Moody Falls is a waterfall on Raquette River in St. Lawrence County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 22 feet. It lies about 13.8 miles northwest of Tupper Lake and roughly 87.5 miles north of Utica as the crow flies.
At 22 feet it is on the modest side for New York, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 50.5 feet; it ranks 146th of 184.
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; the biggest of them reaches 60 feet.
There are 58 recorded waterfalls in St. Lawrence County. Jamestown Falls, 20 feet high, is under a mile away. Carry Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 8.7 miles away. Stark Falls, is about 10 miles away.
Moody Falls is located at 44.3113° N, 74.7151° 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.