Explore Highland, Ohio, with this interactive street and satellite map.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.
This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Highland, Ohio. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Ohio or beyond.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Highland.
Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
| City | Highland |
| State | Ohio (OH) |
| County | Highland County |
| Country | United States of America |
| Timezone | Eastern Time (America/New_York) |
| Latitude | 39.344508 |
| Longitude | -83.59742 |
| Population | 232 |
| Density | 526.9 /km² |
| Incorporated | Yes |
| ZIP Code | 45132 |
| Area Code | 513 |
| County Seat | Hillsboro |
| School District | Fairfield Local School District |
Highland exists as a quiet confluence of pastoral stillness and the persistent, low-slung geography of the Ohio interior. It lies 14.2 miles east-southeast of Wilmington, OH (from Wilmington, OH: bearing 119°T), and is situated 9.9 miles north of Hillsboro. South Fork Lees Creek carves a deliberate path through the landscape, its waters moving with a steady, unhurried purpose that defines the local terrain. To the distant horizon, the elevation rises toward the silhouette of Pea Ridge, providing a grounding backdrop to the wide, open fields that characterize the surrounding acreage. The light here at dusk possesses a singular, bruised quality, turning the earth into deep shades of ochre and violet as the sun dips behind the treelines. Four miles to the north, the Fallsville Wildlife Area offers a expanse of managed habitat where the silence is broken only by the sudden movement of wings or the shifting of dry brush.
Highland maintains a rhythmic economy anchored in the stewardship of the soil and the legacy of agricultural industry. Life in Highland follows the seasonal dictates of harvest and planting, a pattern that has persisted long after the initial settlement of the region. Residents often find respite in the quiet margins of Armco Pond, a place where the water remains undisturbed by the noise of modern commerce. While the influence of the wider industrial belt remains a part of the regional character, the daily experience here is defined by the preservation of space and the deliberate pace of a rural life. The air carries the faint, crisp scent of turned earth and damp limestone, a reminder of the bedrock that serves as the foundation for the homes and barns dotting the countryside.
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This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Highland, Ohio. Coordinates: 39.344508, -83.59742. 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 (45132), telephone area code (513), county seat of Highland County (Hillsboro), and school district assignment (Fairfield Local School District).
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any US town, county or landmark by name; offers USGS topographic maps and USGS aerial imagery as base layers; overlays a labelled U.S. National Grid (USNG) so the map can be read like a printed topographic quad; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a USNG grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
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.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | SimpleMaps US Cities Database; coordinates matched to USGS GNIS definitive data |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; USGS The National Map topographic and aerial imagery (public domain); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |
| Wikipedia validation | Article content matched to USGS GNIS coordinates via Wikipedia geosearch API. |