Butternut Bend Falls is a 25-foot waterfall on Mettawee River in Rutland County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region. It lies about 2.8 miles southeast of Granville and roughly 52.6 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 25 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 86th of 158. By form it is a punchbowl, where the water is forced through a narrow gap into a large pool.
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. Mettawee River carries 2 recorded waterfalls, and Butternut Bend Falls is the tallest of them.
Rutland County holds 16 recorded waterfalls, and several are close by. Button Falls, a 17-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Mill Grove Place Falls, is about 1.9 miles away across the state line in New York. Ben Reed Falls, is about 2.2 miles away across the state line in New York.
Butternut Bend Falls is located at 43.3728° N, 73.2303° 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.