Highland Kansas Map

About Highland, Kansas

Highland is a locality in Leavenworth 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 commands a position of quiet authority atop the bluffs, overlooking the deep, muscular sweep of the Missouri River as it carves its path through the Kansas landscape. It lies 4.4 miles east-southeast of Lansing, KS (from Lansing, KS: bearing 123°T), and is situated 8.3 miles southeast of Leavenworth. The horizon is defined by the vast, open sky that presses down upon the undulating prairie, where the light at dusk turns the tallgrass into a sea of burnished copper. Beyond the immediate fields, the distant silhouette of Badger Ridge serves as a reminder of the tectonic patience that formed this earth, while the subtle depression of Parker Hollow channels the runoff toward the river’s edge. The air here carries the scent of turned soil and distant cottonwoods, a dry, crisp clarity that sharpens the edges of the barns and silos scattered across the plains.

Highland maintains a steady, deliberate pace, anchored by a legacy of early educational foundations that have long shaped the intellectual temperament of its residents. The local economy draws its strength from the cycles of the harvest, with the rhythm of the year dictated by the planting and gathering of grain across the surrounding expanse. Though Wyandotte Co Lake lies a few miles to the south, the community remains tethered to the river, a constant, shifting presence that has witnessed the town’s endurance through changing seasons. Daily life moves with the measured consistency of a pendulum, where the quietude of the limestone-flecked streets is broken only by the wind moving through the fields or the distant, muffled sound of commerce shifting along the water.

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 Leavenworth County (Leavenworth), 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.