Buttermilk Falls

Buttermilk Falls is an overfalls in Orange County, New York. Buttermilk Falls is situated nearby to the village Highland Falls, as well as near the hamlet Glenclyffe.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Mark’s Baptist Church and Michie Stadium.

St. Mark’s Baptist Church

Church

Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Mark's Baptist Church, formerly known as Methodist Episcopal Church of Highland Falls, is a historic Baptist church located in the village of Highland Falls, Orange County, New York.

Michie Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York. The home field for the Army Black Knights, it opened in 1924 and has a seating capacity of 30,000 for the 2024 and 2025 seasons.

Sugarloaf Hill

Peak

Sugarloaf Hill is a 785 ft peak along the Hudson River in Putnam County, New York, part of the Hudson Highlands. It was named by the Dutch for its resemblance in outline to a sugarloaf when sailing up the river towards it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highland Falls and Garrison.

Highland Falls

Village

Photo: Alexisrael, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Highland Falls, formerly named Buttermilk Falls, is a village in Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 3,684 at the 2020 census. The village was founded in 1906.

Garrison

Hamlet

Garrison is a hamlet in Putnam County, New York, United States. It is part of the town of Philipstown, on the east side of the Hudson River, across from the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Highlands

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Highlands is a city in Orange County in New York state. It is home to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Highlands includes the villages of Fort Montgomery and Highlands Falls.

Buttermilk Falls

Type: Overfalls
Also known as: “Boter Melck Val”
Category: body of water
Location: Orange County, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

41.37° or 41° 22′ 12″ north

Longitude

-73.96194° or 73° 57′ 43″ west

Elevation

52 feet (16 metres)

Open location code

87H892CQ+26

GeoNames ID

7154511

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Church of the Holy Innocents and Highland Falls Marina.

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