Highland

Highland is a hamlet in , , United States. The population was 6,385 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New York City Combined Statistical area.
Wikipedia
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Town with 6,390 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Ulster County, New York
  • Also known as: “Elting’s Landing”, “Highland, New York”, “Highland, NY”, “Highland, Ulster County, New York”, “New Paltz Landing”, and “Philip’s Folly”
  • Postal code: 12528

Places of Interest

Highlights include Poughkeepsie station and Walkway over the Hudson.

Railway station
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Metro-North Railroad and Amtrak stop serving the city of . The station is the northern terminus of Metro-North's Hudson Line, and an intermediate stop for Amtrak's several Empire Corridor trains. is situated 1½ miles southeast of Highland.

Bridge
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The is a steel cantilever bridge crossing the between Poughkeepsie, New York and Highland, New York. The structure was completed in 1889 as a double track railroad bridge, later known as the Poughkeepsie–Highland Railroad Bridge.

Museum
Photo: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum is a children's museum in the Hudson River Valley between the larger and Albany markets. It was formerly known as the Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, until the range of children it serves was extended to age 12 in 2022.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Poughkeepsie and Fairview.

Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
is the name of both a town and a city in in New York's . The City of is along the Hudson River on its eastern shore, where the river marks the boundary of the city and of the county.

Town
is a hamlet and census-designated place in , , United States. The population was 5,475 at the 2020 US census, down from 5,515 at the 2010 census. is situated 2½ miles east of Highland.

Village
is a town in , United States. The population was 11,133 at the 2020 census. It is part of the New York City combined statistical area. is situated 2½ miles northwest of Highland.

Highland

Latitude
41.71895° or 41° 43′ 8″ north
Longitude
-73.96358° or 73° 57′ 49″ west
Population
6,390
Elevation
174 feet (53 metres)
Open location code
87H8P29P+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
node 158821582
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5120741
Wiki­data ID
Q3460450
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Volapük—“Highland” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Highland”
  • Catalan: “Highland”
  • Cebuano: “Highland”
  • Chinese: “海兰 (阿尔斯特县)”
  • Chinese: “海兰”
  • Chinese: “海蘭”
  • French: “Highland (comté d’Ulster)”
  • French: “Highland”
  • German: “Highland”
  • Haitian: “Highland, New York”
  • Haitian: “Highland”
  • Irish: “Highland”
  • Italian: “Highland”
  • Japanese: “ハイランド”
  • Ladin: “Highland (New York)”
  • Ladin: “Highland”
  • Malagasy: “Highland, Ulster County, New York”
  • Malagasy: “Highland”
  • Persian: “هایلند، آلستر کانتی، نیویورک”
  • Persian: “هایلند، آلستر کانتی”
  • Persian: “هایلند”
  • Polish: “Highland”
  • Portuguese: “Highland”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highland, New York”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Highland”
  • Spanish: “Highland”
  • Tatar: “Гайленд (Ольстер округы, Нью-Йорк)”
  • Tatar: “Гайленд”
  • Ukrainian: “Гайленд”
  • Urdu: “ہائی لینڈ، السٹر کاؤنٹی، نیویارک”
  • Volapük: “Highland, New York”
  • Volapük: “Highland”

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Localities in the Area

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