Highland
Highland is a hamlet in Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California. Highland is situated nearby to the hamlet Spanish Ranch, as well as near Skyland.Places of Interest
Highlights include Lake Elsman.
Lake Elsman
Photo: Rcc83, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lake Elsman is a 6,200-acre-foot reservoir, created by an earthen dam called Austrian Dam on Los Gatos Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California. Lake Elsman is situated 2 miles northwest of Highland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Summit and Laurel.
Summit
Village
Summit is a small unincorporated community more frequently referred to by locals as the Loma Prieta Community located partially in Santa Clara County, but predominantly in Santa Cruz County, California, in the mountain ranges of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Summit is situated 3½ miles northwest of Highland.
Laurel
Hamlet
Photo: Cloudswrest, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Laurel is a ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California, United States, in the Santa Cruz Mountains. It is in a valley at an elevation of 900 feet above sea level. Laurel is situated 3½ miles west of Highland.
Loma Chiquita
Hamlet
Loma Chiquita is an unincorporated rural area along the ridge leading to Loma Chiquita summit in southwest Santa Clara County, California. The area covers the associated ridgeline and hillsides, from the eastern base of Loma Prieta, towards the west near the intersection with upper Little Uvas Road. Loma Chiquita is situated 4½ miles east of Highland.
Highland
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Santa Cruz County, Central Coast, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.10591° or 37° 6′ 21″ northLongitude
-121.90023° or 121° 54′ 1″ westOpen location code
849W434X+9WOpenStreetMap ID
node 498531602OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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