Highland Kansas Map

About Highland, Kansas

Highland is a locality in Doniphan County, Kansas, United States. It is a small community with a population of 903. The population density is 664.1 people per km². Highland is located at 39.8603°N, 95.2651°W. It observes the Central Time (America/Chicago) timezone. Highland is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 66109, 66035.

Highland anchors itself upon the quiet, elevated terrain of northeastern Kansas, where the horizon stretches into an endless, shifting expanse of prairie sky. It lies 22.0 miles north-northwest of Atchison, KS (from Atchison, KS: bearing 339°T), and is situated 14.1 miles east of Hiawatha. The land here folds into gentle slopes that eventually fall away toward the cool, shaded banks of Mill Creek, a vital vein of water just a short distance from the center of Highland. Beyond the immediate fields, the silhouette of Lookout Mountain rises six miles away, a steady presence that marks the boundary of the local vista. To the west, the topography deepens into the quiet, sheltered pockets of Barrett Hollow, while the nearby Brown State Fishing Lake And Wildlife Area offers a sanctuary of tallgrass and quiet timber, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and drying stalks long after the heat of the day has receded.

Highland carries the weight of a long-standing academic tradition, having served as the site of the first college established in the territory, a legacy that still informs the intellectual pulse of the neighborhood. The local economy remains tethered to the rhythm of the seasons, defined by the meticulous care of the surrounding wheat fields and the persistent, industrious work of those who manage the land. Visitors might find their way to Clear Creek Lake, eighteen miles out, but the character of the place is best felt in the stillness of a Tuesday morning, when the wind catches the pale, dry husks of late-summer crops. There is a particular clarity to the light here, a thin, golden quality that illuminates the limestone foundations and the weathered wood of old barns, suggesting a history that is not merely remembered, but lived in the quiet, daily persistence of those who call Highland home.

About This Highland Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland, Kansas. Coordinates: 39.860337, -95.265135. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Highland includes the ZIP code (66109, 66035), telephone area code (913), county seat of Doniphan County (Troy), and school district assignment (Doniphan West Unified School District 111).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.