High Willhays High Willhays High Willhays or, according to some authors, High Willes is the highest point on Dartmoor, Devon, at above sea level, and the highest point in the United Kingdom south of the Brecon Beacons. In 1912, William Crossing, writer and documenter, said that the name "High Willes" had been thought to have derived from the word "huel" or "wheal" meaning "mine", but he did not think that very likely as old mine workings were invariably located near to streams. He suggested instead that the name derived from "gwylfa", a watching place, noting its similarity with "Brown Willy", the name
High Point, Washington High Point, Washington High Point is an unincorporated community in King County, in the U.S. state of Washington. High Point, on the eastern fringe of Issaquah, is named for its location at the highest point on a railroad grade. Once the location of a significant lumber mill and railway station , it is now only a small collection of houses on large lots along I-90 at the "High Point Way" exit, and a Tiger Mountain trailhead. High Point was founded by Jason Lovegreen in 1905, and a post office was established in 1910, which operated until its closure in 1943.