Brighton Cliff

Brighton Cliff is a cliff in Orleans County, Niagara Frontier, New York and has an elevation of 262 feet. Brighton Cliff is situated nearby to the hamlet Jones Beach, as well as near Point Breeze.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oak Orchard Light.

Oak Orchard Light

Lighthouse

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Oak Orchard Light was a lighthouse that operated on the shores of Lake Ontario, in New York, United States, at Point Breeze from 1871 to 1916. In 2010 a local community group built a historically accurate replica of the lighthouse near the original site on the east side of Oak Orchard Creek. Oak Orchard Light is situated 1½ miles west of Brighton Cliff.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sawyer and Kent.

Sawyer

Hamlet

Sawyer is a hamlet in the town of Carlton, Orleans County, New York, United States. It is named after John G. Sawyer, a congressman from New York. The settlement was previously named "Curtis's Corners" after John Curtis, a native of New Hampshire, who settled on lot 1, section 5 at Carlton in Orleans County. Sawyer is situated 2½ miles south of Brighton Cliff.

Kent

Hamlet

Kent is a hamlet in the town of Carlton within Orleans County, New York, United States. The community is 6.4 miles north-northeast of Albion. Kent has a post office with ZIP code 14477, which opened on March 30, 1835. Kent is situated 3½ miles south of Brighton Cliff.

Carlton

Village

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

Carlton is a town in Orleans County, New York, United States. The population was 2,994 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from Carleton, a shipbuilding district near Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Carlton is situated 3½ miles southwest of Brighton Cliff.

Brighton Cliff

Type: Cliff with an elevation of 262 feet
Description: cliff in Orleans County, New York, United States
Category: landform
Location: Orleans County, Niagara Frontier, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

43.37478° or 43° 22′ 29″ north

Longitude

-78.16002° or 78° 9′ 36″ west

Elevation

262 feet (80 metres)

Open location code

87M39RFQ+WX

OpenStreetMap ID

node 357550529

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=cliff

GeoNames ID

5110162

Wikidata ID

Q34870793

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Brighton Cliff” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Brighton Cliff”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Jones Beach and Point Breeze.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Orleans County Sheriff Marine Unit and Lake View Park.

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