High Country

High country may refer to:

  • High country (New Zealand)
  • "High Country", a nickname for parts of western North Carolina in the United States
  • "High Country", a nickname for the Colorado Plateau, including the towns of Flagstaff, Sedona, Page, and Payson in northern Arizona
  • "High country", a region northeast of Melbourne, in Victoria, Australia

Famous quotes containing the words high and/or country:

    “Like all high functionaries, he deemed it indispensable religiously to sustain his dignity; one of the most troublesome things in the world, and one calling for the greatest self-denial.”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “The country is holy: O bide in that country kind,
    Know the green good,
    Under the prayer wheeling moon in the rosy wood
    Be shielded by chant and flower and gay may you
    Lie in grace.”
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)