Mooney Falls is a waterfall on Hemp Patch Branch aka Mooney Creek in Macon County, North Carolina, in the Blue Ridge region. It lies about 9.9 miles northwest of Mountain City and roughly 63.7 miles west of Greenville as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 2 drops.
The Blue Ridge is the highest part of the southern Appalachians, a range of forested peaks and coves with oak, hickory, tulip poplar and hemlock and spruce-fir on the summits, in one of the wettest climates in the East. Steep mountain streams drop over granite, gneiss and quartzite ledges, giving the region hundreds of waterfalls.
Macon County holds 49 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Big Laurel Falls, a 20-foot tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. High Falls, a 140-foot tiered waterfall, is about 2 miles away. Bull Cove Falls, a 40-foot tiered waterfall, is about 3.1 miles away.
Mooney Falls is located at 35.0286° N, 83.4975° 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.