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 wide, 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. Heights residents eagerly await each edition of the Heights Newsletter, Met. Gretna's most literate publication. New of the community is leavened with humor worthy of the The New Yorker. By night a mysterious hand nails the Heights mascot to trees in front o the homes, pink flamingos in poses caricaturing the residents inside.