Higley Falls is a waterfall on Raquette River in St. Lawrence County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 6 miles south of Hannawa Falls and roughly 99.9 miles north of Utica as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a dam-created falls, where a man-made structure creates the drop.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools. Raquette River carries 15 recorded waterfalls along its course.
St. Lawrence County holds 58 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Colton Falls, 60 feet high, is about 1.8 miles away. Middle Colton Falls, is about 2.1 miles away. Lower Colton Falls, is about 2.3 miles away.
Higley Falls is located at 44.5306° N, 74.9319° 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.