Buttermilk Falls is a waterfall on Buttermilk Falls Brook in Ulster County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 8.7 miles north of Brownville and roughly 60.5 miles southwest of Albany as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
The Northeastern Highlands are the mountains of northern New England and the Adirondacks, with spruce-fir on the summits and northern hardwood forest of maple, beech and birch below, and countless lakes and boulder-strewn brooks. Fast mountain streams drop over granite and gneiss ledges in chains of falls and pools.
Ulster County holds 49 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Peekamoose Falls, is about 1.1 miles away. High Falls, is about 2.8 miles away. Vernooy Falls, is about 4.2 miles away.
Buttermilk Falls is located at 41.9238° N, 74.4134° 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.