Moonshine Rapids is a stretch of rapids in Uintah County, Utah, in the Colorado Plateaus region. It lies about 17 miles east of Naples and roughly 103.1 miles north of Grand Junction as the crow flies.
The Colorado Plateaus are a high desert of layered sandstone mesas, canyons and plateaus with pinyon-juniper woodland and sagebrush. Waterfalls here are often seasonal, spilling over sandstone ledges after storms or snowmelt.
There are 11 recorded rapids in Uintah County. S O B Rapids, is under a mile away. Schoolboy Rapids, is about 1.7 miles away. Inglesby Rapids, is about 3 miles away.
Moonshine Rapids is located at 40.4741° N, 109.1824° W. The listing is based on the USGS Geographic Names Information System, one of the sources compiled by the U.S. Geological Survey in its inventory of waterfalls and rapids of the conterminous United States. The position was verified on aerial imagery. Details on trails, parking and access have not been documented for this rapid yet.