Highland Highlands or uplands are areas of high elevation such as a mountainous region, elevated mountainous plateau or high hills. Generally speaking, upland (or uplands) refers to ranges of hills, typically from up to while highland (or highlands) is ...

is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as a mountain range or mountainous plateau. Highland, Highlands, or The Highlands, may also refer to:

Places

Albania

* Dukagjin Highlands

Armenia

* Armenian Highlands

Australia

* Southern Highlands (New South Wales), usually referred as the Southern Tablelands in New South Wales *

Central Highlands (Victoria) The Central Highlands is a large geographical region in central Victoria, Australia. The term is mainly used in a geological context to describe that part of the Great Dividing Range that is west of its alpine areas but does not extend to its ...

* Central Highlands (Tasmania) * Northern Highlands, usually referred as the Northern Tablelands in New South Wales

Brazil

Brazilian Highlands The Brazilian Highlands or Brazilian Plateau ( pt, Planalto Brasileiro) are an extensive geographical region, covering most of the eastern, southern and central portions of Brazil, in all approximately half of the country's land area, or some 4,5 ...

, the heartland of the country, located on the continental plateau

Canada

* Grey Highlands, a municipality in central Ontario near the Green Belt *

Highlands, British Columbia The District of Highlands (locally known as "the Highlands") is a district municipality near Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. As one of the Western Communities, or West Shore municipalities, outside Victoria, Highlands has a population of 2,225 ...

, a municipality on Vancouver Island, British Columbia *

Highlands, Edmonton Highlands is a residential neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada overlooking the North Saskatchewan River valley. The area was annexed by Edmonton in 1912, and "was named in a contest offering a 50-dollar prize." In 2012, Highlan ...

, a residential neighbourhood in north east Edmonton, Alberta, Canada *

Highlands, Newfoundland and Labrador The Highlands is a coastal community located south west of Stephenville, on Bay St. George, Newfoundland. The former Way Office was established in 1881, where The first Waymaster was John MacPherson in 1892 and Margaret MacPherson in 1897. Once a ...

, a settlement

Iceland

* Highlands of Iceland, cover most of the interior of Iceland

Africa

* Ethiopian Highlands, mountains in Ethiopia and Eritrea *The Bamenda Highlands of Cameroon, also known as the

Western High Plateau The Western High Plateau, Western Highlands or Bamenda Grassfields is a region of Cameroon characterised by high relief, cool temperatures, heavy rainfall and savanna vegetation. The region lies along the Cameroon line and consists of mounta ...

Papua New Guinea

* Eastern Highlands Province * Southern Highlands Province * Western Highlands Province

Thailand

Thai highlands The Thai highlands or Hills of northern Thailand is a mountainous natural region in the north of Thailand. Its mountain ranges are part of the system of hills extending through Laos, Burma, and China and linking to the Himalayas, of which they may ...

United Kingdom

Scottish Highlands The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Sco ...

, a historic region of Scotland *

Highland (council area) Highland ( gd, A' Ghàidhealtachd, ; sco, Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom. It was the 7th most populous council area in Scotland at the 2011 census. It share ...

and former region * Highland (ward), a council ward in Perth and Kinross

United States

Highland

* Highland, Arkansas * Highland, California *Highland, California, a former name of Highland Springs, Lake County, California * Highland, Denver, Colorado, a former town, now a neighborhood in Denver (not to be confused with Highlands, Denver, Colorado) * Highland, Illinois * Highland, Lake County, Indiana * Highland, Vanderburgh County, Indiana * Highland, Vermillion County, Indiana * Highland, Washington County, Indiana * Highland, Iowa *

Highland, Kansas Highland is a city in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 903. It is home to Highland Community College. History Short Summary The Highland Township was started with the founding ...

* Highland (St. Francisville, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana *

Highland, Maryland Highland is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland, United States. As of the 2020 census it had a population of 1,133. It uses the 20777 zip code. Geography The community is located in southern Howar ...

Highland (MBTA station) Highland station is an MBTA Commuter Rail station in Boston, Massachusetts. It serves the Needham Line. It is located in the Bellevue Hill section of West Roxbury. The station has a mini-high platform for accessibility. The station originally op ...

