Administrative division(s):

• Level 1: Maryland
• Level 2: Howard County

Current local time in Highland:

08:12 AM, Thursday
Difference from your time zone: hours

Highland on map:^[1]

Highland GPS coordinates^[2]

39° 10' 44.4" North, 76° 57' 26.928" West

Map corner	latitude	longitude
Upper-left	39.72193°,	-77.66061°
Center:	39.179°,	-76.95748°
Lower-right:	38.63184°,	-76.25436°
Map W x H:	121.2×121.2 km	= 75.3×75.3mi

max Lat:	71.29058°   ⇑53.2% North
Highland:	39.179°
min Lat:	⇓46.8% South 19.06759°

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min Long	Highland	max Long
-171.73463°	-76.95748°	-66.98998°
W 80.8%⇐		⇒19.2% E

Elevation

Elevation of Highland is 158 m = 518 ft, and this is 136.8 m = 449 ft below average elevation for this country.

Max E:	3189 m = 10463 ft	59.3%
Avg.	294.8 m = 967 ft
Highland	158 m = 518 ft
Min E:	-60 m = -197 ft	40.7%

See also: United States elevation on elevation.city.

Geographical zone

Highland is located in North temperate zone (between Tropic of Cancer and the Arctic Circle). Distance of this Northern Tropic circle is 1750.4 km =1087.6 mi to South.

Distance of	km	miles	from Highland
North Pole	5650.8	3511.2	to North
Arctic Circle	3044.9	1892	to North
Tropic Cancer	1750.4	1087.6	to South
Equator	4356.3	2706.9	to South

Nearby cities:

15 places around Highland: (largest is in red/bold)

• Ashton-Sandy Spring 5.2 km =3.2 mi, 231°
• Burtonsville 7.8 km =4.8 mi, 164°
• Cloverly 8.6 km =5.3 mi, 203°
• Colesville 12.1 km =7.5 mi, 198°
• Columbia 12.2 km =7.6 mi, 56°
• Fairland 11.4 km =7.1 mi, 180°
• Fulton 4.3 km =2.7 mi, 136°
• Layhill 12.2 km =7.6 mi, 217°
• North Laurel 8.7 km =5.4 mi, 120°
• Olney 9.9 km =6.2 mi, 253°
• Riverside 6.3 km =3.9 mi, 95°
• Savage 12.4 km =7.7 mi, 111°
• Scaggsville 6.2 km =3.9 mi, 127°
• Spencerville 7.4 km =4.6 mi, 194°
• West Laurel 10 km =6.2 mi, 150°