Brighton New York Map
Explore Brighton, New York, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
Interactive Map of Brighton, New York
How to Use This Brighton, New York Map
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Brighton, New York. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of New York or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Brighton.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Brighton |
| State | New York (NY) |
| County | Otsego County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 43.118498 |
| Longitude | -77.580976 |
| Population | 37,137 |
| Density | 930.7 /km² |
| Incorporated | N/A |
| ZIP Codes | 13439, 14610 |
| Area Code | 315, 585 |
| County Seat | Cooperstown |
| School District | Brighton Central School District |
About Brighton, New York
Brighton is a locality in Otsego County, New York, United States. It has a population of 37,137. The population density is 930.7 people per km². Brighton is located at 43.1185°N, 77.5810°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP codes: 13439, 14610.Brighton occupies a landscape defined by the quiet persistence of Mink Creek, which carves a path through the earth less than a mile from the center of the terrain. It lies 19.1 miles south-southeast of Utica, NY (from Utica, NY: bearing 147°T), and is situated 19.3 miles southeast of New Hartford. The air here carries a crisp, inland clarity, far removed from the heavy humidity of the coast, often cooling as it drifts down from the distant Appalachian Mountains visible on the far horizon. Low, consistent slopes define the terrain, where the light at dusk settles in long, muted bands of gray and gold across the fields. Only two miles away, the surface of Canadarago Lake reflects the sky with a mirror-like stillness, grounding the region in a deep, terrestrial calm that persists through the changing seasons.
Brighton remains a place where the deliberate pace of local life is informed by the open spaces of the Village Of Richfield Land. The economy here functions with a steady, unadorned efficiency, honoring a legacy of land use that stretches back to the early days of regional settlement. Residents move through their days with a focus on the immediate tasks of the season, whether tending to the soil or managing the small-scale enterprises that keep the local pulse steady. The nearby terrain of Passage Gulf provides a sense of verticality to the otherwise level horizon, serving as a reminder of the geological forces that shaped this interior expanse. Every corner of Brighton reflects this balance, a quiet intersection of human industry and the enduring, silent presence of the surrounding woods.
Nearby Outdoor Places
- Town of Brighton Land (Local Park) — 0.2 mi, 147° SE
- Buckland Eagle (Public Artwork) — 0.3 mi, 192° S
- Rosebud War Memorial (Monument) — 0.6 mi, 031° NE
- New York State Lands (State Recreation Area) — 0.9 mi, 255° W
- Color Me Mine (Arts Centre) — 1.0 mi, 045° NE
- Monroe State Developmental Center (State Resource Management Area) — 1.0 mi, 277° W
- Erie Canal (State Recreation Area) — 1.1 mi, 175° S
- Rochester State Psychiatric Center (State Resource Management Area) — 1.3 mi, 292° W
- Cab Calloway Memorial (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 337° NW
- Blanche Calloway Monument (Monument) — 1.4 mi, 337° NW
- Children's Pavilion Overlook (Viewpoint) — 1.4 mi, 310° NW
- County Of Monroe Land (Local Park) — 1.5 mi, 297° NW
- OFC Creations Theatre Center (Theatre) — 1.5 mi, 174° S
- Flower City Arts (Gallery) — 1.8 mi, 347° N
- The Creators Hands (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 281° W
- Art Museum Of Rochester (Gallery) — 1.9 mi, 345° N
- Eisenhart Auditorium (Theatre) — 2.3 mi, 351° N
- George Eastman Museum (Museum) — 2.4 mi, 001° N
- Stone Tolan House (Museum) — 2.5 mi, 053° NE
- Castle Rd Wildlife Sanctuary (Conservation Area) — 2.5 mi, 193° S
- Rochester Medical Museum and Archives (Museum) — 2.6 mi, 024° NE
- Photo City Improv (Attraction) — 2.7 mi, 013° N
- Rochester Auto Museum (Museum) — 3.0 mi, 333° NW
- Harro East Ballroom (Attraction) — 3.1 mi, 338° N
- Susan B. Anthony House (Museum) — 3.4 mi, 315° NW
- Genesee River Fishing Access Site (State Park) — 9.4 mi, 230° SW
- Braddock Bay State Park (State Park) — 11.9 mi, 334° NW
- Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge (National Wildlife Refuge) — 37.5 mi, 270° W · 22k acres
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About This Brighton Map Page
This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Brighton, New York. Coordinates: 43.118498, -77.580976. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.
Detailed location data for Brighton includes the ZIP code (13439, 14610), telephone area code (315, 585), county seat of Otsego County (Cooperstown), and school district assignment (Brighton Central School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |
