Middle Buttermilk Falls is a waterfall on Buttermilk Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the Northern Allegheny Plateau region, with a total height of about 25 feet. It lies about 7.3 miles west of Clarks Summit and roughly 10 miles west of Scranton as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Pennsylvania, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 28 feet; it ranks 70th of 133. The tallest single drop is 18 feet.
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. Buttermilk Creek carries 3 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 30 feet.
There are 8 recorded waterfalls in Wyoming County. Upper Buttermilk Falls, 20 feet high, is under a mile away. Buttermilk Falls, 30 feet high, is under a mile away. Osterhout Falls, a horsetail waterfall, is about 4.2 miles away.
Middle Buttermilk Falls is located at 41.4612° N, 75.8444° 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.