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
Stadium
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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
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
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.37° or 41° 22′ 12″ northLongitude
-73.96194° or 73° 57′ 43″ westElevation
52 feet (16 metres)Open location code
87H892CQ+26GeoNames ID
7154511
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