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Highlands, California Map Art
Building by building, with labeled streets and shaded relief.
12" x 18" Archival Matte Print
A Map of Home. A Work of Art.
Explore Highlands, California from a whole new perspective. Created using aerial imagery and detailed geographic data, this map captures Highlands building by building, with labeled streets, familiar landmarks, and shaded topographical relief that highlights the natural contours of the landscape.
Combining modern data with the timeless character of a vintage atlas, this map is just as interesting up close as it is beautiful on the wall. Whether you grew up in Highlands, spent memorable years there, or call it home today, this unique map is a great way to celebrate a place that means something to you. Zoom in on the preview to look for your street, and then order a print to put your memories on the wall.
Three ways to hang it
Unframed archival matte, a black wood frame or a white wood frame.
Up close
Geography Worth Displaying
This map was created using accurate cartographic data and authoritative geographic sources, including the U.S. Geological Survey and the Census Bureau. The map brings together terrain, waterways, roads, and building detail. The majority of the streets are labeled, houses are accurately depicted, and the topography is derived from government sources. Combining local data with carefully composed color and shading leads to this beautifully detailed Highlands artwork for your wall.
Rather than simply showing street outlines, we’ve included as many of the street names as we could reasonably fit on the map while keeping their names legible. Zoom in on the high resolution preview to see exactly what’s on the map. We truly set out to create a statement piece for anyone who loves Highlands. So whether it’s for you, or a gift for someone you love, we hope this map of Highlands brings back fond memories.
Read the story behind this map of Highlands, California from 2026.
Find your street
Names on the Highlands map
Every name below is printed on this map. Look for your street, your school, the park where you played, or the pond down the road.
Places and landmarks1
- San Francisco Peninsula Watershed
Streets and roads40
- Ralston Avenue
- Polhemus Road
- Lexington Avenue
- Bunker Hill Drive
- Paul Scannel Drive
- Ticonderoga Drive
- Laurel Hill Drive
- Yorktown Road
- Loop Road
- Crystal Springs Road
- Tarrytown Street
- Tower Road
- Forge Road
- Brandywine Road
- Monticello Road
- New Brunswick Drive
- Seneca Lane
- Allegheny Way
- Lessingia Court
- Cobblehill Place
- Trenton Place
- Bennington Drive
- Sheraton Place
- Newport Street
- Oriskany Drive
- Roxbury Lane
- Paul Scannell Drive
- Hoods Point Way
- Laurel Hill Court
- West Point Place
Show all 40 streets
- Fairfield Court
- Lundys Lane
- Stoney Place
- White Plains Court
- French Creek Place
- Amboy Court
- Burgoyne Court
- Powhatan Place
- Turtle Bay Place
- Shelbourne Place
Names are listed as they appear on the printed map. Zoom into the product photos to find them.
About Highlands, California
Highlands, also called San Mateo Highlands, is an unincorporated community of 2,359 people in San Mateo County. The neighborhood crowns Pulgas Ridge, to the west of the city of San Mateo, and looks down on the Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir, with open space on three sides. Eichler Homes started building here in 1955, and between 1956 and 1964 Joseph Eichler put up most of the neighborhood's houses as a working-class suburb.
Eichler's homes followed a Modernist style now known as "California Modern," which drew on the work of Frank Lloyd Wright. They were built with posts and beams, lots of glass, skylights and open atria, and most have flat or gently sloped roofs with radiant heat in the floors. The neighborhood holds over 700 single-story Eichlers, and many still keep their original outside form, so fans of modern architecture seek them out.
- A house framed in steelAmong the earliest houses to go up in the Highlands was the X-100, and it is one of only two Eichler houses framed in steel instead of wood. Eichler opened the experimental house for public tours to show it off and bring buyers out to what was then a remote subdivision on the ridge. The X-100 is now on the National Register.
- The Highlands Lowdown since 1954The Highlands Community Association is run by volunteers and has no power to make rules for the neighborhood. Since 1954 it has put out a monthly newsletter, the Highlands Lowdown, without a break.
- Fourth of July since 1960The Community Association has run an annual Fourth of July festival every year since 1960. Fireworks for the neighborhood light up the evening of July 3, and on the morning of July 4 a parade leads into a water carnival with swim races, a foot race, games and food.
- A recreation district in 1957Residents formed the Highlands Recreation District in 1957 with an elected board, and work on its buildings began in 1958. The district now runs a swimming pool open all year, tennis courts, a playground, a gym and a community room.
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The art of mapping a place
How This Map Was Made
Real places. Remarkable detail. Discover the layers that turn geographic data into a map of home.
The view from above
Aerial imagery reveals the character of the land: woodland, open fields, and the patterns of a place.
The shape of the land
Elevation data brings hills, valleys, and subtle changes in the landscape into view.
The details of home
Roads, waterways, and building footprints come together to make the map feel unmistakably local.
Geography becomes art
Considered color, shading, and typography bring the layers together in a map made for your wall.
Process illustrated with Mendon, Massachusetts. Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP. Terrain: USGS 3D Elevation Program. Map details and finished artwork: KNOWOL.
The Details
About This Print
Choose an archival matte print, or a black or white Ayous wood frame. The archival matte print is unframed.
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Materials & Craftsmanship
A contemporary map with the character of a classic atlas, printed on archival matte paper. Optional frames are made from Ayous wood.
Your printed map does not include the watermark shown in the full-map preview.
Shipping & Delivery
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