"You’ll see Buttermilk Falls the minute you drive into this state park. It looms above as a frothy white cascade, 80-feet wide. It’s comprised of two segments, called First Fall and Second Fall, each approximately 90-feet high. At the base is a dammed swimming area. Buttermilk Creek drops 500 feet in a series of waterfalls and rapids, on its way to Cayuga Inlet. Above Buttermilk Falls, the gorge widens to an amphitheater where rocks project in a semicircle forming Pulpit Rock and Pulpit Falls. Farther up, you’ll find Pinnacle Rock, also called Monument Rock or Steeple Rock. This 50-feet high stone pillar stands in the center of the glen, detached from the sides. Pinnacle Rock has worn down at a rate of one inch per century."

--Rich & Sue Freeman, 200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York: A Finders' Guide (Footprint Press).