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2023 Map of Brantingham

Name: 2023 Topographic Map of Brantingham
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2023
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2023

About this map

Brantingham Lake and Pleasant Lake anchor the central landscape of this western Lewis County study, where the foothills of the Adirondack Park meet the agricultural flats along the Black River. This region is defined by a dense network of forest trails, including the Blue Jog Road Trl and Cow Trl, reflecting the area's transition from river-valley settlements to the protected timberlands of the Adirondack Park Preserve. Local history is centered around the small crossroads of Brantingham, Greig, and the northern edge of Lyons Falls.

Tracing the descent from the eastern highlands, several notable waterfalls appear including Eatonville Falls, Shingle Mill Falls, and Singing Waters Falls along the Otter Creek and Independence River drainages. For genealogists, the map preserves the exact locations of three burial grounds: Sands Cem, Brantingham Cem, and Abbey Cem, providing a precise geographic context for the community's early residents.