Buttermilk Falls is one of the recorded waterfalls on Highland Brook in Orange County, New York, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 0.2 miles east of Highland Falls and roughly 24.1 miles north of Greenburgh as the crow flies.
No height measurement has been recorded for it yet.
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.
There are 10 recorded waterfalls in Orange County. Indian Falls, 25 feet high, is about 2.9 miles away. Foundary Brook Falls, is about 3.5 miles away. Hell Hole Falls, 10 feet high, is about 3.6 miles away.
Buttermilk Falls is located at 41.3701° N, 73.9624° 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.