Bittersweet Falls is a waterfall on Beaver Brook in Addison County, Vermont, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region, with a total height of about 18 feet. It lies about 2.6 miles northwest of Middlebury (village) and roughly 91.5 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 18 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 111th of 158. The water comes down as a segmented waterfall, splitting into two or more separate streams as it falls.
The Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands are a rolling plain of farmland and mixed forest south of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Creeks cut gorges through layered limestone and shale, dropping over ledges in waterfalls, most famously along the Niagara Escarpment.
There are 27 recorded waterfalls in Addison County. Middlebury Falls, an 18-foot block waterfall, is about 2.7 miles away. Huntington Falls, a dam waterfall, is about 3 miles away. Dog Team Falls, a 6-foot block waterfall, is about 3.2 miles away.
Bittersweet Falls is located at 44.0300° N, 73.2175° 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.