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Carmel Highlands, California | |
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 Carmel Highlands viewed from the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve. | |
  Carmel Highlands, California Location in California  Carmel Highlands, California Location in the United States | |
| Coordinates: 36°30′15″N 121°55′54″W / 36.50417°N 121.93167°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | California |
| County | Monterey County |
| Elevation | 318 ft (97 m) |
| Time zone | PST |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT |
| ZIP code | 93923[2] |
| Area code | 831 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1759219 |
Carmel Highlands is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States.[1] It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Carmel-by-the-Sea (better known as simply, "Carmel"),[3] at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m).[1] Carmel Highlands is just south of the Point Lobos State Reserve, and serves as the northern gateway of the Big Sur coastline along California State Route 1. Carmel Highlands was laid out in 1916 by developers Frank Hubbard Powers and James Franklin Devendorf and the Carmel Development Company.[3]
- ^ a b c "Carmel Highlands". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ "ZIP Code(tm) Lookup". United States Postal Service. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
- ^ a b Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Clovis, Calif.: Word Dancer Press. p. 881. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.