, a train station in West Roxbury, Massachusetts * Highland, Minnesota (disambiguation) * Highland, Wright County, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in central Minnesota * Highland, Missouri * Highland, Sullivan County, New York * Highland, Ulster County, New York *

Highland, Ohio Highland is a village in Fairfield Township, Highland County, Ohio, United States. The population was 232 at the 2020 census. History Highland was originally called Lexington, and under the latter name laid out in 1816. James G. Polk, a Democ ...

* Highland, Utah *

Highland (James Monroe house) Highland, formerly Ash Lawn–Highland, located near Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, and adjacent to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello, was the estate of James Monroe, a Founding Father and fifth president of the United States. Purchased ...

, listed on the NRHP in Virginia *

Highland, Washington Highland was a former unincorporated community and former census-designated place (CDP) in Benton County, Washington, United States. The population was 3,388 at the 2000 census. The area was not listed as a CDP for the 2010 census and the inha ...

* Highland, Douglas County, Wisconsin, a town * Highland, Iowa County, Wisconsin, a town **

Highland, Wisconsin Highland is a village in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 842 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. The village is located within the Town of Highland. Geography Highland is loca ...

, a village within the town of Highland in Iowa County *

The Highland The Highland is a historic multiunit residence at 66 Highland Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts. The three story brick building was built in 1892 to a design by architect Samuel D. Kelley. It is one of the city's more elegant late 19th-cen ...

, an NRHP-registered building in Massachusetts

Highlands

* Thomas I. Stoner House, a historic house in Des Moines, Iowa, also known as ''The Highlands'' *

Highlands, Harare Highlands is a middle class, residential suburb in the east of Harare, best known as the home of the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, and for its ethnic diversity, history, natural environment and splendid panoramic views of downtown Harare. It ...

, a middle income suburb of Harare, Zimbabwe * Highlands (Smithfield, Kentucky), listed on the NRHP in Kentucky * The Highlands, Louisville, an area in Kentucky * Highlands, Lexington, a neighborhood in northwestern Lexington, Kentucky, United States * The Highlands (Massachusetts), a summit in Barnstable County *

Highlands, Holyoke, Massachusetts The Highlands is a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts located northwest of the city center, adjacent to the downtown. Originally a series of farms and estates, it was first known as Manchester Grounds, as the area's land was reportedly purchase ...

, a neighborhood in Holyoke, Massachusetts *

Highlands, New Jersey :''See also New York–New Jersey Highlands for the northwestern part of the state.'' Highlands is a borough in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States census, its population was 5,005,

Highlands, New York Highlands is a town on the eastern border of Orange County, New York. The population was 12,492 at the 2010 census. West Point, including the United States Military Academy, is located alongside the Hudson River in Highlands, and the military re ...

, the location of West Point *

New York–New Jersey Highlands The New York – New Jersey Highlands is a geological formation composed primarily of Precambrian igneous and metamorphic rock running from the Delaware River near Musconetcong Mountain, northeast through the Skylands Region of New Jersey alon ...

, a range of mountains primarily in Western New Jersey * Highlands, North Carolina, a small town in the western North Carolina mountains *

The Highlands (Pennsylvania) The Highlands is a historic building and property located near Fort Washington, Whitemarsh Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The Highlands was built in 1794-1796 by Philadelphia merchant and politician Anthony M ...

, a historic mansion and gardens located north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *

Highlands, Texas Highlands is a census-designated place (CDP) located along the Union Pacific Railroad, north of Interstate 10 and west of Farm to Market Road 2100, in an industrialized area of unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. The population wa ...

* The Highlands (Seattle), a gated community in Washington state * East Renton Highlands, Washington, an unincorporated community, which is sometimes simply called ''The Highlands'' * The Highlands (Wheeling, West Virginia), a shopping, dining and entertainment complex *

Highlands County, Florida Highlands County is a County (United States), county located in the Florida Heartland region of the U.S. state of Florida. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 101,235. Its county seat is Sebring, Florida, Sebring ...

The Highlands School The Highlands School is a private, PK–12 Catholic college preparatory school in Irving, Texas, United States. It was established in 1986, in the front room of a family's house in Highland Park, Dallas. The last twenty years, The Highlands Sch ...

