Highland-on-the-Lake is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Evans, Erie County, New York, United States. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. The CDP is in the southwestern part of the county, in the northern part of the town of Evans. It sits on high ground on the shore of Lake Erie, on bluffs which in some places rise 100 feet above the lake. New York State Route 5 runs through the CDP, leading northeast 16 miles to Buffalo and southwest 27 miles to Dunkirk.