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Carmel Highlands, California. This article is about the unincorporated area located south of the city of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. For the geographic region, see Carmel Valley AVA. For the census-designated place located east of Carmel-by-the-Sea, see Carmel Valley Village, California. Carmel Highlands is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States. It is 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Carmel-by-the-Sea (better known as simply, Carmel), at an elevation of 318 feet (97 m).