Carpenter Falls is a 67-foot waterfall on Bear Swamp Creek in Cayuga County, New York, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region. It lies about 7.9 miles northeast of Moravia and roughly 19.1 miles southwest of Syracuse as the crow flies.
At 67 feet it is taller than the typical New York waterfall of about 50.5 feet, ranking 78th of 184 with a recorded height. By form it is a plunge, where the water drops vertically and loses contact with the rock face.
The Northern Allegheny Plateau is a dissected upland of rolling hills and deep valleys in New York and Pennsylvania, with northern hardwood forest and dairy farms. Creeks cut through layered shale and sandstone in gorges lined with waterfalls, as in the Finger Lakes glens. Bear Swamp Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Carpenter Falls is the tallest of them.
Cayuga County holds 18 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Angel Falls, 62 feet high, is under a mile away. Bucktail Falls, 35 feet high, is about 5.2 miles away. Rice Brook Falls, is about 5.5 miles away.
Carpenter Falls is located at 42.8115° N, 76.3430° 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.