About the Heights...
"The Heights" is a contemporary community. Its 64 year-round homes are built on larger lots on straighter streets that ascend a gentle slope at the base of Governor Dick Hill. Like all Gretna properties, the homes are shaded by tall pine and oak trees and nestled in rhododendrons and other abounding shade plants. A few erstwhile suburbanites have cleared their properties to grow grass. Styles range from upscale log cabins to modern homes with glass walls. Only four blocks wide, the Heights is bordered by a dense forest on Governor Dick Hill to the west, the Heights is bordered by a dense forest on Governor Dick Hill to the South and East with trails favored by mountain bikers, hikers, and horseback riders. By night a mysterious hand nails the Heights mascot to trees in front o the homes, pink flamingos in poses caricaturing the residents inside.. The Gretna Inn, an "arts and crafts" style B & B, is a large home opening onto a gracious front porch at the crest of a spacious front lawn, the first Heights home you see when you enter from Gretna's main thoroughfare, route 117, after passing between the Hide-A-Way Restaurant and the firehouse. As a community, the Heights has little desire to compete with their Chautauqua and Campmeeting neighbors in the arts and cultural arena; they live well and enjoy their unique environment.