Moonshine Falls is a waterfall on Paines Creek in Cayuga County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 7.8 miles south of Union Springs and roughly 35.2 miles southwest of Syracuse as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
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.
Cayuga County holds 18 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Clifton Falls, 30 feet high, is under a mile away. Hosmer Falls, is about 3.9 miles away. Oak Tree Falls, 30 feet high, is about 4.1 miles away.
Moonshine Falls is located at 42.7271° N, 76.6877° 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.