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About Mossy Falls

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This little falls can be challenging but rewarding to find. It's a secluded spot on the side of a gentle forested valley, with the creek making a sharp right turn just below the falls. There is little undercutting due to a lack of softer shale. Much of the 2 m high falls is comprised of a massive layer of dolostone.

The outcrop of bedrock, though not high, extends for about 30 m along just one side of the valley on either side of the falls. LIke most waterfalls in the Short HIlls Provincial Park, it dries up during summer.

This waterfall is coded yellow because it is difficult to reach. There are no trails, or only a weak path. When I visited this site, I approached from downstream. I visited Scout Falls, walked downstream and then back up the next valley.

It should also be possible to find this falls by following the Terrace Creek Trail (which isn't the one that follows Terrace Creek!). I haven't tried this route and it would require hiking off-trail. After leaving the closed road allowance follow the trail for about 800 m until the trail bottoms out and starts climbing again up to the left. Turn right, follow the valley and then turn right again into the Mossy Creek valley. If there is a trail here, I haven't found it.

Some Key Facts
Region Greater Toronto
County Niagara
Near Decew Falls
Watercourse Midway Creek
Watershed / % Lakes 0 / 0%
Ownership Short Hills Provincial Park
Landscape Forested
Size Small
Type Plunge
Modification Natural
Access Difficult
Top / Bottom Difficult / Difficult
Trail conditions Forest, no trail
Hiking Time 20 min
Coordinates 43.10026,-79.27739
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43.10225,-79.27215
Site ID WOO.NIA.022
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This page last updated on April 20, 2024. Earlier versions can be examined on Archive.org, dating back to 2003.