Buttermilk Falls is a waterfall in Herkimer County, New York, in the Eastern Great Lakes Lowlands region. It lies about 0.8 miles northwest of Little Falls and roughly 18.6 miles east of Utica as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
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.
Herkimer County holds 19 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Little Falls, is about 1 miles away. Faville Falls, is about 4.8 miles away. High Falls, is about 5.9 miles away.
Buttermilk Falls is located at 43.0525° N, 74.8692° 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 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.