Highland Lakes is a census-designated place in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2020 census, Highland Lakes had a population of 5,239.
Highland Lakes is located within the Highland Lakes subdivision off U.S. Route 280 atop Double Oak Mountain, a southern extension of the Appalachian Mountains. Via U.S. 280, downtown Birmingham is 16 mi (26 km) northwest, and Chelsea is 6 mi (10 km) southeast.
Highland Lakes was first listed as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.