Butternut Hill Cascades is a waterfall on Mad River in Washington County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 6 feet. It lies about 7.9 miles southwest of Moretown and roughly 105.8 miles northwest of Manchester as the crow flies.
At 6 feet it is one of the lowest falls in the state’s records: of the 158 Vermont waterfalls with a documented height only 0 are shorter, while the typical Vermont waterfall stands around 30 feet. The water comes down as a cascade, descending over a series of rock steps rather than in a single drop.
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. Mad River carries 5 recorded waterfalls; the biggest of them reaches 20 feet.
There are 41 recorded waterfalls in Washington County. Punch Bowl, The, a slide waterfall, is under a mile away. Madbush Falls, a tiered waterfall, is under a mile away. Trout Hollow, a 20-foot cascade waterfall, is about 2.9 miles away.
Butternut Hill Cascades is located at 44.1515° N, 72.8398° 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.