Buttermilk Falls
New Jersey · 279-foot drop · Last verified 2026-05-15
Today at Buttermilk Falls: mostly cloudy, 62°F.
Right now
Overnight
62°F
Mostly Cloudy
Tuesday
76°F
Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms
Today's daylight
Sunrise 5:50 AM · Sunset 8:20 PM · 14h 30m
Snapshot built 14m ago. Sources: NWS PHI.
Buttermilk Falls is a waterfall in New Jersey. It drops roughly 279 feet. Access details and conditions have not yet been verified in person by Fallspots — the data on this page comes from OpenStreetMap and USGS GNIS.
Buttermilk Falls is in New Jersey. The base sits at roughly 594 feet of elevation. Drive time is about 4 minutes from Crandon Lakes. OpenStreetMap shows a trail within 0 meters of the marked location, though the name isn't recorded. No public parking is recorded within 2 km, so a longer approach is likely. This is one of the more frequently visited falls in the state by our popularity model. Source records come from OpenStreetMap.
There are many waterfalls in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, a national recreation area managed by the National Park Service in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
When to go (from the climate data, not our opinion)
Monthly averages from Open-Meteo's reanalysis dataset (2020–2024). Highlighted months are when we think the waterfall is at its best — but the numbers are the numbers regardless.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip (in) | Snow days |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 39 | 25 | 4 | 10 |
| Feb | 43 | 24 | 3.4 | 9.2 |
| Mar | 51 | 32 | 4.4 | 4.8 |
| Apr | 60 | 40 | 5 | 1.8 |
| May | 70 | 49 | 4.1 | 0.4 |
| Jun | 80 | 59 | 3.4 | 0 |
| Jul | 86 | 66 | 3.7 | 0 |
| Aug | 83 | 64 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Sep | 74 | 57 | 5 | 0 |
| Oct | 65 | 47 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
| Nov | 53 | 36 | 3 | 2.8 |
| Dec | 43 | 29 | 4.2 | 6.8 |
Source: Open-Meteo Historical Weather API · ERA5 reanalysis 2020–2024.
Compare to nearby falls
If this one isn't the right fit, here's how it stacks up against the closest documented falls. Every column is filterable on the site — not buried in 13,000 reviews.
| Waterfall | Distance | Height | Trail | Dogs | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buttermilk Falls (this page) | — | 279 ft | — | — | — |
| Silver Spray Waterfall | 1 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Tillman Falls | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Tumbling Waters | 2 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Lower Indian Ladder Falls | 4 mi | — | — | — | — |
| Pennell Falls | 6 mi | — | — | — | — |
Side-by-side comparisons
Buttermilk Falls compared head-to-head with other documented falls — height, access, fees, dogs, swimmability in one row each.
Related waterfalls
Similar height (~279 ft)
- Hard Scrabble Falls280 ft
- Kanim Falls280 ft
- Tribulation Falls277 ft
- Goat Falls282 ft
- Salt Creek Falls286 ft
Questions visitors ask about Buttermilk Falls
Answers built from our structured data. If a question isn't here, the fact is unverified — we'd rather omit than guess.
How tall is Buttermilk Falls?
Buttermilk Falls is 279 feet (85 m) tall. Height is sourced from Wikidata.
How far is Buttermilk Falls from a major city?
Buttermilk Falls is 3 miles from Crandon Lakes (about 4 minutes' drive).
More waterfalls in New Jersey
Where it is
41.1365, -74.8886
Sources and live status
Where we got the data, and where to check current conditions before you drive.
Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_in_the_Delaware_Water_Gap
Wikidata (Q116981340)
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116981340
Last verified by Fallspots: 2026-05-15
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