Buttermilk Falls is a waterfall on Limestone Creek in Madison County, New York, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region. It lies about 2.9 miles southeast of Canastota and roughly 22 miles east of Syracuse as the crow flies.
Its height has not been recorded in the source data.
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. Limestone Creek carries 2 recorded waterfalls along its course.
Madison County holds 9 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Oxbow Falls, is about 2.1 miles away. Perryville Falls, 150 feet high, is about 5.5 miles away. Chittenango Falls, a 167-foot tiered plunge waterfall, is about 8.2 miles away.
Buttermilk Falls is located at 43.0491° N, 75.7116° 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.