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Brighton

Brighton is a city in southeast featuring a tranquil riverside boardwalk, the Mill Pond, historic cemeteries, local restaurants and art galleries.
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  • Type: Town with 7,450 residents
  • Description: suburb of Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “Brighton, MI” and “Brighton, Michigan”
  • Postal codes: 48114 and 48116

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Brighton and Brighton High School.

Sports venue
Mt. Brighton is a ski and snowboard area in Brighton, , that opened in 1961. As no hills large enough for commercial skiing or snowboarding exist naturally in Brighton, Mt.

School
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is a public secondary school located in Brighton, . BHS is part of the Brighton Area School system. The school gained national attention after being recognized by ESPN as a leader in Special Olympics in 2018.

Aerodrome
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is a public use located three nautical miles north of the central business district of Brighton, in , , United States. is situated 2½ miles north of Brighton.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brighton Township and Genoa Township.

Town
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Brighton Charter Township is a charter township of in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the township population was 19,144. is situated 3½ miles northeast of Brighton.

Town
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Genoa Charter Township is a charter township of in the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 census, the township population was 20,692. was organized in 1837. is situated 4 miles northwest of Brighton.

Brighton

Latitude
42.5317° or 42° 31′ 54″ north
Longitude
-83.7846° or 83° 47′ 5″ west
Population
7,450
Elevation
925 feet (282 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US BHO
Open location code
86JRG6J8+M4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27147697
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4986994
Wiki­data ID
Q2269703
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Brighton” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برايتون”
  • Basque: “Brighton”
  • Cebuano: “Brighton”
  • Chechen: “Брайтон”
  • Chinese: “Brighton”
  • Chinese: “布賴頓”
  • Czech: “Brighton”
  • Danish: “Brighton”
  • Dutch: “Brighton”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برايتون”
  • French: “Brighton”
  • German: “Brighton”
  • Gilaki: “برایتن (ميشيگان)”
  • Gilaki: “برایتن”
  • Hebrew: “ברייטון, מישיגן”
  • Hebrew: “ברייטון”
  • Irish: “Brighton”
  • Italian: “Brighton”
  • Ladin: “Brighton”
  • Malagasy: “Brighton, Michigan”
  • Malagasy: “Brighton”
  • Mazanderani: “برایتن (میشیگان)”
  • Mazanderani: “برایتن”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Brighton”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brighton”
  • Persian: “برایتن”
  • Persian: “بریگتون، میشیگان”
  • Persian: “بریگتون”
  • Polish: “Brighton”
  • Portuguese: “Brighton”
  • Russian: “Брайтон”
  • Serbian: “Брајтон”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brighton, Michigan”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brighton”
  • Slovak: “Brighton”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برایتن، میشیقان”
  • Spanish: “Brighton”
  • Swedish: “Brighton, Michigan”
  • Swedish: “Brighton”
  • Tatar: “Брайтон”
  • Turkish: “Brighton, Michigan”
  • Turkish: “Brighton”
  • Ukrainian: “Брайтон”
  • Urdu: “برگٹن، مشی گن”
  • Urdu: “برگٹن”
  • Uzbek: “Brighton”
  • Volapük: “Brighton”
  • Welsh: “Brighton, Michigan”
  • Welsh: “Brighton”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Brighton”. Photo: Deedeebee, CC BY 3.0.