New Jersey
Buttermilk Falls
30 mi from New York · ~50 min drive
No height recorded
Buttermilk Falls is a named waterfall in New Jersey — about 30 miles from New York, NY. Full visit details below.
- State
- New Jersey
- Nearest city
- New York, NY · 30 mi · ~50 min drive
- Coordinates
- 40.5858°, -74.5574°
From Wikipedia: Middle Brook is a tributary of the Raritan River in Somerset County, New Jersey. The stream can be referred to as Rha-weigh-weiros, a Native American name meaning "running from a deep hole", on early maps of the area. Excerpt from the Wikipedia article on Middle Brook (Raritan River tributary), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Visiting Buttermilk Falls
The exact location is at 40.5858°, -74.5574° — open in Google Maps for driving directions from your location.
Before you go: check current conditions with the appropriate land manager — state parks department, U.S. Forest Service ranger district, or National Park Service unit. Trail access, parking, water levels, and seasonal closures all vary. Several waterfalls in our database are seasonal and may run dry between mid-summer and the next rainy season.
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Stay nearby
Driving in? The nearest documented metro is New York, NY — 30 miles away (~50 min drive).
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Sources
Location and tag data for Buttermilk Falls comes from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL license) ; the Wikipedia article linked above provides additional history. We do not modify the underlying data — this page presents what's already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page or contact us.