Upper Buttermilk Falls is a waterfall on Buttermilk Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region, with a total height of about 20 feet. It lies about 7.2 miles west of Clarks Summit and roughly 10 miles west of Scranton as the crow flies.
At 20 feet it is on the modest side for Pennsylvania, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 28 feet; it ranks 86th of 133.
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. Buttermilk Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
There are 8 recorded waterfalls in Wyoming County. Middle Buttermilk Falls, 25 feet high, is under a mile away. Buttermilk Falls, 30 feet high, is under a mile away. Osterhout Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
Upper Buttermilk Falls is located at 41.4619° N, 75.8439° 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.