 rapid yet.