Brighton, Franklin County, NY Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
2,890 ft 880 m2,540 ft 775 m2,370 ft 720 m2,010 ft 615 m1,660 ft 505 m1,490 ft 455 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town boundaries (US Census).
Elevation Data
Brighton, Franklin County sits at about 1,660 ft (505 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
1,660 ft 505 m
most residents: 1,630–2,000 ft
Lowest
1,490 ft 455 m
on the northwest side
Highest
2,890 ft 880 m
on the north side
Average
1,740 ft 530 m
all land inside town boundaries
Brighton, Franklin County spans about 1,400 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 1,660 ft505 m |
| Highest point Inside town boundaries, on the north side | 2,890 ft880 m |
| Lowest point Inside town boundaries, on the northwest side | 1,490 ft455 m |
| Airport (SLK) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 1.7 mi south of the town boundaries | 1,663 ft507 m |
| Average of all land | 1,740 ft530 m |
| Nearest peak Moose Mountain, Essex County, 8.1 mi southeast of the town boundaries | 3,890 ft1,185 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
10 mi south to north through the middle of Brighton, Franklin County.
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Franklin County, New York, United States
- Population
- 1,168 2024 est.
- Land area
- 77.9 sq mi + 5.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 15 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 44.4424° N, 74.2012° W
- Time zone
- Eastern UTC−5 / −4
- Landform region
- Adirondack
- Drains to
- Saint Regis River → Saint Lawrence River → Canada
- Airport
- Adirondack Regional (SLK) 1,663 ft
- ZIP codes 5
- 12939 12945 12970 12976 12983
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Lake Placid1,810 ft
- North Elba1,780 ft
- Franklin, Franklin County1,710 ft
- Brighton, Franklin County1,660 ft
- St. Armand1,650 ft
- Paul Smiths1,640 ft
- Harrietstown1,620 ft
- Santa Clara1,620 ft
- Saranac Lake1,590 ft
- Duane1,530 ft
- Wilmington1,090 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in New York95th highest of 2,097
- Towns in Franklin County2nd highest of 28
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Moose Mountain, Essex County3,890 ft
- Loon Lake Mountains3,328 ft
- Debar Mountain3,270 ft
- Saint Regis Mountain2,870 ft
- Kate Mountain2,840 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town boundaries, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town boundaries (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.