Button Falls is a waterfall on Mettawee River in Rutland County, Vermont, in the Northeastern Highlands region, with a total height of about 17 feet. It lies about 2.1 miles southeast of Granville and roughly 53.9 miles northeast of Schenectady as the crow flies.
At 17 feet it is on the modest side for Vermont, where the typical waterfall with a recorded height stands around 30 feet; it ranks 115th of 158. The water comes down as 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; the biggest of them reaches 25 feet.
There are 16 recorded waterfalls in Rutland County. Butternut Bend Falls, a 25-foot punchbowl waterfall, is about 1.4 miles away. Mill Grove Place Falls, is about 3.3 miles away across the state line in New York. Ben Reed Falls, is about 3.5 miles away across the state line in New York.
Button Falls is located at 43.3929° N, 73.2243° 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.