News Outreach Publications Trails Viewpoint Volunteer Text and map copied from referenced out of print book. Continue along Mountain Road for about two miles until you see Buttermilk Falls on the left.
Parking is available on the west side of the road.
Buttermilk Falls is a picturesque waterfall right by the road. It gains or loses character depending on the amount of water cascading over it. From the waterfall, the trail goes south along the road for a short distance, then turns left and climbs around to the top of the falls. The trail continues uphill, crossing the Woods Road Trail, and ends at the Appalachian Trail, 1.2 miles north of Crater Lake. Turn right on Woods Road for one mile to the beaver dam, and continue past it to Hemlock Pond.