Buttermilk Falls is a 59-foot waterfall on Hancock Brook in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, in the Northeastern Coastal Zone region. It lies about 2.4 miles south of Terryville and roughly 3.5 miles southwest of Bristol as the crow flies.
At 59 feet it is among the ten tallest of the 53 Connecticut waterfalls with a recorded height, ranking 7th. By form it is a tiered waterfall, falling in several distinct steps one after another. It falls in 3 drops.
The Northeastern Coastal Zone is a rolling, glaciated lowland of oak-pine forest, stony soils and dense settlement from Boston to Long Island Sound. Waterfalls are small, often on former mill streams over granite ledges.
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region holds 10 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Hancock Brook Cascades, a 25-foot cascade waterfall, is about 3.7 miles away. Cussgutter Brook Cascades, a cascade waterfall, is about 4 miles away. Great Unconformity Falls, a tiered waterfall, is about 4.6 miles away.
Buttermilk Falls is located at 41.6441° N, 73.0067° 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.