Buttermilk Lower Falls
Windsor County, Vermont
Your visit at a glance
- Waterfall height
- Not recorded
- Location
- Windsor County, Vermont
- Access status
- Partial guide: public trail; parking spot and exact lower-falls position not described
- The walk
- 0.5-mile trail to the falls (Vermont River Conservancy)
- Ground & access
- Short trail beside the brook. Pools are deep; the conservancy warns of a risk of drowning.
Buttermilk Falls is a series of waterfalls and swimming pools on Branch Brook in Ludlow. The site is owned by the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation, and the Vermont River Conservancy says public access is allowed. From Ludlow, take Route 100 north, turn left on Route 103, and turn right after about 1.5 miles onto Buttermilk Falls Road; follow it to the end. The falls and the brook are along the abandoned stretch of old Route 103, and a short trail leads to them. The lower falls drops into a deep pool about 25 feet wide. No source says exactly where on the trail the lower falls is.
Plan your visit
End of Buttermilk Falls Road off Route 103, then the short trail along Branch Brook (the abandoned stretch of old Route 103) to the falls
The Vermont River Conservancy says a short 0.5-mile trail leads to the falls. It does not say whether that reaches the lower falls or the first falls along the brook.
Short trail beside the brook. Pools are deep; the conservancy warns of a risk of drowning.
Where to start
The conservancy directions go to the end of Buttermilk Falls Road. No specific parking area is described.
Timing & water
The conservancy says the falls are strongest in spring and after rain and become small twists of water in midsummer.
Before you go
No fee is mentioned. No booking is needed.
Visitor informationVisit sources
More waterfalls nearby
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