Alto Horizonte is located about 341 kilometers north of the state capital, Goiânia and is in the Porangatu Microregion.

Municipal boundaries are with: Alto Horizonte is connected by poor roads to Campinorte, which is on the Belém-Brasília highway.

Highway access from Goiânia is made by GO-080 / Nerópolis / BR-153 / Jaraguá / GO-080 / Goianésia / Barro Alto / GO-342 / Uruaçu / Campinorte / GO-428 / GO-556.

See Seplan In 1949 Manoel Francisco Leite bought lands in the region and in 1951 built the first "rancho" (hut).

In 1991 it was emancipated from the municipality of Mara Rosa with the new name of Alto Horizonte, inspired by the beauty of the location and the new horizons for the inhabitants.