Hiland Partners 10-Q 2009 Q3 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE
OFFICER OF GENERAL PARTNER OF HILAND PARTNERS, LP
PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the report onForm 10-Q for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 of Hiland Partners, LP (the “Company”) and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Joseph L. Griffin, Chief Executive Officer and President of Hiland Partners GP, LLC, the general partner of the Company, hereby certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

/s/  Joseph L. Griffin

Joseph L. Griffin

Chief Executive Officer and President

Date: November 9, 2009