Highlands

Highlands is a small mountain town in Macon and Jackson counties in the region of on a plateau in the southern Appalachian mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest.
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  • Type: Town with 937 residents
  • Description: human settlement in North Carolina, United States of America
  • Also known as: “Highlands, NC” and “Highlands, North Carolina”
  • Postal code: 28741

Places of Interest

Highlights include Edwards Hotel.

Hotel
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hotel Edwards was a historic hotel building at Main and 4th Streets in Highlands, North Carolina. The main block of the hotel, a three-story brick structure, was built in 1935.

Highlands

Latitude
35.0526° or 35° 3′ 9″ north
Longitude
-83.1968° or 83° 11′ 49″ west
Population
937
Elevation
3,832 feet (1,168 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US ZHH
Open location code
867R3R33+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154385660
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
4471123
Wiki­data ID
Q2025093
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Satellite Map

Discover Highlands from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Highlands” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هايلاندس”
  • Basque: “Highlands”
  • Catalan: “Highlands”
  • Cebuano: “Highlands”
  • Chechen: “Гайлендс”
  • Chinese: “Highlands”
  • Chinese: “海蘭茲 (北卡羅萊納州)”
  • Chinese: “海蘭茲”
  • Dutch: “Highlands”
  • French: “Highlands”
  • German: “Highlands”
  • Gilaki: “هایلندز (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)”
  • Gilaki: “هایلندز”
  • Haitian: “Highlands, Kawolin dinò”
  • Hungarian: “Highlands”
  • Italian: “Highlands”
  • Ladin: “Highlands”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Highlands”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Highlands”
  • Norwegian: “Highlands”
  • Persian: “هایلندز، کارولینای شمالی”
  • Persian: “هایلندز”
  • Polish: “Highlands”
  • Portuguese: “Highlands”
  • Russian: “Хайлендс”
  • Serbian: “Хајландс”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highlands, North Carolina”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highlands”
  • Spanish: “Highlands, North Carolina”
  • Spanish: “Highlands”
  • Swedish: “Highlands”
  • Tatar: “Гайлендс”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайлендс”
  • Urdu: “ہائلینڈز، نارتھ کیرولائنا”
  • Uzbek: “Highlands, North Carolina”
  • Uzbek: “Highlands”
  • Uzbek: “Ҳигҳландс”
  • Volapük: “Highlands, North Carolina”
  • Volapük: “Highlands”

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