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Information about Lower Buttermilk Falls: |
Name: Lower Buttermilk Falls |
County: Greene |
Region: Kaaterskill Clove |
Location: Buttermilk Ravine |
Order within ravine: 10th of 10 drops (1=highest elevation) |
Order within waterfall: 1 of 1 (1=highest elevation) |
Total Height: 46' (GPS inf 2010) |
Top Elevation: 1,078 |
Bottom Elevation: 1,032 |
Type of Waterfall: Cascade |
Number of Drops: 1 |
GPS location: N42 10.928 W74 04.042 |
WGS84 location: 42.182133, -74.067367 |
Deg, Min, Sec location: N42 10 55, W74 04 02 |
UTM location: 18N 577018, 4670420 |
Named: 1800's |
Previous or Alternate Names: none known |
Description: Lower Buttermilk Falls are located at the very bottom of Buttermilk Ravine. They are a 46' cascade. They are also directly opposite of the Kiersted Tannery off the old Rip Van Winkle Road (now closed). These falls can be visited at any water level. But, to cross the Kaaterskill Creek the water level MUST be low. |
Hiking Distance: ~1 mile from the parking lot below Bastion Falls. |
Elevation Loss: 300 from Rt 23a Parking lot below Bastion Falls. |
Map No: VO: N/A - TC: Map #141 - NG: N/A - USGS: Kaaterskill Quad |
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Known Access Safety: Kaaterskill Creek can only be crossed at low water |
Known Access Safety: Must bushwhack down to Lake Creek |
Unattractions:Must bushwhack down to old Rip Van Winkle Road |
Access Methods: Hike |
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Directions to Trail Head from New York State Thruway (Easist, not the shortest): |
GPS Coordinates to DEC Parking Lot: N42 11.137 W74 04.243 (WGS84: 42.185617, -74.070717) - Elevation is approximately 1,336 feet |
Take New York State Thruway to Exit 21 (Catskill). |
Take a left out of the NYS Thruway entrance road. |
Go approximately 3/4 mile |
Take a right onto Route 23 West |
Go approximately 6.6 miles to Cairo, NY |
Take a LEFT onto Rt 32. McDonalds Rest. on corner. |
Go approximately 7.7 miles on Rt 32 |
Take a RIGHT onto Rt 23A |
Go approximately 5.0 miles on Rt 23A . |
Park in the Parking Lot on the LEFT side (south side) of the road BEFORE Bastion Falls. |