, in Irving, Texas

Education

Highland Community College (Illinois) Highland Community College is a public community college in Freeport, Illinois. The college is recognized by the Illinois Community College Board and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. History Highland was first established in 1962 ...

, a community college in Freeport, Illinois * Highland High School (disambiguation) * Highland Middle School (disambiguation) * Highland School (disambiguation) *

Highland School of Technology Highland School of Technology is a magnet public high school located in Gastonia, North Carolina. It is the first magnet school available to students in the Gaston County Schools public school district and draws students from each of the other n ...

, Gastonia, North Carolina * Highlands Christian College, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia * Highlands Elementary School (disambiguation)

Other uses

Highland

* ''Highland'' (album), by One More Time, 1992 ** "Highland" (song), the title song * Highland (automobile), an 1890s Australian car *

Highland (band) Highland was a German dance music, dance/hip hop music, hip hop project. History Their music is recognizable for using Italian and sometimes Latin lyrics together with hip hop beats and rapping performed in English. The members of the act were ...

, a German dance/hip hop group *

Highland (Irish) A highland is an Irish musical form in duple meter, largely idiomatic of Donegal. Like the fling, it is related to the Scottish highland fling and the hornpipe, found throughout the British Isles. Like its Scottish cousin, a fling is played in cut ...

, an Irish musical form *

Highland (surname) Highland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Byron G. Highland (1934–1967), American combat photographer * Jacob Highland (1932–2015), American volleyball player * Patrick Highland (born 1841 or 1842), American Civil War Me ...

, including a list of people with the name * Highland cattle, a breed of cattle *

Highland Park distillery Highland Park distillery is the second northernmost single malt Scotch whisky distillery in Scotland ( Kimbland Distillery on Sanday being 22 miles further north), located in Kirkwall on the Orkney Islands. History Highland Park distillery was f ...

, in the Orkney Islands *

Highland Peak (California) Highland Peak is a prominent 10,936-foot-elevation (3,333 meter) mountain summit located in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, in Alpine County of northern California, United States. It is situated 3.5 miles east of Ebbetts Pass in the Carson-Ic ...

, a mountain in Sierra Nevada * Highland pony, a breed of horse *

Highland Radio Highland Radio is the local radio service for the County Donegal (North) franchise, operating under a licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI). Headquartered at the Mountain Top in Letterkenny, the station broadcasts throughout a ...

, an Irish radio station *

Highland Records Highland Records is a defunct record label that was based in California in the 1960s and 1970s owned by Sid Talmadge. They often served as a starting point for young musicians who quickly moved on to other better-known labels such as Motown Record ...

, a record label * Highland station (disambiguation), stations of the name *

Highland Superstores Highland Superstores was an American consumer electronics and home appliance chain. It was founded in 1933 as Highland Appliance by Harry Mondry in Highland Park, Michigan. By the end of the 1970s, the chain had 18 stores throughout the midwest w ...

, a defunct American consumer electronics and home appliance chain *Highland, the fictional town that is the setting of ''

Beavis and Butt-Head ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' is an American adult animated series created by Mike Judge. The series follows Beavis and Butt-Head, both voiced by Judge, a pair of teenage slackers characterized by their apathy, lack of intelligence, lowbrow humor, ...

'' * SS ''Highland'', a Hansa A Type cargo ship in service 1946-59

Highlands

* "Highlands" (song), a 1997 song by Bob Dylan * ''Highlands'' (TV series), a Scottish television series produced and broadcast by STV *

Aspen Highlands Aspen Highlands is a skiing mountain in Aspen, Colorado. It is famous for the Highland Bowl, which provides what some people consider some of the most intense, wild, and fun skiing in the state. The Aspen Skiing Company operates Aspen Highlands. ...

, one of four ski areas near Aspen, Colorado, owned by the Aspen Skiing Company *

Highlands Hospital Highlands Hospital was a hospital in Winchmore Hill, in the London Borough of Enfield which closed in 1993.

, a former hospital in north London * ''Highlands'' (album) by White Heart * Highlands (Metra station), one of three commuter railroad stations along Metra's BNSF Railway line in Hinsdale, Illinois