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Welcome to Highland Lake Estates ...

Highland Lake Estates is located in Orange County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Highland Lake Estates: Highland Lk. Ests.

Highland Lake Estates is 830 feet [253 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Highland Lake Estates lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Highland Lake Estates: 845 & 329<3>

Communities near Highland Lake Estates ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Highland Lake Estates.

  • Spring Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Middletown
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Newburgh
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Ossining
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Peekskill
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Beacon
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Beacon is located in Dutchess County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Beacon
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 13,930 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Beacon <4>
  • Haverstraw
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
  • Suffern
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • West Haverstraw
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • West Haverstraw is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Haverstraw
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,167 people
  • New Square
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
    • New Square is located in Rockland County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Square
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,014 people

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Highland Lake Estates. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Highland Lake Estates.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Highland Lake Estates. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Highland Lake Estates.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Highland Lake Estates. See our Newspapers Page for Highland Lake Estates.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Highland Lake Estates ...

Looking for more information about Highland Lake Estates? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Highland Lake Estates, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Highland Lake Estates.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of New York's counties, including Orange, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Highland Lake Estates - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 845 code has been Overlayed with the 329 area code. New phone numbers in the Highland Lake Estates area will be assigned with one of these codes: 845 or 329. As a result, placing a call in the Highland Lake Estates area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.