page_title: Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
hierarchical_section_title: Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
caption_attribution_description: English: Photography of the Hall of Philosophy, Pennsylvania Chautauqua, Mount Gretna, Pennsylvania
context_page_description: Mount Gretna is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 196 at the 2010 census. Attracted by the area's natural landscape and beauty, it was founded by the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Society by the 1890s.
  It is a popular destination in the summer, for it has a nationally ranked juried art show, jazz and chamber music concerts, lectures, book reviews, and an annual tour of historic homes and cottages. The Connewago Lake features a Victorian-era bathhouse with high-dive, floating docks and a sandy beach area. The community also has a roller rink, open-air playhouse, miniature golf course, several restaurants, playgrounds, and an award-winning ice cream parlor known as the Jigger Shop. Gretna Theatre, the independent professional non-profit theatre company performing at the Mount Gretna Playhouse, is one of the country's oldest summer stock theatres, having opened in 1927. The surrounding area, which includes seven distinct neighborhoods, has a year-round population estimated at 1,500 persons. Summertime population increases to about 2,500.
context_section_description: Mount Gretna is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.  The population was 196 at the 2010 census. Attracted by the area's natural landscape and beauty, it was founded by the Pennsylvania Chautauqua Society by the 1890s.
  It is a popular destination in the summer, for it has a nationally ranked juried art show (third weekend in August), jazz and chamber music concerts, lectures, book reviews, and an annual tour of historic homes and cottages (1st Saturday in August). The Connewago Lake features a Victorian-era bathhouse with  high-dive, floating docks and a sandy beach area. The community also has a roller rink, open-air playhouse, miniature golf course, several restaurants, playgrounds, and an award-winning ice cream parlor known as the Jigger Shop. Gretna Theatre, the independent professional non-profit theatre company performing at the Mount Gretna Playhouse, is one of the country's oldest summer stock theatres, having opened in 1927.  The surrounding area, which includes seven distinct neighborhoods, has a year-round population estimated at 1,500 persons. Summertime population increases to about 2,500.
caption: The Hall of Philosophy, part of the Pennsylvania Chautauqua, on Gettysburg Road
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